Established in 2008, the FairWild Foundation promotes the sustainable use of wild-collected ingredients - for food, cosmetics, well-being and medicinal products- with a fair deal for all those involved throughout the supply chain. The FairWild Foundation promotes the FairWild Standard and certification system for the sustainable management and collection of wild plants. Use of the FairWild Standard helps support efforts to ensure plants are managed, harvested and traded in a way that maintains populations in the wild and benefits rural producers.
The current FairWild Standard was developed through a combination of an original FairWild Standard dealing with social aspects and the International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection (ISSC-MAP) dealing with ecological aspects.
The FairWild Standards applies to:
- Products collected from the wild (e.g. medicinal and aromatic plants, berries, wild fruits, nuts and seeds, mushrooms, honey)
- Raw materials for finished products (e.g. essential and fatty oils)
- Products containing FairWild ingredients
| Sub-Category |
Private Sector
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| Standard for |
wild-collected natural ingredients and products thereof
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| Focus |
ecologically and socially sustainable wild collection
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| Structure |
Original FairWild Standard, dealing with social aspects (the Social Module), and the International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection (ISSC-MAP) dealing with ecological aspects (the Ecological Module).
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| Conformity Requirements |
- Wild-collection and conservation requirements
- Wild resources maintained
- No negative environmental impacts
- Relationship between collectors and collecting station
- Fair contractual relationship with collectors
- No discrimination
- No child labour
- Fair trade benefits for collector communities
- Fair labour conditions in collecting and processing companies
- Fundamental principles and rights at work
- Good healthy working conditions
- Obligations of FairWild companies towards their suppliers and buyers
- Sustainable sourcing practices employed
- Fair trade practices: fair pricing and fair trade premiums paid to source
- Legal and ethical requirements
- Compliance with laws, regulations and agreements
- Customary rights respected
- Management and business practices
- Good management and business practices applied
- Transparent cost-calculation and benefit-sharing throughout the value chain
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| Auditing System |
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| Geographic Focus |
international
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| Website |
http://www.fairwild.org
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