Membership UEBT ingredient Certification UEBT/Rainforest Alliance Herbs & Spices Programme Verification Chain of Custody Assurance system documents Exceptions to the standard

Membership

Membership brochure

Membership conditions and obligations

UEBT ingredient Certification

Ingredient certification - factsheet

Requirements for certificate holders – farms and local companies

Requirements for certificate holders – companies not located at source

System checklist for Organisations at Source

System checklist for Organisations not at Source

Field checklist

UEBT/Rainforest Alliance Herbs & Spices Programme

Requirements for certificate holders – farms and local companies

Requirements for certificate holders – companies not located at source

System checklist for Organisations at Source

System checklist for Organisations not at Source

UEBT and Rainforest Alliance Field Checklist for Herbs & Spices Programme

UEBT and Rainforest Alliance Field Checklist for Herbs & Spices Programme - Rooibos guidance

Verification

Assessing Ingredient Sourcing Practices – UEBT Verification

What is the difference between UEBT certification and verification?

Chain of Custody

UEBT Chain of Custody - Approval requirements

Assurance system documents

Summary: UEBT protocol for audits of supply chains in high-risk conditions

Assurance code public system report

Complaints and appeals procedure

Certification body requirements

UEBT Risk Assessment and Applicable law template - CB approval procedure

Data Protection and Confidentiality Policy

Exceptions to the standard

Procedure for regulating exceptions to the standard

List of exceptions to the standard

Annual reports M&E framework Impact studies

Annual reports

Monitoring & Evaluation report (2023)

Monitoring & Evaluation report (2022)

Monitoring & Evaluation report (2021)

Monitoring & Evaluation report (2020)

Monitoring & Evaluation report (2019)

Monitoring & Evaluation report (2018)

Monitoring & Evaluation report (2017)

M&E framework

UEBT Theory of Change

UEBT Research agenda

Monitoring & Evaluation public system report and indicators

Guidance for quality assurance in UEBT performance and outcome monitoring

Guidance for quality assurance and ethics in the implementation of UEBT evaluation studies

Outcomes and Impacts communications - content approval procedure

Guidance for defining and reviewing the UEBT M&E system

Impact studies

Impact case study - Carnauba

Impact case study - Natura

Impact case study - Weleda

Impact case study - Martin Bauer Group

Impact case study - Weleda (Video)

Flagship Reports

Sector transitions to Nature Positive: Deep dive on beauty and biodiversity

Sourcing botanicals with respect for people biodiversity

The Big Shift: Business for Biodiversity Report

Tools Risk Profiles Policy briefs

Tools

UEBT Risk Database - Supporting supply chain due diligence

UEBT supplier due diligence platform

Risk Profiles

Responsible sourcing risk profile - Jasmine in Egypt

Responsible sourcing risk profile - Jasmine in India

Responsible sourcing risk profile - Mint in India

Policy briefs

EU regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR)

Corporate Sustainable Due diligence Directive (CSDDD)

UEBT ABS Fact Sheets Guidance documents & tools Case studies

UEBT ABS Fact Sheets

UEBT ABS country factheets - overview

Those factsheets are exclusively available as part of the UEBT database on ABS, available to UEBT members and other companies as an annual subscription service.

Guidance documents & tools

UEBT online tool on Access and Benefit Sharing

What is ABS? (Video)

Biodiversity and innovation

FAQ on the Nagoya Protocol on ABS

Case studies

Access and Benefit Sharing in Cameroon-case study

The Contribution of Access and Benefit Sharing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

A benefit-sharing agreement for the Clanwilliam Cedar