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5. Requirements for the Sustainable Fair Trade Management System (SFTMS)
An organisation wishing to obtain independent certification of its Fair Trade Practices shall:
Planning the Sustainable Fair Trade Management System 5.1 The Organisation's publicly available Mission Statement about Fair Trade The Organisation shall have a written policy signed by the Organisation's senior management which shall:
The Organisation shall have a procedure for identifying the significant social, environmental, health and safety aspects linked to all its activities. Specific production and product related quality and compliance issues that are relevant to its product range must be identified. A comprehensive and concise inventory must be documented and updated. The Organisation must communicate the requirements and resulting obligations to the producers in a non-technical way. It shall assist and enable them to comply with these market and regulatory requirements in the extent of its capacities. The Organisation must formalize with its suppliers and producers the willingness to comply with the obligations identified in the inventory and the Fair Trade principles. 5.3 The initial Baseline assessment The Organisation shall carry out an initial evaluation of its current work practices and those of its producers with regard to the requirements and criteria of this Standard. The process of evaluation and the criteria used must be described and documented. The evaluation will include participatory assessments at its own and its producers' workplaces taking into account:
The Organisation shall list in a concise document all significant social, environmental, health, safety and product related aspects identified in the baseline assessment. This list shall be reviewed on at least an annual basis. It should contain two sections of information: one focusing on the Organisation itself, the other on the workers or producers/groups and supply chains. Relevant information should be communicated in a non-technical way. Information derived from the inventory of significant aspects shall form the basis of the improvement programme and certification process. 5.5 The long-term improvement programme with objectives and targets The baseline assessment will form the basis of the improvement programme to be implemented in the Organisation and its producers. The organisation must have a 3-year plan and in each of the three years will establish a yearly improvement programme with realistic, measurable objectives and targets. The plan is designed to improve the Fair Trade, social, health & safety, environmental, commercial and economic performance of the Organisation and its producers. The organisation and its producers shall identify the people and resources required to achieve these objectives and targets. © WFTO March 2009
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