SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE STANDARD

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Principle 1: Effective Planning and Management System

Objectives and outcomes:
The overall goal of this principle is to help farmers become more productive, by better managing the many social, environmental and agronomics aspects of their farms. To achieve that, the certified operation implements an integrated farm planning and management system, establishing procedures and systems for ensuring continuous improvement on its path towards sustainable agriculture.
As a result, this planning and management system supports increased farm productivity and efficiency, reduced environmental impact, and an increased capacity to adapt to climate change. Further, it results in Climate Smart Agriculture through augmented efficiencies in the use of land, water, fertilizers, and pesticides thereby supporting climate change adaptation and mitigation. The planning process includes four components as shown in the diagram below.
Group administrators play a key role in assisting and facilitating the planning process for member farms. Adoption of this farm planning approach supports producers in assessing local conditions and key risks that affect a farm’s productivity and sustainability. This allows for the selection of best management practices that are suited to the farm’s crop(s) and local context.

Effective Planning and Management System

1.1- Critical Farm baseline assessment conducted
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A farm baseline assessment is conducted and documented. The assessment is reviewed and updated at least once per year. The assessment includes:
• A farm map indicating the location of each production plot, roads, buildings, other infrastructure, natural ecosystems, and abutting land uses including protected areas.
• A boundary delineation of the certificate’s geographic extent;
• Information on each production plot, including type of crop or pasture, crop or pasture varieties and crop or herd density, crop age or renovation stage for perennial crops and rotation cycle for annual crops; and production level.
• A tabulation of the total farm area, total production area, and total area of natural ecosystems.
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1.2 - Critical Sold product does not exceed harvest volume
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Records are maintained and calculation methods are described that demonstrate that the total volume of certified product sold does not exceed the volume harvested from the farm or received from other certified farms. Records are maintained to demonstrate that only products from certified farms are claimed as certified.
1.3 - Critical Mixing of certified product with non-certified products prevented
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The products harvested, received, processed, mixed, stored, packed, labeled or handled in the farm’s or group
administrator’s facilities preserve the products’ integrity in accordance with their claim.
Product receipt from certified, multi-certified and non-certified farms is registered with its origin, date, and
product type and volume. If certified, multi-certified and non-certified products are handled together, all
products with certified claims can be identified.
1.4 - Critical Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) for major land conversion/major new farm infrastructure
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An independent environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) is conducted prior to land conversion or the development or expansion of farm infrastructure when required by applicable law or when these proposed changes will exceed SAN ESIA parameters. The ESIA includes written plans and procedures for minimizing and mitigating any negative impacts and enhancing positive impacts. The farm management and
group administrator implements and monitors ESIA plans during the installation and operation phases of the
new development.
1.5 - Critical Service providers are selected and monitored for compliance with applicable SAN Critical Criteria
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The farm management and group administrator document and implement mechanisms for the selection,
monitoring, and management of service providers to ensure that service providers comply with applicable
critical criteria of this standard for work conducted within the certification scope. When the service provider
processes, stores, packages, and/or labels products on behalf of a farm or group administrator, the service
provider holds an active SAN Chain of Custody Certificate.
1.6 - Critical Management commitment for SAN Standard implementation and compliance with applicable law
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The farm management and group administrator demonstrate the commitment to certification and to complying with this standard:
• Resources are dedicated and responsible personnel is designated to the development and implementation of social and environmental management plans;
• Applicable laws are identified within the scope of this standard, systems for compliance are maintained and written affirmations of this compliance are provided;
• Regular assessments are conducted to measure compliance with this standard;
• Social and environmental management plans are adjusted accordingly.

Continuous Improvement Area: Effective Planning and Management System

1.7 - C Farm management plan to optimize productivity and input use
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The farm management and group administrator develop and update regularly a farm management plan to optimize productivity, input use efficiency, and comply with this standard. The plan includes:
• Soil health and erosion;
• Water management (including estimated use of irrigation water);
• Pests and diseases;
• Management of inputs (including estimated use of fertilizer and pesticide);
• Planting materials;
• Climate change;
• Extreme weather events
• Estimated production volumes and desired product quality of crops or cattle production covered by the SAN certificate scope and for the next production cycle;
• Labor; and
• Identification of agricultural practices to optimize productivity and input use efficiency.
1.8 - C Training plan for workers
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The farm management and group administrator develop and implement a training plan to train workers on the competencies required to carry out their work and to comply with this standard.
1.9 - C Analyze records on farm inputs and production
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The farm management and group administrator analyze at least annually records on farm inputs and production to evaluate the achievement of the farm management plan and adjust the plan for the following year.
1.10 - B Keeps records of inputs and production data
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The farm management and group administrator keep up-to-date records of inputs and production data for at least the crops or cattle production system covered by the SAN certificate scope. These
records include:
• Quantity produced and sold as certified during each twelve-month period;
• Pesticide applications, including all receipts for purchases, label names of products applied, active ingredient (AI) name, quantity of each formulated product applied, application dates, location (the production plot –see criterion 1.1-), land area over which each product is applied, type of application equipment, and names of pesticide handlers;
• Organic fertilizers (types, amount and costs) or mineral fertilizers (amount and costs);
• Quantity of water used for irrigation, processing, or cattle production; and
• For cattle production systems, the quantity, type, and origin of feed produced outside the farm.
1.11 - B Documents trainings
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The farm management and group administrator document all training according to training topic,
name, organization and title of the trainer, focal crop, number of women and men trained, and an attestation of each worker or group member that s/he participated in the training.
1.12 - B Support equality and empowerment of women
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The farm management and group administrator support equality and empowerment of women, including participation in training and education and equal access to products and services.
1.12 - B Support equality and empowerment of women
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The farm management and group administrator support equality and empowerment of women, including participation in training and education and equal access to products and services.

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1.13 - Critical Documents and implements a group governance structure
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The group administrator keeps enrollment records of all members, including name, contact information, gender, age, location, crops, and production areas.
1.14 - Critical Sign agreements with group members
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The group administrator evaluates members’ conformance with this SAN standard through internal inspections. The group administrator inspects all new farms before they are included as member farms. All other member farms are inspected frequently enough to monitor the implementation of required improvement actions and to ensure that the entire scope of the standard is evaluated for each member at least once every three years. Member farm visits are scheduled at different times of the year to assess harvesting, farming practices and pesticide applications.

Continuous Improvement Area: Group Administrator Management for Member Support

1.15 - C Develops and implements a training plan based on group members' needs
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The group administrator documents and implements a group governance structure including decision-making procedures, group member selection criteria, and membership rules. The group governance structure, member selection, and membership rules avoid all forms of discrimination. The group administrator does not restrict its members from associating or affiliating.
*Not Applicable to Group Model “Multiple-sites under one owner”.
1.16 - C Sign agreements with group members
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The group administrator signs or marks agreements with all group members that include their obligations to conform to this standard and rights to resign or to appeal findings of non-compliance and its resulting sanctions with the group administrator. The group administrator implements sanctions and appeals procedures for non-compliance of group members with applicable criteria of this standard and with the group administrator’s internal requirements.
1.17 - C Develops and implements a training plan based on group members' needs
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The group administrator develops and implements a plan for training and other support activities based on group members’ needs identified through the group governance structure and through the farm planning process. Training activities are appropriate to members’ education levels and to the cultural context and are offered to all members. Support activities include facilitating members’ access to farm inputs, high-quality planting materials, or financial services. The group administrator makes particular efforts to offer training to potentially less-advantaged group members, those in remote areas, and those with limited literacy. Progress, opportunities, and challenges of the group´s training plan are analyzed by the group administrator, and results are shared with group members and used to improve training design and implementation.
1.18 - C Non-discriminatory calculation and distribution of revenues
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The group administrator develops, documents, and implements a mechanism for non-discriminatory calculation and distribution of revenues to its group members. The group administrator communicates transparently about the distribution of revenues to its group members.
*Not Applicable to Group Model “Multiple-sites under one owner”.
1.19 - C Plan for health care and education (when public services not available)
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Where public health or education services are not available, the group administrator develops and implements a plan to provide access to health care and basic education to its members.
1.20 - C Plan for health care and education (when public services not available)
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The group administrator facilitates the planning process for its members through training, standardized formats for data collection and analysis, and support to analyze progress and revise farm plans accordingly.
Objectives and outcomes:
The overall goal of this set of specific criteria is help group administrators to support members on their path towards sustainability. Group administrators have to support members, especially smallholders, in improving their knowledge and capacity for conducting sustainable agriculture. Specifically, the function of group administrators is to help members increase productivity, increase crop income, strengthen trading relationships, and increase leverage in the value chain.
The SAN Standard requires group administrators to facilitate the democratic processes by which smallholder members participate in decision-making. Additionally, group administrators create and maintain a management system that provides documentation for SAN authorized auditors as to members’ level of achievement with this standard.
Group administrators work on behalf of their members to help them attain a living income that fulfills all essential needs for smallholder farmers and their families. This includes the provision of access to health care and education for smallholders and their families. Group administrators and smallholders democratically agree together how to provide access to health care and education for them and their families.

Principle 2: Biodiversity Conservation

Objectives and outcomes:
Forests are the best defense against climate change, yet conventional agriculture is one of the leading causes of deforestation and greenhouse gasses emissions. This principle aims to help prevent deforestation and to protect biodiversity, natural ecosystems, and High Conservation Value areas in and around certified farms.
Through the implementation of the criteria in this principle, farms protect on-farm natural ecosystems and do not contribute to deforestation. In addition, diverse native shade canopies required for shade-tolerant crops (such as coffee and cocoa) help conserve biodiversity and increase farm resilience.
For all crop and cattle production systems, the SAN Standard requires farms to conserve or restore trees and other native vegetation. Certified farms also maintain and increase the amount and diversity of native vegetation to help diversify production systems, conserve native habitats and their biodiversity, and support critical ecosystem services such as pollination, pest control, and water cycles.
In addition, farms contribute to conservation in the broader landscape by maintaining wildlife corridors and aquatic ecosystems, and by avoiding negative impacts to surrounding protected areas. Certified farms support the protection of endangered species and other native flora and fauna by prohibiting hunting, minimizing the spread of invasive species, and taking steps to minimize human-wildlife conflict.
Implementation of the SAN Sustainable Agriculture Standard helps producers and companies demonstrate adherence to “deforestation-free” production and sourcing commitments, and helps consumers identify deforestation-free products in the marketplace.
The negative effects of climate change are already apparent through changes to global temperatures and weather systems, and these trends are not expected to reverse in the near future. By protecting biodiversity, natural ecosystems, and their carbon stocks, certified farms apply key principles of Climate Smart Agriculture and contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation, thereby lessening the effects to the farm from climate change and not contributing further to key climate change drivers. In this way, implementation of the SAN Standard helps to transform agriculture in a manner that leads to prosperity for both people and planet.

Biodiversity Conservation

2.1- Critical No destruction of High Conservation Value areas after November 2005
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High Conservation Value (HCV) areas have not been destroyed from November 1, 2005 onward.
2.2 - Critical No conversion of forests and other natural ecosystems in the past five years or after January 2014
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Farms conserve all natural ecosystems and have not destroyed forest or other natural ecosystems in the fiveyear
period prior
to
the date
of
initial application
for
SAN
certification
or
after
January
1, 2014,
whichever
date

is
earlier.
2.3 - Critical No negative effects on protected areas
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Production activities do not degrade any protected area.
2.4 - Critical No hunting
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Animals that are endangered or protected are never hunted or killed. Animals are not hunted on the farm, with the following exceptions:
• Smallholders may hunt non-endangered species for non-commercial use only; and
• Vertebrate pest wildlife may be hunted only in accordance with the farm’s integrated pest management (IPM) plan, and only as a measure of last resort.
Explosives or toxic substances are never used for hunting, fishing, or control of wildlife pests. Control of rodents follows SAN rodenticide risk management requirements.

Continuous Improvement Area: Native Vegetation

2.5 - C Service providers are selected and monitored for compliance with applicable SAN Critical Criteria
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The farm management and group administrator document and implement mechanisms for the selection,
monitoring, and management of service providers to ensure that service providers comply with applicable
critical criteria of this standard for work conducted within the certification scope. When the service provider
processes, stores, packages, and/or labels products on behalf of a farm or group administrator, the service
provider holds an active SAN Chain of Custody Certificate.
2.6 - C Map of natural ecosystems and plan to increase or restore native vegetation
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The farm management and group administrator develop a map that includes natural ecosystems and agroforestry canopy cover or border plantings with estimated vegetation coverage and estimated percentage of native species composition. If the farm or group of member farms have less than 10% total native vegetation cover or less than 15% total native vegetation cover for farms growing shadetolerant crops, the farm management and group administrator
develop and implement a plan to progressively increase or restore native vegetation,
including:
• Restoration of zones adjacent to aquatic ecosystems;
• Restoration of farmed areas of marginal productivity to natural ecosystem; or
• Incorporation of native trees as border plantings and barriers around housing and infrastructure, live fences, shade trees, and permanent agroforestry systems.
2.7 - C Plan to restore zones adjacent to aquatic ecosystems
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If zones adjacent to aquatic ecosystems are not protected according to SAN restoration parameters, a plan is developed and implemented to restore these zones.
2.8 - A Restoration parameters are implemented for aquatic ecosystems
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SAN restoration parameters are implemented for all aquatic ecosystems.
2.9 - A Minimum native vegetation shade and vegetation cover
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Farms with shade-tolerant crops have at least 15% total native vegetation coverage across the farm or group of farms or a shade canopy fulfilling the SAN canopy cover and species diversity parameters. Farms or groups of farms with non shade-tolerant crops have at least 10% total native vegetation coverage across the farm or group of farms.

Continuous Improvement Area: Wildlife Management

2.10 - C No collection of endangered plants
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Endangered species of plants are not collected, except for:
• Non-commercial collection for traditional medicinal use; or
• Conservation or scientific research purposes, and only with prior permission from local authorities.
2.11 - C No wildlife in captivity
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Wildlife is not held in captivity. Captive animals that were present on the farm before the earliest certification date may be held only for non-commercial purposes for the remainder of their lives if not mistreated.
2.12 - C Invasive species are not intentionally introduced
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Invasive species are not intentionally introduced or released. Existing invasive plant species or their
parts are not disposed in aquatic ecosystems.
2.13 - A Minimize human-wildlife conflict
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Farms minimize human-wildlife conflicts affecting workers, wildlife, crops, or farm assets through the siting and design of farm infrastructure and fencing; maintenance or establishment of wildlife corridors to facilitate wildlife movement while minimizing conflict; and training workers in procedures and emergency responses for addressing crop damage or wildlife attacks.
2.14 - A Reduce invasive plants already present
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Efforts are implemented to contain and reduce invasive plants already present on the farm.

Principle 3: Natural Resources Conservation

Objectives and outcomes:
The careful conservation of natural resources is a foundational basis for sustainable farming. Minimizing environmental pollution benefits people, pollinators, animals and much more. This principle aims to ensure the health of soil and water, as well as reduce pesticide and fossil fuel use.
Good farming practices included in this principle minimize soil erosion and compaction and maintain or improve soil health, including stocks of soil organic matter. Soil fertility is managed in a way that promotes crop and soil health. Improvements in soil organic matter, water, soil health, and pest management increase a farm’s resilience to climate change.
Farm-related water pollution is minimized through reduced pesticide use and the avoidance of fertilizer run-off to natural water bodies. Water consumption is optimized for crop production and processing and avoids negative impacts to local communities and ecosystems. Wastewater is managed to avoid sanitation risks and negative impacts to aquatic ecosystems.
Farm waste is reduced, reused, and recycled, and waste is managed in such a way as to avoid environmental contamination.
Highly hazardous pesticides are prohibited and pesticide risks to people, wildlife, aquatic ecosystems, and pollinators are minimized through targeted risk mitigation practices. Producers apply integrated pest management (IPM) to minimize pest-related production losses. Reducing pesticide use and preventing negative effects of pest control activities benefits farmers, workers, bystanders, and natural ecosystems.
Certified crops and products never contain genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). Farms increase energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce the proportion of energy use from fossil fuel sources, and ensure that renewable energy sources do not harm natural ecosystems.
Implementation of criteria in this principle support farms in conserving natural resources so positive impacts, in time, are visible at landscape level.

Natural Resource Conservation

3.1- Critical Wastewater from processing operations meets quality parameters
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Wastewater from processing operations is not discharged into aquatic ecosystems unless it has undergone treatment to meet SAN industrial wastewater parameters. Wastewater from processing operations is not applied to land with very sandy or highly permeable soils, where slopes exceed 8%, or where the water table is seasonally or permanently high. Wastewater from processing operations may not be applied to soil unless it has undergone treatment to remove particulates and toxins and to reduce acidity and complies with additional SAN industrial wastewater parameters for irrigation. Wastewater from processing operations may not be mixed with clean water for the purpose of meeting SAN industrial wastewater parameters.

3.2 - Critical Sewage is not discharged into aquatic ecosystems
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Untreated sewage is not discharged into aquatic ecosystems.
3.3 - Critical Develop and implementation of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plan
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The farm management develops and implements an integrated pest management (IPM) plan that is based upon the prevention and monitoring of pests and aims to avoid economically significant crop losses while reducing pesticide risks. The farm management determines pest management steps based on the analysis of pest monitoring records. Pests are managed using biological controls or other non-chemical methods where feasible. When pesticides are used, preference is given to non-restricted low toxicity pesticides, and pesticides are applied only to the parts of the crop affected by pests. All workers involved in pest management activities are trained about the contents of the IPM plan.
3.4 - Critical No use of SAN prohibited pesticides and application of only legally registered pesticides
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The use of substances included in the SAN List of Prohibited Pesticides is prohibited. Only pesticides that are legally registered in the production country are used. The use of agriculture mineral oils is only allowed, if these contain less than 3% of Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) residues.
3.5 - Critical Conditions for aerial fumigation
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Pesticide application by aircraft complies with SAN requirements for aerial fumigation. Workers are not present in areas during aerial fumigation with pesticides. In the case of primary and secondary drainage canals with permanent water, a plan is developed and implemented to cover these water bodies with vegetation or other effective physical means.
3.6 - Critical SAN certified crops do not contain GMOs
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Crops covered by the SAN certificate scope do not consist of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and are not repackaged or processed with GMO products.
3.7 - Critical No use of human sewage in production or processing activities
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Farms do not use human sewage in production or processing activities.

Continuous Improvement Area: Soil Conservation and Management

3.8 - C Reduce water and wind erosion through various measures
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Farms reduce water and wind erosion through practices such as ground covers, mulches, re-vegetation of steep areas, terracing, filter strips, or minimization of herbicide use.
3.9 - C Fire only for pest control as prescribed by IPM plan
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Fire may be used only for pest control, only as prescribed by the IPM plan and only if it creates less negative environmental impact than other pest control measures. To protect nearby natural ecosystems, infrastructure, and communities, fire is applied only by trained workers with fire suppression tools, personal protective equipment, and access to water for firefighting, and only when wind speed and direction create a minimal risk of uncontrolled burning. If fire is used, fire use areas and history are indicated on updated farm maps.
3.10 - B Practices to maintain or enhance soil health
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Farms implement practices such as crop rotation, planting of nitrogen-fixing ground covers or cover crops, or application of compost or mulch to maintain or enhance soil health.
3.11 - B Nutrient management practices
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Nutrient management practices are implemented based on assessment of crop needs, regular
monitoring of soil fertility and crop nutrient status, or recommendations from local agronomic experts. Organic fertilizers are preferentially used where locally available.
3.12 - B Apply fertilizers precisely
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Farms apply fertilizers precisely to make nutrients available when and where crops need them and to minimize loss to or contamination of the environment. Equipment for mixing and applying fertilizer is calibrated annually, after maintenance, or whenever the product type is changed.
3.13 - B Reduce compaction through various practices
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Farms reduce soil compaction through no-till or reduced tillage farming, low-pressure tires, or restrictions on vehicle size and access times.
3.14 - A Nutrient inputs are sufficient but do not contribute to eutrophication
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Based on record-keeping (see 1.10), the farm management and group administrator demonstrate that nutrient inputs to crops and soils are sufficient to compensate for production-related uptake and losses, but do not contribute to eutrophication through excessive application.

Continuous Improvement Area: Water Conservation

3.15 - C Comply with law for withdrawal of water
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Farms comply with applicable law for the withdrawal of surface or groundwater for agricultural, domestic or processing purposes.
3.16 - C New irrigation is optimized for productivity
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Any new irrigation system is designed to optimize crop or pasture productivity while minimizing water waste, erosion and salinization.
3.17 - B Water conservation plan
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For operations that irrigate or that use water for processing or cattle production, the farm management and group administrator develop and implement a water conservation plan to reduce water use per unit of product produced or processed. The plan documents current water consumption, evaluates future water needs and water availability, and establishes targets for improving water use efficiency.
3.18 - B Existing irrigation is optimized
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Existing irrigation and water distribution systems are managed and maintained to optimize crop or pasture productivity and minimize water waste, erosion and salinization.
3.19 - A Reductions in water
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Based on record-keeping (see 1.10), the farm demonstrates reductions in water used for irrigation, processing, or cattle production per unit of product produced or processed.

Continuous Improvement Area: Water Quality

3.20 - C Greywater collected and managed
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Grey water is collected and managed through treatment or drainage systems and is not discharged into aquatic ecosystems.
3.21 - B Map it latrines and sewage disposal
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Farms map all pit latrines and sewage disposal sites and their drainage systems. These systems are sited, designed and managed to minimize risks to aquatic ecosystems and drinking water supplies.
3.22 - B Treated sewage meets water quality parameters
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Treated sewage meets the water quality parameters as defined by applicable law prior to discharge.
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Continuous Improvement Area: Integrated Pest Management

3.23 - C Group administrator develops IPM plan
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In the case of groups, the group administrator develops an integrated pest management (IPM) plan for the group, according to the contents of Critical Criterion 3.3. The group administrator trains and supports its members to implement this plan on the member farms.
3.24 - C Record pest infestations
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The farm management and group administrator record pest infestations with the following parameters:
• Pest type;
• Infestation dates, area and location, and degree of damage; and
• Weather during the infestation.
3.25 - B Smallholders record pest infestations
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Smallholders record pest infestations with the following parameters:
• Pest type;
• Infestation dates, area and location, and degree of damage; and
• Weather during the infestation.
3.26 - B Analyzes pesticide application and records
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The farm management and group administrator analyze pesticide application and pest monitoring records, document any significant reductions or increases in pest severity and pesticide use, and update the IPM plan annually considering the effectiveness of past pest management approaches and any new pest control challenges or opportunities.

Continuous Improvement Area: Pesticide Management

3.27 - C Aquatic risk mitigation pesticides only used if aquatic ecosystem protection measures are enforced
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arms apply substances listed in the SAN List of Pesticides for Use with Risk Mitigation as having risk to aquatic life only if SAN non-application zones around aquatic natural ecosystems are enforced or vegetative barriers are established compliant with SAN parameters for vegetative barriers or other effective mechanisms to reduce spray drift. Farms apply substances listed in the SAN List of Pesticides for Use with Risk Mitigation as having risk to wildlife only if SAN non-application zones around natural ecosystems are enforced or vegetative barriers are established compliant with SAN parameters for vegetative barriers or other effective mechanisms to reduce spray drift.
3.28 - C Non-crop vegetative barriers between crops and areas of human activity
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Farms establish and maintain non-crop vegetative barriers compliant with SAN parameters for
vegetative barriers or SAN non-application zones between pesticides applied crops and areas of human activity.
3.29 - C Pollinator risk mitigation pesticides only used in special circumstances
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Farms apply substances listed in the SAN List of Pesticides for Use with Risk Mitigation as having risks for pollinators only if:
• Less toxic, efficacious pesticides are not available;
• Exposure to natural ecosystems is minimized by complying with SAN non-application zones or by establishing vegetative barriers compliant with SAN parameters for vegetative barriers or by implementing other effective mechanisms to reduce spray drift; and
• Contact of pollinators with these substances is further reduced through:
• Substances are applied only when pollinators are not active; or
• Substances are not applied to flowering weeds or flowering weeds are removed; and
• Substances are applied while the crop is not in peak flowering period. Not applicable to banana,
cocoa, grapes, lemon grass, pineapple, psyllium, sugar cane, and tea.
• If bee hives are used, they are temporarily covered during application, and hive bees are provided with a
clean water source outside the treated area.
3.30 - C Pesticides are stored in a safely locked storage facility
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All pesticides are stored in a safely locked storage facility. Only people trained in pesticide risks and management have access to the pesticide storage facility.
3.31 - C Prohibited and expired pesticides are returned
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Pesticides listed in the SAN Prohibited Pesticides List and expired products that were in use before farms applied for certification are returned to the supplier or, if the supplier does not accept these products, these are labeled and stored separately from other products until disposed of safely.
3.32 - C Persons and communities are alerted about pesticide applications
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Potentially affected persons or communities are identified, alerted, and warned in advance about pesticide applications and prevented from access to pesticide application areas.
3.33 - C Empty pesticide containers and equipment triple washed
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Empty pesticide containers and application equipment are triple washed, and the rinse water is returned back to the application mix for re-application. Empty pesticide containers are kept in a locked storage area until safely returned to the supplier or, if the supplier does not accept empty containers, they are cut or perforated to prevent other uses. Containers may be re-used only for the original contents and only when labeled accordingly.
3.34 - B Select optimum pesticide to reduce spray drift
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Farms select the optimum pesticide application equipment and techniques for the crop and pesticide type to reduce spray drift.
3.35 - B Pre-harvest intervals of pesticides
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Pre-harvest intervals of pesticides as stipulated in the product’s Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), label or security tag are complied with when applying pesticides. When two or more products with different pre-harvest intervals are used at the same time, the longest interval is applied.
3.36 - B Calibrates equipment for pesticides
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The farm management and group administrator calibrate equipment for mixing and applying pesticides, at least annually, after maintenance, and whenever the type of product is changed.
3.36 - B Calibrates equipment for pesticides
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The farm management and group administrator calibrate equipment for mixing and applying pesticides, at least annually, after maintenance, and whenever the type of product is changed.

Continuous Improvement Area: Waste Management

3.37 - C Waste storage doesn't pose risk
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Waste storage, treatment and disposal practices do not pose health or safety risks to farmers, workers, other people, or natural ecosystems.
3.38 - C Waste management plan
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The farm management and group administrator develop and implement a waste management plan including:
• Documentation of the origin, approximate volume, and current means of disposal for all waste streams; and
• Activities to segregate different waste types to facilitate re-use, recycling or composting.
3.39 - B Waste is not burned except in incinerators
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Waste is not burned, except in incinerators technically designed for the specific waste type.
3.40 - B Waste is segregated; recyclable wastes are separated and recycled
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Waste is segregated based on available waste management and disposal options. Recyclable wastes are separated and recycled. Organic waste is composted or otherwise processed for use as organic fertilizer. Scrap materials that can feasibly be reused are stored in designated areas away from processing plants and housing.
3.41 - B Farms are kept clean and free of waste
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Farms and infrastructure are kept clean and free of waste accumulations outside of designated storage and disposal sites.
3.42 - A Priority to suppliers that reduce waste
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The farm management and group administrator give priority to product suppliers that minimize the waste associated with their products, and that accept used packaging and containers for recycling.
3.43 - A Check service providers disposal and recycling methods
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The farm management and group administrator check service providers who remove oil, plastic and sewage waste and ensure that the contractors’ disposal and recycling methods do not pose risks to natural ecosystems, drinking water supplies, or the health and safety of people living near the disposal sites.

Continuous Improvement Area: Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions1

3.44 - B Energy efficiency plan
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The farm management and group administrator develop and implement an energy efficiency plan including:
• Quantity and type of energy sources and associated machinery used for production, processing, and domestic use; and
• Targets for increasing energy efficiency and for reducing dependency on non-renewable energy sources.
3.45 - B Minimizes effects of biomass
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If biomass energy is used, the farm management and group administrator minimize the direct or indirect effects of biomass use on natural ecosystems through actions such as:
• Planting trees to increase the availability of biomass energy from tree plantations.
• When biomass is purchased, ensuring that it originates from sources not associated with the destruction of forests or other natural ecosystems.
• Installing energy-efficient drying and processing infrastructure.
• Supporting increased energy efficiency in domestic fuelwood use by workers, farmers and their families through training, or facilitating access to energy-efficient cook stoves.
3.46 - A Reductions in energy
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Based on record-keeping, the farm management and group administrator demonstrate reductions in overall energy use or non-renewable energy use per unit product grown or processed.
3.43 - A Check service providers disposal and recycling methods
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The farm management and group administrator check service providers who remove oil, plastic and sewage waste and ensure that the contractors’ disposal and recycling methods do not pose risks to natural ecosystems, drinking water supplies, or the health and safety of people living near the disposal sites.

Principle 4: Improved Livelihoods and Human Well-being

Objectives and outcomes:
All humans have equal worth and should be treated well. By following the criteria in this principle, the SAN Standard intends protection of human and labor rights for farmworkers and their families. SAN supports the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and workers’ rights are not just as recognized by the SAN standard but are protected by national and international law. On certified farms, workers’ rights are protected, including essential ones as defined by ILO core conventions.
That’s why certified farms do not use forced labor or engage in labor discrimination. The health and wellbeing of all workers (and young workers in particular) are protected, and minors below 15 years of age cannot be hired.
Requirements in this principle include that workers’ Freedom of Association be fully respected. Farms pay at least the country’s minimum wage and overtime rates. The farm management and group administrator set a plan to increase workers’ wages and/or improve in-kind benefits towards a living wage that meets the essential needs of workers and their families.
When the housing is provided by farms for their workers, it is free from disease vectors and safe. All workers, smallholders and their families must have access to safe drinking water.
Community rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples, are fully respected during farm siting, development, and operations. Farm operations do not diminish communities’ land or resource use rights or collective interests without communities’ free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). Farms and group administrators engage constructively with the local community to identify and minimize any negative impacts of agriculture and to proactively identify and support community needs.
SAN participates in the Global Living Wage Coalition (GLWC), and the standard includes a living wage and essential needs approach as part of this effort. The GLWC has developed a process for identifying essential needs and the corresponding living wage level for countries with operations certified by the GLWC member systems. Living Wage is defined as follows:
Remuneration received for a standard work week by a worker in a particular place sufficient to afford a decent standard of living for the worker and her or his family. Elements of a decent standard of living include food, water, housing, education, healthcare, transport, clothing, and provision for unexpected events. Fulfillment of these eight “essential needs” together constitutes a decent standard of living.
The GLWC will provide a calculation of living wage for countries or their regions with certified farms or group administrators. Where a locally calculated living wage level is available, this benchmark is used as a basis for employers and worker organizations to evaluate current remuneration levels, collectively negotiate increases, and implement plans to progress toward living wage remuneration. In the absence of this living wage calculation, the farm management provides or facilitates key essential needs including access to health care and education for workers and their families.
Through this principle, the SAN Standard aims to transform agriculture by creating environments where farm owners, workers, their families and the broader communities they live in can all prosper and have better livelihoods.

Improved Livelihoods and Human Wellbeing

4.1- Critical No forced labor
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All forms of forced, compulsory, or slave labor are prohibited, including use of trafficked and bonded labor, labor by prisoners or soldiers, or the use of extortion, debt, threats, monetary fines or penalties. According to ILO Forced Labor Convention (No. 29) and Abolition of Forced Labor Convention (No. 105)
4.2 - Critical No mistreatment of workers; no sexual harassment
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Workers are treated respectfully and are never subjected to threats, intimidation, sexual abuse or harassment, or verbal, physical or psychological mistreatment.
4.3 - Critical No discrimination
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All forms of discrimination in labor, hiring, training, task assignment, labor benefits, promotion policies and procedures, and other opportunities for better conditions, pay, or advancement are prohibited, including any distinction, exclusion or preference to invalidate or harm equality of opportunity or treatment in employment; and different pay to men and women for work of equal value.
According to ILO Conventions 100 and 111
4.4 - Critical Freedom of association and collective bargaining
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Workers have the right to establish and join worker organizations of their own free choice without influence or interference by farm management, owners or group administrators. Worker organizations operate without interference or influence by farm management, owners or group administrators. Workers have the right to collectively negotiate the elements of their employment conditions into a collective bargaining agreement. Workers are fully protected against acts of discrimination or retaliation for reasons of affiliation.
"Not Applicable to Smallholders"
Freedom of Association according to ILO Convention 87, Collective Bargaining according to ILO Convention 98 concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organize and to Bargain Collectively
4.5 - Critical Payment of minimum wage
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All workers receive no less than the legal minimum wage or wages negotiated collectively, whichever is higher. For production, quota or piece work, the established pay rate allows workers to earn at least a minimum wage compared to a 48-hour standard working week of a similar task. If under these conditions, the piecework rate does not meet the minimum wage, then the wage level is upgraded to at least the minimum wage. No more than 30% of the required minimum wage is paid in-kind. If wages are negotiated voluntarily between employers and workers' organizations, those negotiated wage amount(s) apply to all workers covered under the negotiated agreement. Management-required training takes place during normal working hours and is fully compensated. Workers are not charged, nor is pay deducted, to cover the cost of tools, equipment or gear required for performance of worker duties.
4.6 - Critical No worst forms of child labor
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The worst forms of child labor are prohibited, including:
• Work harmful to children;
• Any type of paid or unpaid work by a child under the age of 15 years old, except tasks that are traditional for children in the location and are undertaken for the purpose of encouraging the family’s or local culture;
• Young workers’ work during legally compulsory school hours;
• Young workers’ work of more than eight hours per day and more than 48 hours per week;
• Young workers’ work schedule not permitting minimum consecutive period of 12 hours' overnight rest, and at least one full day of rest for every six consecutive days worked;
• All forms of forced, compulsory, or slave labor or discrimination;
• Sale and trafficking of children;
• Use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for the production of pornography or for pornographic
performances; and
• Use, procuring or offering of a child for other illicit activities. ILO Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention No. 182
4.7 - Critical Child laborers (under 15 years) not contracted and conditions for young workers (15-17 years)
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If young workers are contracted, records for each young worker are kept, including: First and last name; reliable proof of date of birth; parent(s) or legal guardian(s) first and last name and domicile or place of contact; young worker’s permanent residence; school registration and attendance statuses; parent(s) or legal guardian(s) consent and authorization for the young worker’s employment; type of assigned work or tasks; and number of daily and weekly working hours.
ILO Minimum Age Convention No. 138
4.8 - Critical No avoidance of benefits
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The farm management and group administrator do not engage in arrangements or practices designed to eliminate or reduce pay and benefits due to workers such as employing contract or temporary workers for permanent or ongoing tasks.
4.9 - Critical Grievance mechanisms for workers
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The farm management and group administrator implement complaints or grievance mechanisms to protect workers’ rights. Workers also have the right to object to their received payment and have their objections reviewed and decided with decisions being documented. Workers are not subject to employment termination, retribution, or threats as a consequence of utilizing the complaint or grievance mechanism. The farm management and group administrator inform workers of the right to access external complaint and grievance mechanisms, including SAN accredited Certification Bodies, SAN secretariat or local authorities.
4.10 - Critical 48 regular working hours and one rest day per week
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Regular working hours of all workers do not exceed 48 hours per week, with at least one full day of rest for every six consecutive days worked. Workers receive one meal period break for every six hours worked.
4.11 - Critical Regulations on overtime
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All overtime is voluntary. Overtime does not result in a work week exceeding 60 total hours, except under extraordinary circumstances. All overtime is paid at the rate required by applicable law or as collectively negotiated, whichever is higher. In absence of applicable law for higher overtime pay, overtime is paid at 1.5 times the regular wage level.
4.12 - Critical Access to drinking water
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Farmers, workers, and their families are afforded access to potable water through one of the following means:
• Access to a public potable water system is provided;
• Potable water provided by the farm management and group administrator complies with SAN safe drinking
water parameters based on testing preceding each SAN certification audit and any time that new water
contamination risks have occurred. Potable water sources are protected and water distribution mechanisms are
maintained to avoid contamination; and
• In the case of smallholder groups, the group administrator implements and documents a training program to instruct smallholder members on potable water treatments, such as boiling, filtering or chlorinating and the prevention of water contamination.
4.13 - Critical Basic conditions for housing
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When the farm management and group administrator provide housing to workers and their families, it includes:
• Absence of rats, mice, insects and vermin, or conditions that favor their populations that could cause disease or
carry parasites that function as vectors of diseases;
• Dry floors;
• Protection against rain, wind or cold weather conditions;
• No conditions posing imminent threats to the health or security of the occupants;
• A register of workers and family members that live in management provided housing;
• Separate beds; and
• Doors with locking mechanism.
4.14 - Critical Develop and implement an Occupational Health and Safety plan
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The farm management and group administrator develop and implement an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) plan. The OHS plan is based on a risk analysis developed by a competent professional or organization and identifies and characterizes biological, physical and chemical hazards by job types or physically demanding tasks. The OHS plan describes and rates risks in terms of the frequency of potential occurrence and the potential danger or impact, and indicates the communication, training, equipment, or procedures, including medical exams and first aid, needed to prevent or reduce those risks rated as high to worker health or the health of other people on the farm or group administrator facilities. The farm management and group administrator designate a qualified OHS officer responsible for ensuring the implementation of the OHS plan.
4.15 - Critical Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
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Functional Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in accordance with the product’s MSDS, safety tag or other instructions, whichever are more stringent, is provided free of cost to workers. All persons who mix or handle pesticides, fertilizers hazardous materials, or other chemical substances or natural pest control substances with possible dermatological or microbiological risks use PPE. Substances listed in the SAN List of Pesticides for Use with Risk Mitigation as having inhalation risks may be used only if restricted entry intervals are enforced and respirators with an organic vapor (OV) cartridge or canister with any N, R, P, or 100 series prefilter are used, and only if all application sites are flagged to indicate inhalation risks to bystanders.
4.16 - Critical Training on pesticide risks for pesticide handlers
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The farm management trains all workers and the group administrator trains all group members or their representatives that handle or come into contact with pesticides or other substances posing potential health risks. Training is conducted by a competent professional on safer management of these substances and includes:
• Occupational health topics specific to chemical handlers as defined in the Occupational Health and Safety Plan;
• An explanation of the names, formulations, toxicity, health risks, and other relevant MSDS information related to all substances to be applied;
• Techniques for correct handling of these substances;
• Correct use of PPE;
• Preventative measures for reducing possible damage to health and the environment caused by these substances; and
• Emergency procedures, first aid and medical attention for cases involving poisoning or undue contact with these substances.
4.17 - Critical All pesticide handlers use bathing facilities after application
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Bathing facilities are provided to all handlers of pesticides or other substances posing potential health risks. These handlers bathe and change their clothes after finishing the daily application schedule and before leaving the workplace at the end of the workday. All PPE for workers is washed and stored on the farm or group administrator facilities, and does not enter workers’ housing.
4.18 - Critical Avoiding high-risk tasks for pregnant or nursing women
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Women who are pregnant, nursing or have recently given birth are not assigned to activities that pose risk to the woman’s, fetus's or infant’s health. In cases of job reassignment, there is no reduction in remuneration.
4.19 - Critical Legitimate land use rights
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Legitimate right to use the land is demonstrated by ownership, leasehold, or other legal documents or by documentation of traditional or community use rights. Right to use the land is not legitimately disputed by current or former local residents or communities, including in relation to past dispossession or forced abandonment. In the event of land conflict, legitimate right may be demonstrated if a conflict resolution process has been implemented, documented, and accepted by the affected parties.
4.20 - Critical Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)
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Activities diminishing the land or resource use rights or collective interests of communities are conducted only after having received the communities’ free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). The farm management and group administrator implement complaints or grievance mechanisms to protect community members’ rights. If the farm management and group administrator diminish communities’ land or resource use rights, mutually agreed compensation commensurate with the loss of use is negotiated with and provided to communities as part of the FPIC process. The farm management and group administrator fully document the FPIC process, including maps developed through the participatory process that indicate the location, boundaries, and planned uses of lands and other resources over which communities have legal, customary, or user rights.
"Not Applicable to Smallholders"

Continuous Improvement Area: Employment Conditions and Wages

4.21 - C Payment procedures guarantee complete payment
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The farm management’s and group administrator’s payment procedures guarantee the complete payment to workers of all of their wages due, including for overtime work. Payments are made on the date, in the place, and with the frequency specified by collectively negotiated agreements or worker contracts.
4.22 - C Inform workers in native language in labor agreement
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The farm management and group administrator inform all workers offered employment in their native language about all terms of work, covering labor policies, procedures, rules, and conditions either as stated in a collective bargaining agreement (where implemented) or as contained in the employer’s proposed labor agreement.
4.23 - B At least 2 weeks paid vacation
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All workers receive at least two weeks of paid vacation leave per year (10 days based on a five-day work week or 12 days based on a six-day work week) with pro-rating for part-time or seasonal workers.
"Not Applicable to Smallholders"
4.24 - B Child labor monitoring plan
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The farm management and group administrator develop and implement a child labor prevention and monitoring plan after considering the results of consultations with community members and minors.
4.25 - B Maternity leave at least 12 weeks
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Pregnant women who are active workers receive fully-paid maternity leave of at least 12 weeks before or after birth, with at least six of these weeks being taken after birth.
"Not Applicable to Smallholders"
4.26 - B Maternity flexible schedules
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The farm's management and group administrator offer women who are pregnant, nursing or have recently given birth flexible working schedules or work site arrangements.
4.27 - A Increase inflation-adjusted wages
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The farm management and group administrator increase inflation-adjusted cash wages at least annually.

Continuous Improvement Area: Living Wage - Essential Needs for Workers and their Families

4.28 - C Basic housing conditions
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When the farm management and group administrator provide housing to workers, or workers with their families, this housing meets the following conditions:
• Beds are not arranged in more than two levels;
• Natural light during the daytime and artificial light for the nighttime;
• Natural ventilation that ensures movement of air in all conditions of weather and climate;
• Functional and effective fire wood smoke evacuation or ventilation mechanisms well maintained or repaired;
• Non-leaking windows, doors and roofs;
• At least one toilet for every 15 persons, one urinal for every 25 men, one washbasin for every six persons or per family;
• At least one shower per 10 persons, separated by gender;
• At least one large laundry sink for every 30 persons;
• Installed and maintained fire extinguishing mechanisms; and
• Marked safety exits.
ILO Guidance on Workers’ Housing Recommendation No. 115
4.29 - C Living wage plan
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If a living wage benchmark is provided, the farm management and group administrator document and implement a living wage plan, to progress towards payment of living wage. In absence of a living wage benchmark, the farm management and group administrator assess current access of workers and their families to health care and basic education and develop and implement a plan for providing access to these services.
4.30 - B More specific housing conditions
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When the farm management and group administrator provide housing to workers, or workers with their families, this housing meets the following conditions:
• Sealed floors;
• Space for belongings;
• Headroom is of not less than 203 centimeters for full and free movement;
• Cooking facilities;
• Toilets are designed to maximize safety for women and children, including good sight lines to latrines, privacy structures with locks and well-lit toilet areas; and
• Sleeping space is at least
• For rooms with two persons: 7.5 square meters (m).
• For rooms with three persons: 11.5 m2
• For rooms with four persons: 14.5 m2
• If a room accommodates more than four persons, the floor area is at least 3.6 m2 per person.
• When workers reside with their family, living space per family group is at least 30 m2
4.31 - B Access to health care and basic education
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The farm management and group administrator provide access to health care and basic education to all workers.
4.32 - A Housing includes areas for recreation and clothes drying
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When the farm management and group administrator provide housing to workers, or workers with their families, they provide areas for recreation and drying clothes. For permanent workers residing with their family, housing provides at least one toilet, one shower, and one laundry sink per family. Non-family worker housing provides at least one toilet for every six persons.
4.33 - A Farms pay living wage
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If a living wage benchmark is provided, the farm management and group administrator pay a living wage to all workers. Payment may include in-kind remuneration, pursuant to the plan (see C 4.29).

Continuous Improvement Area: Occupational Health and Safety

4.34 - C Occupational Health and Safety committee
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An Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) committee is chosen by workers for farms or group administrators with 20 or more workers. The committee participates in or carries out regular OHS reviews and its findings and decisions are considered in the updating and implementation of the OHS plan. Committee decisions and associated activities are documented.
4.35 - C Restricted entry intervals after pesticide application
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Farms implement Restricted Entry Intervals (REI) for persons entering pesticide application areas
without PPE that are at least 12 hours or as stipulated in the product’s MSDS, label or security tag,
whichever is more stringent. For WHO class II products, the REI is at least 48 hours. When two or more products with different REIs are used at the same time, the longest interval applies.
4.36 - C Test cholinesterase of workers who handle certain chemicals
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The farm management and group administrator test cholinesterase levels of workers who handle WHO Class II or III organophosphates or carbamates. Tests are conducted prior to the first time workers apply these substances on the farm and periodically thereafter as long as they remain assigned to this task. The farm management and group administrator offer other work that does not involve the use of these chemicals to those pesticide handlers with results outside of the accepted cholinesterase levels.
4.37 - C Reassign workers with health conditions
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When workers are diagnosed with temporary health conditions or have short-term disabilities that impair their ability to carry out their job, the farm management and group administrator reassign these workers for the length of the disability period to a different work task without penalty or a decrease in compensation.
4.38 - C Workshops designed for safe storage
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Workshops, storage areas, and processing facilities are designed for safe and secure storage of materials and equipped and identified in accordance with the type of stored substances and materials, are clean and organized, and have sufficient light and ventilation, equipment for firefighting, and means to adequately remediate any substance or spillage of materials.
4.39 - C Only authorized personal in workshops
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Only authorized personnel have access to workshops, storage or processing facilities.
4.40 - C First aid equipment available
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First aid equipment is available at the work place for offices, processing areas, and other central facilities and first aid kits are accessible in the field. Designated workers or group members are trained on first aid as specified in the OHS plan.
4.41 - C Medical exams for workers
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The farm management and group administrator provide workers with medical examinations as specified in the Occupational Health and Safety plan (see Critical Criterion 4.14). Workers have access to the results of their medical examinations.
4.42 - C Emergency showers and eye-washing
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The farm management and group administrator provide emergency showers and eye-washing facilities in or close to workshops, storage areas, and processing facilities where pesticides or other hazardous materials are used or stored.
4.43 - C Working toilets for offices and facilities
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Working toilets and washing facilities are available at the work place for offices, processing areas, and other central facilities of farms and group administrators.
4.44 - C Document and implement procedures for emergency scenarios
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The farm management and group administrator document and implement procedures for emergency scenarios (such as natural catastrophes, civil unrest, or fire), provide training, and maintain equipment to minimize harm for each of these emergency scenarios.
4.45 - C Natural or built shelters for meals and rest
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Farms provide natural or built shelter for meals and rest during the work period to protect from sunlight, rain and lightning.

Continuous Improvement Area: Community Relations

4.46 - B Communicate openly with local communities
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The farm management and group administrator communicate openly with local communities to identify community concerns and interests related to the farm’s or group administrator’s operations. The farm management and group administrator develop and implement a system to receive, respond to, and document the resolution of complaints from communities.
4.47 - A Support needs and priorities of communities
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The farm management and group administrator implement and document activities to support
identified needs and priorities of the community, such as support for local schools or other institutions, environmental education, or collaboration on emergency preparedness.

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