The new 2020 Rainforest Alliance is a worldwide Certification Program and Trademark for the production, trade, processing and retail of cocoa, coffee, tea, herbal spices, bananas, hazelnuts and more.
The new Rainforest Alliance stems from the 2018 merger of the UTZ program and the previous Rainforest Alliance program.
The mission of the new Rainforest Alliance is to create a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities worldwide.
The core documents of the 2020 RA certification program are:
TÜV NORD INTEGRA has been approved for UTZ since 2009 and has now also been approved for the new Rainforest Alliance program. We offer Rainforest Alliance Supply Chain audits.
As a recognised control body for Rainforest Alliance scc we apply a zero-tolerance anti-corruption policy applicable to all personnel and consultants working on our behalf. This includes the commitment to conduct our work in an honest and ethical manner.
We explicitly prohibit all forms of bribery, such as money, gifts, loans, fees, hospitality, services, discounts or any other advantage or benefit in the expectation that a certification advantage will be received in return or to reward any audit service received. This also includes offering, promising, giving, accepting or seeking a bribe.
