Hand in Hand Fair Trade Organic Rapunzel - Certified is one of the declarations under the Ekko Score Organic - Chemical Free Standard.
Hand in Hand Fair Trade Organic Rapunzel - Certified stands for fair trade and organic agriculture. Rapunzel is one of the leading organic food producers in Europe, now represented around the world. It also supports compliance with all national rules and laws, social security for employees, humane, healthy and safe working conditions, prohibition of child labor and slave labor and total transparency.
For Hand in Hand Fair Trade Organic Rapunzel, the promotion of organic agriculture also includes the work at the political level such as the commitment for fair cultivation and trade conditions or a future without genetically manipulated organisms. It also stands for social justice, fair prices and reliable conditions for the raw material suppliers: In all its projects around the world, Rapunzel adheres to these principles.You can get more information on this Certification on the Hand in Hand Fair Trade Organic Rapunzel website.
Hand in Hand Fair Trade Organic Rapunzel - Certified sits in the ORGANIC Family under the Environmental Standard: Organic - Chemical Free of Ekko Score. One set of weighted Ekko Score points are gathered from each Family.
These are the claimable declarations & certifications under the Environmental Standard: Organic - Chemical Free . Please note that different certifications and declarations may be relevant to each category.
Yes, where the impact of the claim is similar. This is how it works.
IMPORTANTLY, SELF DECLARATIONS ARE GOVERNED BY CONSUMER LAW. IT IS AGAINST THE LAW FOR BUSINESSES TO MAKE FALSE CLAIMS (INCLUDING IMPLIED CLAIMS IN A CONTEXT LIKE EKKO SCORE).
EVEN IF A PRODUCT HAS A FORMAL CERTIFICATION, THAT CERTIFICATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ENTIRE INTEGRITY OF THE PRODUCT'S MAKE UP.
An example might be a Handmade, Australian, Certified Organic chocolate that contains Palm Oil. Under Ekko Score, this product would claim Certified Organic and would self declare: Zero Waste Production and Australian made, but could not claim the No Palm Oil declaration. This would mean a lower score under the Organic - Chemical Free Standard, making the inclusion of Palm Oil clear to potential consumers, without detracting from its other assets.
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