2020 Certification Rules
This document replaces the certification rules portion of the previously published Certification and Auditing Rules.
Policies and rules
April 24, 2024
Assurance System
An archive of information about our assurance system on the Rainforest Alliance website.
All resources for Assurance System
2020 Certification and Auditing Rules
The Assurance System of the 2020 Certification Program introduces numerous innovations to ensure that certification is more context-specific, data-driven, and risk-based.
Guidance to Define if an Organization is in Scope of Certification
This document supports organizations in determining whether they need to register and get certified under the 2020 Rainforest Alliance Certification Program prior to registering in the Rainforest Alliance Certification Platform (RACP).
Living Wage Auditability Guide – Ecuador
This document enables auditors to prepare an audit in which the correct interpretation and evaluation of topic 5.4 Living Wage is included, first, the guide develops a basic concept of the living wage in Ecuador, its evaluation within the certification and applicable regulations at the same time will allow producers to understand the implementation and […]
Rainforest Alliance 2020 Labeling and Trademarks Policy
Use and approval of the Rainforest Alliance Trademarks
Annex Chapter 4: Farming (previous Annex S07)
SA-S-SD-22 This annex includes additional binding content related to the implementation of the Requirements in Chapter 4 of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard: Farming. This document includes: Pesticides Management (Previous Annex S07) (Related to requirements 4.5.7, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.7 and 5.6.1) When the Standards v1.3 was published on February 6th, 2023, the content of this document […]