LIST OF AUTHORIZED CERTIFICATION BODIES FOR THE RAINFOREST ALLIANCE 2020 SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURE STANDARD
Please find the list of Certification Bodies that are authorized to carry out audits. The
Certification Bodies are listed first. Then follows a list of countries and the Certification Bodies
that operate in those countries.
Select the appropriate list for you:
List of Certification Bodies Authorized for Supply Chain scope
List of Certification Bodies authorized for Farm scope
Please note that this list is updated regularly, and subject to change.

Organization

Contact details
www.africertlimited.co.keinfo@africertlimited.co.ke(+254) 20 808 -1330(+254) 20 20 828857

BNAauditRA@bna-ci.com(+225) 22 42 62 18

Bureau Veritas Côte d'Ivoire
pddcidurabilite@bureauveritas.com(+225) 27 20 312 500

Cafe Control
pcncafecontroldaklak@gmail.com(+84) 262 3862 040

1http://www.ceres-cert.com/
info@ceres-cert.de(+49) 9151 - 966 92 0(+49) 9151 - 966 92 91

CSCA
houchao@cscac.com.cn(+86) 18513298924(+86) 10 68718786
Control Union B.V.
(+31) 38 4260100
Control Union Services
rainforest.peru@controlunion.com
info.peru@controlunion.com(+51) 1 7190400
CQC
tangyicong@cqc.com.cn(+86) 13581905925

CSQA
csqa@csqa.it(+39) 0445313021

Ecocertsustainableagriculture@ecocert.com(+33) 1 53 44 74 44

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EKOINSPEKT
ummuhan.sonmez@ekoinspekt.com.tr
bilgi@ekoinspekt.com.tr(+90) 546-6910213(+90) 232-3740607
Imaflora
beatriz@imaflora.org(+55) 19 3429-0800

IMOcert Latinoamerica
imocert@imocert.bio(+591) 4 4456880

imo@imocontrol.in
enquiries@imocontrol.in(+91) 80 2528 5883,(+91) 80 2520 1546(+91) 80 2521 5780

Indocert
jaicy@indocert.org.
mathew.sebastian@indocert.org(+91) 4 84 292-2405(+91) 484-2922400- 499
KIWA
se.info@kiwa.com(+46) 18 17 00 00
KIWA CYD SA

infocyd@kiwa.com+593 2 222 2140
+593 98 702 3539
Mayacert
info@mayacert.com(+502) 2463 3333

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Naturacert
info@naturacert.org(+57) 1 316 623 1740(+57) 1 319 539 0961(+57) 1 320 305 3713
https://preferredbynature.org/
agriculture@preferredbynature.org(+372) 7 380 723

Savassidantasr@savassicertificadora.com.br(+ 55) 34 3832-0530

SCS
nchaudhary@scsglobalservices.com(+1) 510 960-5015
SDS
fauzi@sdsindonesia.com(+62) 81 336 188891

SGS
rainforest.alliance@sgs.com
01276 697877
TÜV Nord Intergra

dep_sustainable@tuv-nord.com

4USB
eceyuruk@usbcertification.com

VCC&C
info@vccc.com.vn(+84) 28 38271444(+84) 28 38271555

QIMA Brazil Ltda
comercial@wqscert.com(+55) 14 3811-3003

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GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE OF AUTHORIZED CERTIFICATION BODIES FOR SUPPLY CHAIN

A
Afghanistan

Albania
EcocertPreferred byNature
Control Union BVAngola
EcocertControl Union

Argentina
KIWA CYDEcocert
IMAFLORA
IMOcertLatinoamérica

Australia
Control Union BVEcocert
IMO Control India
INDOCERT
Preferred by
NatureSCS Global
ServicesAustria
CERES
Control Union BVEcocert
Preferred byNatureTÜV NORD Integra

Azerbaijan
USB Certification
EKOINSPEKT

Bangladesh
Control Union BVIMO Control India
Preferred by
NatureUSB Certification

BelarusBelgium
CERES
Control Union BVEcocert
Preferred by Nature
TÜV NORD Integra
INDOCERT

BelizeEcocertIMOcertLatinoamérica
Mayacert
Control Union
Services S.A.C

Benin
BNA

Bolivia
IMOcertLatinoamérica

Bosnia andHerzegovina
EcocertControl Union BV

BrazilControl Union
Services S.A.C
EcocertIMAFLORA
NaturaCert
Preferred by Nature
Savassi Certification
Administrative
Services Ltda.
QUIMA Brasil
CERES

B
CERES

6Bulgaria
CERES
Control Union BVEcocert
Preferred byNature
EKOINSPEKT
Kiwa Certification
AB

Burkina Faso
Africert
EcocertPreferred byNature

BurundiAfricert
EcocertControl Union BVC

7

Cambodia

Cameroon
Africert
BNA
Bureau Veritas
Côte d’Ivoire
EcocertSCS GlobalServices

CanadaControl Union
Services Ecocert
INDOCERT
Preferred by Nature
SCS Global Services
CERES

ChileChina
CERES
China Quality
Certification
Center (CQC)
China Standard
Conformity
Assessment(CSCA)
EcocertPreferred byNature
USB Certification

Colombia
CERES
Control Union
Services S.A.C.
KIWA CYD
EcocertIMOcertLatinoamérica
Mayacert
NaturaCert
Preferred by
NatureComoros
EcocertCongo Brazzaville
Bureau Veritas Côte
d’Ivoire

Congo RDC
Africert
Control Union BV

Costa Rica
CERES
Control Union
Services S.A.C
EcocertIMOcertLatinoamérica
Mayacert
NaturaCert
Preferred by
NatureSCS

Côte d’Ivoire
Africert
BNA
Bureau Veritas Côte
d’Ivoire
Control Union BV
EcocertPreferred by Nature
SCS
SGS
Africert
CERES

Croatia
CERES
EcocertPreferred by NatureControl Union BVSCS Global Services

CyprusUSB Certification

Czech Republic
CERES
Control Union BV
EcocertPreferred byNature
Bureau Veritas
Côte d’Ivoire
TÜV NORD Integra

IMO Control India

CERES

KIWA CYD
EcocertIMOcert Latinoamérica

Mayacert
NaturaCert
Preferred by Nature

D8Democratic
Republic of theCongo
Africert
Control Union BV

Denmark
CERES
Control Union BV
Ecocert

Dominica
Control Union
Services S.A.C

Dominican Republic

El Salvador
Control Union
Services S.A.C.
EcocertIMOcertLatinoamérica
Mayacert
NaturaCert
Preferred by Nature
CERES

TÜV NORD Integra
Preferred byNature

CERES

Control Union
Services S.A.C,
EcocertIMOcertLatinoamérica
Mayacert
Preferred by Nature

E
East Timor
Control Union BV
Sustainable
Development
Services (SDS)

Ecuador
CERES
Control Unión
Services S.A.C.
KIWA CYD
EcocertIMOcertLatinoamérica
Mayacert
Preferred by
NatureNaturaCert

Egypt
Africert
Control Union BV
EcocertINDOCERT
Preferred by Nature
Ekoinspekt
CERES

Estonia

EthiopiaEswatini

CERES
EcocertAfricert
CERES
Contro Union BV
EcocertPreferred by Nature

CERES

Preferred byNatureF

9FijiControl Union BV,

Finland
CERES
EcocertINDOCERT
Kiwa Certification
AB
Preferred by
NatureBureau Veritas
Côte d’Ivoire

FranceControl Union BVEcocert
INDOCERT
Preferred by NatureTÜV NORD Integra
Bureau Veritas Côted’Ivoire
CSQA Certificazioni
srl
CERES

Germany
CERES
Control Union BV
EcocertIMO Control India
Preferred by
NatureTÜV NORD Integra
Kiwa CertificationAB
INDOCERT
Guinea-Bissau

Ghana
Africert
Bureau Veritas Côte
d’Ivoire
CERES
Control Union BV
Preferred by Nature
EcocertSCS Global Services

GGeorgia
USB Certification
EkoinspektEcocert

Guatemala
CERES
Control Union
Services S.A.C
EcocertIMOcertLatinoaméricaMayacert
NaturaCert
Preferred by
NatureSCS
KIWA CYDGreeceCERESControl Union BV
EcocertPreferred by Nature
USB Certification

GuyanaH10Haiti
IMOcertLatinoamérica

Honduras
CERES
Control Union
Services S.A.C.
EcocertIMOcertLatinoamérica
Mayacert
NaturaCert
Preferred byNature
KIWA CYD

Hong Kong (China)
EcocertHungary
Control Union BVEcocert
Ekoinspekt
CERES

Iceland
Ecocert

India
CERES
Control Union BV
EcocertEkoinspekt
EcocertIMO Control India
INDOCERT
Preferred byNature
USB Certification

Indonesia
Control Union BVEcocert
Ekoinspekt
IMO Control India
Preferred by Nature
SustainableDevelopmentServices (SDS)

Iraq

Ireland
EcocertINDOCERT
Preferred by
NatureControl Union BV
CERESIsraelControl Union BV
Ecocert

Italy
CERES
Control Union BV
CSQACertificazioni
srl
EcocertNaturacert
Preferred by NatureTÜV NORD Integra

IJ

11Jamaica
Control Union
Services S.A.C.
EcocertPreferred byNatureJapan
EcocertPreferred by
NatureJordanEcocertKazakhstan

Kenya
Africert
BUREAU VERITAS
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
CERES
EcocertPreferred by
NatureSCS GlobalServices

Kyrgyzstan
Ecocert

Korea South
Control Union BV
EcocertEkoinspekt
Preferred by Nature

KosovoEcocertEkoinspektKuwait

LesothoEcocert
Preferred by NatureKLLaosCAFÉ CONTROLIMO Control India
INDOCERT

Latvia
CERES
EcocertKiwa Certification

LebanonEcocert

Liberia
Africert

Lithuania
CERESEcocert
Kiwa Certification
AB

Luxembourg
EcocertPreferred by NatureM

12Madagascar
Africert
EcocertPreferred by
NatureMalawiAfricert
EcocertPreferred by
NatureMalaysia
Control Union BV
EcocertEkoinspekt
IMO Control India
Preferred by Nature
Sustainable
Development
Services (SDS)CERESMaliAfricert
Bureau Veritas Côte
d’Ivoire

Malta

Mauritius
Ecocert

MexicoEcocertCERES
Control Union
Services S.A.C.
IMOcertLatinoamérica
Mayacert
Preferred by Nature
SCS Global Services
KIWA CYD
NaturaCert

MoroccoControl Union BVEcocert
Preferred by Nature

Moldavia
EcocertMontenegro
Control Union BV

MonacoEcocert

Mozambique
Africert
Control Union BVEcocert

Myanmar (Burma)
INDOCERT

N13Namibia

Nepal
CERES
IMO Control India
INDOCERT

Netherlands
CERES
Control Union BVEcocert
INDOCERT
Preferred by Nature
TÜV NORD Integra
Kiwa CertificationAB

New Zeeland
Control Union BVEcocert
IMO Control India
INDOCERT
Preferred by Nature
SCS Global Services

NaturaCert

Nicaragua
CERES
Control Union
Services S.A.C.
EcocertIMOcertLatinoamérica
Mayacert
NaturaCert
Preferred byNatureEcocert

Niger

Nigeria
Africert
BUREAU VERITASCÔTE D'IVOIRE
EcocertPreferred by Nature
SCS Global Services

North Macedonia
EcocertEkoinspekt
USB Certification
Control Union BV

Pakistan
EcocertUSB Certification,
Preferred byNature

PanamaNaturaCert
Control Union
Services S.A.C.
Mayacert
EcocertIMOcertLatinoamérica
Preferred byNature

Papua New Guinea
Control Union BV
Sustainable
Development
Services (SDS
EcocertIMO Control India
Preferred by Nature

Paraguay
Control Union
Services S.A.C,
KIWA CYD
EcocertIMOcertLatinoamérica

PeruCERES

Philippines
Control Union BVEcocert

PolandCERES
Control Union BV

PortugalControl Union BVEcocert

NorwayControl Union BVEcocert
Kiwa Certification
AB
Preferred byNatureO
OmanP14NaturaCert,
Control Union
Services S.A.C.
KIWA CYD
Mayacert
EcocertIMOcertLatinoamérica
Preferred byNature

IMO Control India
Preferred byNature

EcocertPreferred by Nature
TÜV NORD Integra
Kiwa Certification
AB

NaturaCert
Preferred by Nature
SCS

RussiaCERES
Ekoinspekt

RwandaAfricert
CERES
Control Union BV
EcocertPreferred by Nature

Saint Lucia
Control Union
Services S.A.C

San Marino
EcocertCSQACertificazionisrl

Saudi Arabia
EcocertPreferred by Nature

SenegalAfricert
EcocertPreferred by NatureSerbia
Control Union BV
EcocertEkoinspekt
Preferred by
Nature
CERES

Sierra Leone
Control Union BVSingaporeControl Union BV
EcocertEkoinspekt
Preferred by Nature
Sustainable
Development
Services (SDS)
China Quality
Certification Center(CQC)

Seychelles

Puerto Rico
NaturaCert

Q
Qatar
EcocertPreferred by
NatureR
Romania
EcocertEkoinspekt
Preferred by
Nature
CERES
Bureau Veritas
Côte d’Ivoire
Control Union BVS15

Slovakia
Ecocert
CERES
Preferred byNature

Slovenia
Control Union BV
EcocertPreferred byNature
CERESSouth Africa
Africert
CERES
Control Union BVEcocert
Preferred by Nature

Solomon Islands
Control Union BVIMO Control India
SCS Global Services

Somalia

Spain
CERES
NaturaCert
Control Union BVSCS GlobalServices
EcocertPreferred byNature
Mayacert
TÜV NORD Integra

Sri Lanka
CERES
Control Union BV
EcocertEkoinspekt
IMO Control India
Mayacert
INDOCERT
Preferred by Nature

Sudan

Sudan, South

SwedenControl Union BV
Kiwa Certification
ABEcocert
INDOCERT
Preferred byNature

Switzerland
CERES
Control Union
EcocertPreferred by NatureTÜV NORD Integra

Taiwan (China)
EcocertCQC (China
Quality
CertificationCenter)
Ekoinspekt
Preferred by
NatureTajikistan

Tanzania
Africert
CERES
Control Union BVSCS Global Services
EcocertPreferred by NatureTogo
EcocertTurkeyCERESControl Union BV
EcocertEkoinspekt
Preferred byNature
USB Certification

Tunisia
CERES

TThailand
EcocertCQC (China Quality
Certification Center)
Ekoinspekt
Preferred by Nature
Sustainable
Development
Services (SDS)
VIETNAMCOMMODITYCONTROL &CERTIFICATION(VCC&C)

16

Kiwa Certification
ABU
UgandaAfricert
CERES
Control Union BV
EcocertPreferred by
NatureUkraine
CERES
EcocertEkoinspekt
Preferred byNature
Control Union BV

United StatesNaturaCert,
Control Union
Services S.A.C.
SCS GlobalServices
EcocertINDOCERT
Preferred byNature
CERES
Mayacert

Uruguay
EcocertSavassi
IMOcertLatinoamérica
Control Union
Services S.A.C.

V
Venezuela
CERES
NaturaCert

United Arab Emirates
EcocertPreferred by Nature
INDOCERT
Control Union BV

United Kingdom
CERES
Control Union BV
TÜV NORD Integra
EcocertINDOCERT
Preferred by Nature
Bureau Veritas Côte
d’Ivoire
Naturacert
USB Certification

VietnamAfricert
Control Union BV
EcocertVIETNAMCOMMODITYCONTROL &CERTIFICATION(VCC&C)CQC (ChinaQuality
Certification
Center)
CAFECONTROLIMO Control India
INDOCERT
Ekoinspekt
Preferred by
NatureYYemen17

ZZambia
Africert
Preferred by
NatureZimbabwe
Africert
EcocertPreferred by
Nature18

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE OF AUTHORIZED CERTIFICATION BODIES FOR FARM CERTIFICATIONAAlbania
EcocertPreferred by
NatureAngola
EcocertArgentina
EcocertIMAFLORAKIWA CYD

Australia
Control Union BVSCS Global
Services
IMO Control India

BelizeEcocert
Mayacert
IMOcertLatinoamérica
Control Union
Services S.A.C

Benin
BNA

Bolivia
IMOcertLatinoamérica

Bulgaria
CERES
Control Union BV
Preferred by
NatureBurkina FasoAfricert
EcocertPreferred by
NatureBurundi

Azerbaijan
EKOINSPEKTUSB Certification
B
Bangladesh
Control Union BVIMO Control India
Preferred by
NatureBrazilEcocertIMAFLORAQUIMA Brasil
Control Union
Services S.A.C
Savassi
Certification
Administrative
Services Ltda.

Africert
Control Union BVEcocert

C19

Cambodia
IMO Control India

Cameroon
EcocertBUREAU VERITAS
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Bureau Norme
Audit (BNA)

CanadaSCS Global
Services
Preferred by
NatureChile
CERES
EcocertControl Union
Services S.A.C,
KIWA CYDIMOcertLatinoamérica
Preferred by
NatureMayacert
NaturaCert

20China
China StandardConformityAssessment(CSCA)
EcocertChina Quality
Certification
Center (CQC)
Preferred by
NatureColombia
CERES
EcocertNaturacert
Mayacert
IMOcertLatinoamérica
Control Union
Services S.A.C.
KIWA CYD

Congo RDC
Africert
Control Union BV

Costa RicaCERESSCS Global
Services
EcocertNaturaCert
Control Union
Services S.A.C
Mayacert
Preferred by
NatureCote d’Ivoire
Control Union BVSCS Global
Services
EcocertBUREAU VERITAS
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Bureau Norme
Audit (BNA)
SGS
Preferred by
NatureAfricert
CERES

Croatia
CERES
EcocertPreferred by
NatureDominica
Control Union
Services S.A.CDominican Rep
CERES
Control Union
Services S.A.C
Mayacert
IMOcertLatinoamérica
Preferred by
NatureD
Democratic
Republic of theCongo
Africert
Control Union BV

Congo Brazzaville
Bureau Veritas
Côte d’Ivoire

E21East Timor
Control Union BV
Sustainable
Development
Services (SDS)

Ecuador
CERES
Control Union
Services S.A.C.
KIWA CYDIMOcertLatinoamérica
Preferred by
NatureMayacert
EcocertNaturaCert

Ethiopia
CERES
Control Union BV
EcocertPreferred by
NatureAfricert

Eswatini

Egypt
Africert
Preferred by
NatureEl Salvador
NaturaCert
Control Union
Services S.A.C.
Mayacert
IMOcertLatinoamérica
Preferred by
Nature
CERES

Ghana
Africert
CERES
Control Union BVEcocert
BUREAU VERITASCÔTE D’IVOIRE
Preferred by
NatureSCS Global
Services

GreecePreferred by
Nature

CERESFFiji
Control Union BVGGeorgia
USB certification
Ecocert
EKOINSPEKT

Germany
CERES

22

Guatemala
CERES
SCS Global
Services
EcocertNaturaCert
Control Union
Services S.A.C
Mayacert
Preferred by
Nature
IMOcertLatinoamérica
KIWA CYD
H
Haiti
IMOcertLatinoamérica

IIndiaCERES
Control Union BVIMO Control India
Indocert
Preferred by
NatureJJamaica
Control Union
Services S.A.C

GuyanaHonduras
CERESEcocert
NaturaCert
Mayacert
IMOcertLatinoamérica
KIWA CYD

Indonesia
Control Union BV
Sustainable
Development
Services (SDS)
EcocertPreferred by
NatureItaly
Preferred by
NatureIsrael
Control Union BVJapan
Preferred by
NatureK23Kenya
Africert
CERES
Control Union BVEcocert
BUREAU VERITAS
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Preferred by
NatureL
Laos
Café Control
IMO Control India
INDOCERTM
Madagascar
EcocertPreferred by
NatureMexicoCERESControl Union
Services S.A.C
Mayacert
IMOcertLatinoaméricaSCS Global
Services
KIWA CYD Ecocert
NaturaCert
NNepalCERES
INDOCERTIMO Control India

Korea South
Control Union BV
EcocertKyrgyzstan
EcocertLesothoEcocert
Preferred by
NatureLiberia
Africert

MalawiAfricert
EcocertPreferred by
NatureMalaysia
Control Union BVIMO Control India
Sustainable
Development
Services (SDS)Mali
Africert
Bureau Veritas
Côte d’Ivoire

MoroccoControl Union BV
Ecocert

Mozambique
Africert
Ecocert

Myanmar (Burma)
INDOCERTNew ZealandControl Union BV,SCS Global
Services

Nicaragua
CERES
NaturaCert
Control Union
Services S.A.C
Mayacert
IMOcertLatinoamérica
Preferred by
NatureEcocert

Nigeria
Africert
EcocertBUREAU VERITAS
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Preferred byNatureP24Pakistan
USB Certification

PanamaControl Union
Services S.A.C
Mayacert
IMOcertLatinoamérica
Preferred by
NaturePapua New
GuineaEcocertIMO Control India
Sustainable
Development
Services (SDS)
Preferred by
NatureParaguay
EcocertControl Union
Services S.A.C.
IMOcertLatinoamérica

Peru
CERES
EcocertControl Union
Services S.A.C
KIWA CYD
Mayacert
IMOcertLatinoamérica
Preferred by
NatureNaturaCert

Philippines
EcocertIMO Control India
Preferred by
NatureControl Union BVPolandPreferred by
NaturePortugalSCS Global
ServicesSenegal
EcocertPreferred by
NatureSerbia
Preferred by
NatureSierra LeoneControl Union BVSudan

South Africa
CERES
Control Union BV
EcocertSpain
SCS Global
Services
Preferred by
NatureMayacert
Ecocert

Puerto Rico
NaturaCert
RRwandaAfricert
CERES
EcocertPreferred by
NatureControl Union BVSSaint Lucia
Control Union
Services S.A.C

Solomon Islands
Control Union BVIMO Control India
SCS Global
Services

25

Sri Lanka
CERESIMO Control India
INDOCERT
Preferred by
NatureControl Union BV
Mayacert
T
Tanzania
Africert
SCS GlobalServices
EcocertPreferred by
NatureSuriname
NaturaCert

Taiwan China
China Quality
Certification
Center (CQC)
Preferred by
NatureEcocertThailandCQC (ChinaQuality
Certification
Center)Preferred by
NatureSustainable
Development
Services (SDS)
VIETNAMCOMMODITYCONTROL &CERTIFICATION(VCC&C)

Togo
EcocertUnited ArabEmirates
Control Union BV

United States
SCS Global
Services
NaturaCert
Preferred by
NatureUruguay
IMOcertLatinoamérica
Control Union
Services S.A.C.
EcocertTurkeyUSB Certification
Ekoinspekt
EcocertPreferred by
NatureU
UgandaAfricert
CERES
EcocertPreferred by
NatureControl Union BV26

V
Venezuela
CERES
NaturaCert

Z
ZambiaAfricert
Preferred by
NatureVietnam
CAFE CONTROL
Preferred by
NatureVIETNAMCOMMODITYCONTROL &CERTIFICATION(VCC & C)
EcocertControl Union BV

Zimbabwe
Africert
EcocertPreferred byNature27