Certification Documents

This sheet provides guidance on recommended verification methods per requirement that authorized certification bodies can use to assess compliance for the Rainforest Alliance’s 2020 Farm and Supply Chain Standards.

The new ‘Policy on WOs’ has been developed to align the Freedom of Association (FoA) requirements (5.2.1; 5.2.2; and 5.2.3) of the Rainforest Alliance 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard to the context of banana and pineapple farming operations in Costa Rica. It aims to recognize, in equal conditions, benefits to all Workers’ Organizations (WO), and access […]

The European Union (EU) has introduced the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), including requirements on deforestation for some products that are imported into the EU. Rainforest Alliance certified products currently impacted include cocoa and coffee. This document contains additional requirements to cover aspects of the EUDR that were not fully aligned in addition to the RA […]

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 […]