Glossary

If you feel that the world of Fair Trade has its very own language – don’t fret! We’ll keep you in the know!

With this glossary we’ll guide you through the common technical terms used by FLOCERT, Fairtrade International and the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO).

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Project facilitator
(Only applies to the Fairtrade Climate Standard) An external entity that supports the producer organisation in developing Fairtrade Carbon Credit …
Promoting Body
A Promoting Body is defined in the Fairtrade Standards for Contract Production, and describes a legal entity, either trade or non-trade, forming a …
Pure Licensee
Companies that buy and sell finished Fairtrade products and have a License Agreement with a National Fairtrade Organisation or Fairtrade …
Quality Claim
A FLOCERT procedure whereby an organisation reports to the producer that products have been sold below the quality tolerances.
Re-entry Audit
Audit conducted when a previously decertified customer seeks to enter Fairtrade Certification again.
Reactive Compliance Criteria
Criteria related to the reactive assurance approach applied for requirements of the Trader Standard Production chapter. They apply to all traders but …
Regular Compliance Criteria
The majority of Compliance Criteria are classified as regular. The regular Compliance Criteria are linked to minimum and/or progress requirements of …
Remote Audit
A Remote Audit is the method of conducting an audit remotely, using documentary evidence and electronic methods such as video conferencing, email …
Renewal Audit
FLOCERT Audit conducted at the end of a Certification Cycle before the linked certificate expires. The aim is to verify compliance with the …
Reporting period
The period the flow of goods report corresponds to.
Retro-certification
The process of retrospectively converting a Fairtrade-eligible product bought from a Fairtrade producer or exporter under ordinary conditions …
Review
An official request by the customer to review an Evaluation Decision. Reviews of Evaluation Decisions are decided by the Review Committee. If a …
Review Committee
An internal quality control body that objectively supervises the decision-making process carried out within FLOCERT. It is therefore responsible for …
Risk assessment
A component of risk analysis that involves identifying, evaluating and quantifying risk factors in any given process.
Scope Extension Audit
A Scope Extension Audit is carried out if the FLOCERT customer wants to add an additional product or entity to the certification scope before the …