UEBT’s standard promotes practices to source with respect for people and biodiversity. It includes requirements on basic human rights and critical social and environmental considerations along supply chains.  It also includes additional social, environmental and economic criteria that contribute to positive impact. 

UEBT offers guidance that zooms into key issues of the standard. These short factsheets are helpful for companies to go deeper into the standard, get helpful tips and read examples that companies may encounter. Guidance is available on these topics:

• biodiversity conservation

• regeneration of wild collected species

• sustainable use of cultivated species

• soil and water conditions

• minimizing the use of agrochemicals

• traceability

• traceability in complex supply chains

• child rights

• minimum and living wage

• references to available living wage and living income benchmarks

• fair prices and sourcing arrangements

• workers’ rights and freedom of association

• clarity about land tenure and access to natural resources

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