The Certification Application Form (CAF) is a mandatory document to be filled out by Certificate Holders and Certification Bodies along the Certification Process of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard 2020.
SA-S-SD-4 As outlined in the requirements of the 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard, certificate holders must conduct a risk assessment. The risk assessment tool is available for group and individually certified farm management as well as supply chain actors who have social topics in their scope. The tool helps to identify risks that could prevent the […]
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 […]
SA-G-SD-44 Requirements 1.5.1, 1.6.2 and 5.1.4 of the 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard requires certificate holders todocument and remediate cases of child labor, forced labor, discrimination, workplace violence and harassment. following the Remediation Protocol (found in Annex Chapter 5: Social) . This Guidance provides additional non-binding informationt to support the implementation of the Remediation Protocol
More than 70 percent of all child labor cases are found in the agricultural sector. While banning child labor on farms is commonly perceived to be a silver bullet, it’s simply not enough. The best way to eliminate child labor is to tackle its root causes, which can include lack of access to education, weak enforcement […]
Our assess-and-address approach focuses on prevention, engagement, and improvement of human rights issues, and incentivizes farmers and companies to tackle human rights issues rather than hide them.... Continue Reading