Rainforest Alliance
Acronym: RA
General Information
Identification Code: 60554685648-73
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Entity Form: Foundation
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 4/13/2011
Last Update: 5/15/2024
EP Accredited Number: 1
Mission & Interests
Goals: The Rainforest Alliance is an international non-profit organization working in more than 60 countries at the intersection of business, agriculture and forests. The organization aims to create a better future for people and nature by making responsible business the new normal. By bringing farmers, forest communities, companies and consumers together it addresses some of the most pressing social and environmental challenges of today. The organization changes the way the world produces, sources and consumes, with a focus on cocoa, coffee, tea, bananas, forest products and palm oil through its certification program, tailored supply chain services, landscape and community work and advocacy. In 2018, seven million hectares of land are under Rainforest Alliance or UTZ agricultural certification and more than 2 million certified farmers are certified with one of these two standards, which are designed to improve economic, environmental and social sustainability.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Climate action
- Consumers
- Environment
- Food safety
- International co-operation and development
- Trade
Levels of Interest:
- sub-national
- national
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: The Rainforest Alliance follows the policy areas of agriculture, food labeling, public procurement, sustainable development, human rights and related subjects. Key EU policies include: the EU regulation on deforestation, the Corporate sustainability due diligence directive and green claims.
Communication Activities: Position papers on the proposed EU deforestation-free products regulation: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resource-item/our-response-to-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products/ and https://www.fern.org/fileadmin/uploads/fern/Documents/2022/Including_smallholders_in_the_EU_regulation_on_deforestation-free_products-FINAL.pdf
Position papers on the proposed EU corporate sustainability due diligence directive: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resource-item/position-of-the-rainforest-alliance-on-the-proposal-for-an-eu-directive-on-corporate-sustainability-due-diligence/ and https://fairtrade-advocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/final.pdf
Position paper on Banning the EU Export of Hazardous Pesticides: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resource-item/banning-the-eu-export-of-hazardous-pesticides/#:~:text=The%20Rainforest%20Alliance%20calls%20on,sustainable%20and%20regenerative%20agricultural%20practices.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Commission Expert Group/Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests, including the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT Regulation#E03282#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3282 #MEMBER #C#Civil society#Other
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: De Ruyterkade, 6 bg
Post Code: 1013 AA
City: Amsterdam
Country: NETHERLANDS
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EU Office
Address: De Ruyterkade, 6 bg
Post Code: 1013 AA
City: Amsterdam
Country: NETHERLANDS
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: Public grants used on specific projects which are not linked to operating costs and do not finance EU advocacy work
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 1
Members F T E: 1
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Through our certification programs, we work with all actors in the supply chain, from smallholder farmers to traders, to global manufactures, retailers and to consumers. These are not members that we represent, but participants in our certification program. This concerns over 5000 companies worldwide and more than 2 million farmers.
Organisation Members: The Rainforest Alliance is a full member of the ISEAL Alliance, an international non-profit membership organisation that codifies best practices for the design and implementation of international, voluntary social and environmental standards systems.
The Rainforest Alliance is taking part in several sustainable cocoa initiatives at the national level, and participates in the EU cocoa coalition, a coalition gathering cocoa stakeholders willing to take ambitious positions on key EU policies.
Lastly, the Rainforest Alliance is part of the steering committee of the Accountability Framework Initiative, which is a coalition of NGOs to support companies in how to operationalize supply chain sustainability commitments along with a common approach to monitoring, verifying and reporting on the progress and outcomes.