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IBD EcoSocial Certification System
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Why to create an EcoSocial seal
Context the present context requires development
actions based on fairer social criteria, more
fraternal economic relationships and more
balanced environmental interventions. Consumers
Consumers in all countries are paying attention
to how goods are produced, focusing on quality
and the productions socioeconomic and
environmental conditions. Challenge of the
EcoSocial Certification System Creating a link
between consumers and producers, ensuring that
production and trading are carried out in a
sustainable way for humans and for the
environment they live and work in.
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Why to create our own seal
Considering the countrys cultural diversity and
the operations socioeconomic diversity, the
goal was a seal that

• enclosed different cultural realities,
  contributing for valorisation of minor ethnic
  groups.
• Enabled operators to work within the concept of
  continuous improvement, respecting specific
  social and environmental characteristics.
• Allied aspects of product quality, socioeconomic
  and environmental conditions and Fair Trade in a
  single Certification System.

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Main advantages

• Economic
• Client satisfaction
• Strengthening companys image
• Competitive gains.
• Socialenvironmental
• Improving conditions of life and work for
  smallholders and wage-earning workers.
• Environment protection and preservation in
  certified companies and properties.

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Concepts associated with the image

Fingers represent threefold interacting forces -
product quality, environmental quality and
quality of life for those involved in the
process. Sinuous arm represents concept of
movement or continuous improvement associated to
the process.

The combined image represents simultaneously a
tree and a human hand, indicating that the act of
purchasing a product, the conservation of the
environment and the social positive externalities
are interconnected.
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Programs main characteristics

• Available for both organic and conventional
  production operations

• Operations in certification process shall comply
  with all Fair Trade, Environmental, Human and
  Social minimum criteria foreseen in the norm
• They also need to select two environmental and
  two human and social progress criteria to carry
  out during the certification year.
• Operations are audited under the perspective of
  continuous improvement, in which each inspection
  checks on socialenvironmental and Fair Trade
  progress.

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Programs main characteristics
Example Parameter basic and fundamental
education
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Programs main characteristics

• Types of certified companies / farms
• Companies / farms with contracted workers
• situations of formal labour relationships
  established between employers and employees.
• Smallholder groups
• situations that range from trader-supplier
  contract relationships not covered by labour laws
  to formal / informal labour relationships within
  the same organization (cooperative , association).

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Programs main characteristics

• Program managed by threefold committee, formed by
  at least
• One IBD representative
• One representative for employers, traders or the
  cooperatives leadership
• One representative for employees, product
  suppliers or cooperative members

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Programs main characteristics

• Internal policy for evaluation
• For certification recommendation, noncompliant
  items within minimum criteria must be under 20
  of the total.
• At least 50 of minimum criteria items must be
  compliant and a maximum of 30 can be under
  adjustment
• Goals established as progress criteria, except
  for specific situations, shall pursue minimum
  results of 30 (of increase or reduction within a
  maximum five years period).
• Observation
• Cases that require specific evaluation, other
  than recommended above, will be analysed
  individually by IBD.

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Economic Development Criteria Fair Trade

• Companys / farms mission and policies
  explicitly express social responsibility values
  regarding Fair Trade
• There is proof of using the ECOSOCIAL for worker
  or grower social and human development, as well
  as enterprise environmental development
• Ensuring the product quality, preferably through
  quality management systems (well defined
  procedures).

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Economic Development Criteria Fair Trade

• Minimum price paid for EcoSocial product is a
  result of free negotiation between producers,
  traders and buyers
• ECOSOCIAL Premium is equivalent to value invested
  into development programs
• Progress programs are defined with participation
  of all interested parts Leadership / Directory,
  Shareholders, Workers, Cooperative members,
  others.

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Human Social Development Criteria

• Support to labour unions work
• Safety at work
• Social benefits permanent and seasonal workers
• Profit sharing
• Qualification for employees
• Qualification for group management
• Internal quality control system
• Child labour
• Forced labour
• System of positions and salaries
• Discrimination by social, ethnic, religious,
  political or gender criteria

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Human Social Development Criteria

• Basic and fundamental education
• Habitation
• Nutrition
• Health
• Support to working women
• Support to pregnant and nursing women
• Support to aged people.

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Environmental Development Criteria

• Protected natural areas
• Natural resources management (forestry, subsoil
  and soil resources)
• Agricultural management
• Use of fire
• Water resources management
• Solid residues management
• Liquid effluent management
• Gas effluent management
• Biodiversity and seed bank management
• Genetically Modified Organisms
• Sustainability in Conventional Management

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Implanting the Certification System

• For first inspection, submit the following to
  IBD
• Filled out Application Form ( Doc. 2.1.14QP )
• Names of EcoSocial Program Management Committee
  members Guidelines, item 1.4.4
• Social and Environmental Update Report -
  Guidelines, item 1.4.2
• Plan of Action, indicating two progress criteria
  for social development and two for environmental
  development to be carried out during
  certification year

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Implanting the Certification System

• IBD actions
• Checking if operators profile corresponds to
  chosen category
• Evaluating Management Committees legitimacy
• Auditing and validating the starting point
  compliance with / adjustment to minimum criteria
  and choice of progress criteria
• Evaluating consistency of indicators and goals
  selected for each program.
• Confirming beginning of programs.
• Monitoring development of programs and fulfilment
  of established goals.

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Grower groups particular program aspects

• Standard System (already in use)
• When group has no Internal Control System, IBD
  inspects 100 of the producers or communities.
• IBD encourages groups progressive increase of
  autonomy through Internal Control.
• When Internal Control is structured and able to
  inspect 100 of the group, IBD works on sample
  inspections basis (minimum square root the total
  number of producers).

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Grower groups particular program aspects

• At the end of inspection, a report is written,
  identifying social/ environmental goals and
  assessment indicators, to demonstrate progress or
  retreat by the operations.
• Each growers problems and indicators are
  recorded and organized on tables (Problem Maps)
  where it is possible to visualize the group as a
  whole, as well as to evaluate its evolution in
  resolving problems.

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International cooperation agreements

• Fomenting continuous improvement of social,
  environmental and Fair Trade parameters, the
  EcoSocial Certification System becomes a tool for
  implementing the parameters settled by the
  following International Cooperation Agreements
• Agenda 21- UN
• Earth Charter - UN
• Global Pact Program - UN
• Millennium Goals UN
• ILO (International Labour Organization)
  Conventions.

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Investment into IBD EcoSocial Certification
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For Authorization Use of Ecosocial Seal For
Foreign Processors in Developed Countries-1

• General Objetive
• For organic processing companies in developed
  countries who wish to use the ECOSOCIAL seal on
  their marketing and product package, without
  being EcoSocial certified themselves, IBD has
  developed special conditions. These are
• the processing company must be in compliance
  regarding 95 of EcoSocial products in
  formulations
• An inspection on year basis must occur where IBD
  or a local certifier will inspect the purchase,
  stocks, traceability, of Ecosocial products in
  packaging and documentation.
• The processing company will make the
  intermediation between IBD and the local
  certifier.
• The local certifier will be trained by IBD for
  understanding and applying the ECOSOCIAL
  inspection system.

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For Authorization Use of Ecosocial Seal For
Foreign Processors-2

• Documentation
• The basic documentation to be generated for this
  Authorization process
• Inspection at processor by IBD/local certifier
  confirming that
• it has checked during inspection, all purchases
  of ECOSOCIAL products.
• it has checked traceability of ECOSOCIAL
  products.
• it has checked Graphic Arts and Marketing
  Material.
• It has checked all formulations and percentages
  of ECOSOCIAL products according to standards.

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For Authorization Use of Ecosocial Seal For
Foreign Processors-3

• Traceability
• It must be guaranteed by processing company that
• all tracebility documents proving use of Organic
  ECOSOCIAL products and their final destination
  will be available for inspection.
• A map in hard copy of the managing system of
  ECOSOCIAL product use and distribution will be
  generated and presented for inspection or at any
  time when requested.

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For Authorization Use of Ecosocial Seal For
Foreign Processors-4

• Graphic Arts and Marketing
• The processing company must assure correct image
  of the ECOSOCIAL seal according to the contract
  supplied by IBD. All ECOSOCIAL SEAL use will be
  approved previously to use by processor.
• The processing company, retailers must inform the
  consumer about the ECOSOCIAL principals, work and
  aims and relation with ECOSOCIAL suppliers.
• Certification Renewal.
• Certification renewal will be possible after
  payment of year fee and new inspection.

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For Authorization Use of Ecosocial Seal For
Foreign Processors-5

• Processing Groups System for ECOSOCIAL seal use.
• A processing company (Group Coordinator- GC) may
  allow third companies to process ECOSOCIAL
  products for a period of maximum 8 months
  without previous approval and inspection by
  IBD/local certifier provided
• The GC will be responsible for the operation in
  the third processor receiving ECOSOCIAL products
  from him.
• All documentation will be prepared and maintained
  by third processor and also kept by GC where it
  will be permanently updated.
• Purchase, traceability, stocks, sales and graphic
  arts activities of the third party processor with
  ECOSOCIAL products will be monitored and
  coordinated by the GC.

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For Authorization Use of Ecosocial Seal For
Foreign Processors-6

• Processing Groups System for ECOSOCIAL seal use.
• Before the GC starts third party operations, a
  written authorization will be obtained from IBD
  after relevant information about the third party
  processor has been forwarded for evaluation when
  third party inspection date will also be
  arranged.
• A short term contract between the third party
  processor, the GC and IBD will be signed while GC
  administrates the process.
• In this short term contract the GC is responsible
  for the process.
• The third processor agrees to inform his consumer
  about the ECOSOCIAL seal, aims and relation to
  ECOSOCIAL suppliers.
• Inspection, at least by the local certifier, with
  IBD standardized checklist must be done in the
  first 4 months of seal use after the short term
  contract has been signed.
• A fee of EUR 1.000 will be paid by the third
  processor to IBD.
• Document added short term contract.
• After the inspection and the 8 month period a
  direct complete and final contract will be made
  between third processor and IBD for ECOSOCIAL
  seal use with and fees.

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PROCESSOR CERTIFIERS PROCEDURE

• Will agree to perform inspection for Ecosocial in
  the first 4 months of contract period.
• Will assist Processor to fill Application
  Questionnaire
• Will apply Inspection Checklist
• Will send Inspection Checklist to IBD
• Will approve products labels with Ecosocial seal
  with cooperation of IBD.
• Added documents
• Application Questionnaire
• Inspection Checklist
• Ecosocial Standards

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