The Rainforest Alliance is an NGO working to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behaviour. The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) promotes efficient and productive agriculture, biodiversity conservation and sustainable community development by creating social and environmental strandards.
The Rainforest Alliance promotes standards developed by the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) for sustainability that conserve wildlife and wildlands and ensure the well-being of workers and their communities. Farms that meet the criteria of the Sustainable Agriculture Network earn the right to use the Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM seal.
The Rainforest Alliance and the SAN are joint owners of the Rainforest Alliance Certified system.