 | Certified Operator (Certification Applicant) | | | Guayaki - Coopaflora | | |
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| Place, Country | | | Turvo, Paraná, Brazil | ||
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| Contact | | | www.guayaki.com | ||
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| Type of Operation | | | FairTrade Smallholder Producer Group Organization | ||
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| Details on Operation | | | Coopaflora is a member owned cooperative of smallholders. | ||
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| Certified Products | | | Tea: fresh and dried Yerba Mate | |  |
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| Certification Programme | | | IMO Social & FairTrade Certification | ||
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| Social Issues (Smallholder Groups) |
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| Chapter | | | Content of the IMO Social & FairTrade Programme | | Rating | | Norm |
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| 3.1.1a | Transparent Administration and Relation with Farmers FARMER GROUPS | 20 | 16 | ||||
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| 3.1.2 | Pricing and Producer Payments | 17 | 14 | ||||
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| 3.1.3 | Non-discrimination and Gender Aspects | 16 | 10 | ||||
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| 3.1.4 | Internal Control System | 17 | 24 | ||||
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| 3.2.1 | Child Labour and Young Workers | 17 | 16 | ||||
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| 3.2.2 | Working Conditions Producer Farms | 45 | 44 | ||||
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| 3.3.1 | Basic Labour Rights Group Staff | 26 | 32 | ||||
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| 3.3.2 | Employment Conditions Group Staff | 36 | 32 | ||||
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| Total Score Social Issues (Smallholder Groups) | 194 | ||||||
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| Minimum Points for Certification Social Issues (Smallholder Groups) | 169 | ||||||
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| Points Reached Last Year (Social Issues, Smallholder Groups): - | |||||||
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| FairTrade Issues |
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| Chapter | | | Content of the IMO Social & FairTrade Programme | | Rating | | Norm |
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| 4.2.1 | Trade Relations | 21 | 20 | ||||
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| 4.2.2 | Additional FairTrade Obligations Producer Groups | 31 | 28 | ||||
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| Total Score FairTrade Issues | 52 | ||||||
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| Minimum Points for Certification FairTrade Issues | 43 | ||||||
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| Points Reached Last Year (FairTrade Issues): - | |||||||
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| Environmental Issues |
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| Chapter | | | Content of the IMO Environmental Programme | | Rating | | Norm |
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| 3.4.1 | Internal Monitoring Environmental Aspects | 4 | 4 | ||||
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| 3.4.2 | Environmental Performance Producers | 29 | 20 | ||||
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| 3.4.3 | Environmental Performance Processing | 32 | 22 | ||||
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| Total Score Environmental Issues | 65 | ||||||
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| Minimum Points for Certification Environmental Issues | 32 | ||||||
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| Points Reached Last Year (Environmental Issues): - | |||||||
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| Social Impact |
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| Social Impact & Special Achievements | | | Coopaflora is a small and young cooperative, founded by family based producers of mate tea leaves in the municipality of Turvo, state of Paraná, Brazil. The associates are organized in several small and informal producer groups engaged in diversified agroecological activities. These groups are part of the network Ecovida, a participative ecological movement of the southern regions of Brazil. A few bigger farms are part of the cooperative, too. The holdings are located in one of the best preserved areas of the original Atlantic rain forest with high preservation rate of araucaria trees (Araucaria angustifolia). The cooperative aims to organize and centralize the processing and commercialization of products of the associates, mainly leaves of the mate tree (Ilex paraguariensis) and of the pitanga tree (Eugenia uniflora) and dried medicinal plants. Other products should be added in the future. The cooperative is assisted by the local NGO Instituto Agroflorestal Bernardo Hakvoort – IAF, engaged in preservation of natural habitats in the region. IAF finances part of the staff of the cooperative and is vital for the start-up of the activities of the young organization. Social organization and life of the associated small holders is well developed. Diversification of production is an important step towards sustainability of economic, environmental and social development for the associates as well as for the cooperative. | ||||
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| Use of FairTrade Premium | | | First certification: no payment of FairTrade Premium yet | ||||
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| Date of Certification |
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| First | | | 03.03.2009 | ||||
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| Last Update | | | 03.03.2009 | ||||
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