Certification Documents

SA-GL-SD-1 The glossary of the terms used in the documents of the Rainforest Alliance Certification Program. The terms that are underlined in the Standard, are covered in the Glossary. View our online version of the glossary by visiting  https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/glossary. For Version 1.3, published on February 6th, 2023, please see the adapted terms below: TERM WHAT […]

The Sustainable Agriculture Standard’s Supply Chain Requirements aim to foster transparency and responsible business practices among companies from farm to shelf.

SA-S-SD-23 This annex includes additional binding content related to the implementation of the Requirements in Chapter 5 of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard: Social. This document includes: Remediation Protocol (Previous Annex S04) (Related to requirements 1.5.1, 1.6.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4 and 5.8.2) Methodology for Measuring Remuneration and Gaps with a Living Wage (Previous Annex S09) (Related to […]

The Biannual pesticide usage data report that Certificate Holders must keep up to date under the Exceptional Use Policy for using Rainforest Alliance Prohibited Pesticides

This policy applies to Rooibos certification in South Africa against the Rainforest Alliance 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard. It is relevant for both Certificate Holders and Certification Bodies.

This Excel calculator helps Supply Chain Certificate Holders (CHs) and prospects estimate the total amount of certified and non-certified volume purchased and/or handled in twelve months when registering in our new Rainforest Alliance program on the Rainforest Alliance Certification Platform (RACP). The calculator consists of one Excel file and one tab for each crop (Cocoa, […]