Certification Documents

This policy seeks to define under which circumstances a Certification Body (CB) is required to perform an onsite follow up audit to verify closure of nonconformities.

The list of living wage benchmarks per country as part of Annex S10: Living Wage Benchmarks per Country – Methodology. The benchmarks are indicated in local currency, in gross wage per month, If no Living Wage Benchmark is yet available, the applicable wage can be used. This table is updated when new or updated benchmarks […]

This document is being updated to reflect the new certification rules. Please bear in mind that you should not take a certification decision based on the current version of the document. For questions, please reach out to cbcert@ra.org. The Severity Test is used to determine whether the case of child labor, forced labor, discrimination and/or […]

This Guidance document provides further information for Supply Chain Certificate Holders and Certification Bodies on license renewal during the No Audit years.

SA-R-GA-5 The Auditing Rules outline the requirements during the audit process and how the CBs and their auditors shall carry out the assessment of the standard. This document replaces Chapter 2 of the previous Certification and Auditing Rules.

This Code applies to people who work for, or provide services to, the Rainforest Alliance, anywhere in the world, as follows: Rainforest Alliance employees, officers, members of the board of directors, volunteers, and interns; compliance with this Code is mandatory. Independent contractors: Individual Rainforest Alliance independent contractors may agree to comply with the provision in […]