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Rainforest Alliance

Since 1987, the Rainforest Alliance has worked to build a global alliance of people who share our vision of a world where people and nature thrive in harmony. Today, we work in more than 70 countries around the world to protect forests, improve the livelihoods of farmers and forest communities, promote their human rights, and help them mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis.

Activity period 1986–present
Last CoAct update 2025
Web URL http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
Output effectiveness
0.40
Accountability Index
0.38
Inclusiveness Index
0.34
Num. actors 7232
Functions Technical implementation, Standards and norms, Campaigning, Participatory management, Training, Commercial product / service
SDGs 1 2 3 5 8 10 11 12 13 15 17
Themes land use
Policy focus Equal focus
Sectors Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Implementation countries Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burundi, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Congo (the Democratic Republic of the), Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic (the), Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines (the), Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Taiwan (Provice of China), Tanzania, the United Republic of, Türkiye, Uganda, United States of America (the), Viet Nam, Zambia
Target Target type
This cycle will act like a flywheel, with economies of scale and our brand influence, propelling us to reach 100 million people in farming and forest communities by 2030. People/countries affected target
To increase the speed and scale of change, we aim to grow our alliance from 7.5 million to 100 million farmers and workers by 2030. Organisations engaged target
7,600 company partnersu202f (20% growth since 2022) Organisations engaged target
5.7+ million hectares of certified farmland Area target