Policies and rules

The procedure is open to anyone who has a grievance against a member (producer or supply chain actor), a certification body (CB), or against the Rainforest Alliance itself.

The Policy for the safe use of machines describes additional measures that have to be taken to manage risks related to the use of dangerous machines.

These instructions contain information for certificate holders to implement the requirements related to the collection of National Identification (ID) numbers for farmers in  Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon.

Due to the restriction of China Geolocation Data, the Policy is developed for Geodata collection and analysis in China to enable Rainforest Alliance Certificate Holders (CHs) and Certification Bodies (CBs) to be compliant with the requirements of the Standard.

This policy mandates a change to the requirement to use RA-S-MT-17-V1.1 Annex S16: Sustainability Investment Plan Template by Certificate Holders producing tea (Camelia sinensis) under Rainforest Alliance certification.

In cases where there are significant restrictions to available volumes of Rainforest Alliance Certified commodities, the Rainforest Alliance will consider requests to pre-authorize a percentage of new harvest volumes to be transacted while farm certificate holders are finalizing the process to obtain their certification cycle. This policy outlines the conditions under which these measures apply.