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For retail and foodservice companies, it is crucial to understand their supply chain down to the farm level to best assess potential risks. The services and products that the Rainforest Alliance offers can support your journey towards more sustainable supply chains. Below you can find more information about what you can do, how we can help you, and the practical steps you need to take. Rainforest Alliance Certification Support Do you want to foster responsible business practices and transparency through the supply chain for your private label or non-branded product? We can help you. Register for our Certification Program! 1. WHICH RETAIL AND FOODSERVICE COMPANIES NEED TO BECOME PART OF THE RAINFOREST ALLIANCE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM? A retailer or foodservice company should register for certification in RACP, the Rainforest Alliance’s Certification Platform, if the entity is directly responsible for purchasing certified products and manages supplier contracts and relations directly.
In other words, if a retailer actively purchases Rainforest Alliance Certified products for a brand it owns (private label brand) or actively purchases Rainforest Alliance Certified non-branded products in its supply chain, the retailer is in scope for certification. 2. CERTIFICATION STEPS OVERVIEW Our Quick Start Guide Registration for Retailers outlines the registration process for our Certification Program. Do you need more support during the registration process? Our RACP video tutorials are available to guide you through the registration process BYB Directory in RACP. Our webinar on ‘Extending Certification to Retail & Foodservice companies’ provides an overview of all steps of RACP that are necessary to get your certification license. The webinar also touches upon seal use, SD and SI and traceability. 3. WHAT CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO RETAILERS AND FOODSERVICE COMPANIES? A specific sub-set of supply chain requirements of the 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard applies to retailers and foodservice companies that are looking to become certified. This list is specified below.
You may need to comply with additional requirements if your entity or location performs other activities than retail, such as processing or warehousing, or if your entity is the Certification administrator for other sites (multi-site certification) that perform those activities. If this is the case, more requirements will apply to your company. List of requirements for individually certified retailer and foodservice companies that only conduct retail activities: Requirement 1.1.4: Due Diligence Requirement 1.1.5: Committees (only for grievance mechanism) Requiremene. Requirement 3.2: Sustainability Differential Requirement 3.3: Sustainability Investment 4. RAINFOREST ALLIANCE CERTIFICATION PLATFORM If you are registering to obtain Rainforest Alliance certification, please go to the Rainforest Alliance Certification and Traceability Platform (RACP). Provide your company details, including the crops that you work with, your location and contact information and whether you already have a pre-merger Rainforest Alliance and/or UTZ account ID. With this information, you can open an account.
In other words, if a retailer actively purchases Rainforest Alliance Certified products for a brand it owns (private label brand) or actively purchases Rainforest Alliance Certified non-branded products in its supply chain, the retailer is in scope for certification. 2. CERTIFICATION STEPS OVERVIEW Our Quick Start Guide Registration for Retailers outlines the registration process for our Certification Program. Do you need more support during the registration process? Our RACP video tutorials are available to guide you through the registration process BYB Directory in RACP. Our webinar on ‘Extending Certification to Retail & Foodservice companies’ provides an overview of all steps of RACP that are necessary to get your certification license. The webinar also touches upon seal use, SD and SI and traceability. 3. WHAT CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO RETAILERS AND FOODSERVICE COMPANIES? A specific sub-set of supply chain requirements of the 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard applies to retailers and foodservice companies that are looking to become certified. This list is specified below.
You may need to comply with additional requirements if your entity or location performs other activities than retail, such as processing or warehousing, or if your entity is the Certification administrator for other sites (multi-site certification) that perform those activities. If this is the case, more requirements will apply to your company. List of requirements for individually certified retailer and foodservice companies that only conduct retail activities: Requirement 1.1.4: Due Diligence Requirement 1.1.5: Committees (only for grievance mechanism) Requiremene. Requirement 3.2: Sustainability Differential Requirement 3.3: Sustainability Investment 4. RAINFOREST ALLIANCE CERTIFICATION PLATFORM If you are registering to obtain Rainforest Alliance certification, please go to the Rainforest Alliance Certification and Traceability Platform (RACP). Provide your company details, including the crops that you work with, your location and contact information and whether you already have a pre-merger Rainforest Alliance and/or UTZ account ID. With this information, you can open an account.