UTZ Certification-better planting Environment, better Planet Future what is UTZ Certification

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In order to improve the knock-on effects and effects of climate change, many international non-governmental organizations have taken action to promote the concept of sustainable management. Among them, the scale, touch the country and cover the scope of the "UTZ certification organization" is the most extensive. UTZ Holland headquarters was established in 2002, certified categories include coffee, tea and cocoa. In every process from planting, trading, production to selling, UTZ delivers every agricultural product to consumers with a kind attitude towards nature and people.

"Utz Kapeh" stands for "good coffee" in Mayan language. many well-known international enterprises that support UTZ certification, such as Swedish IKEA IKEA, Mars Group of the United States, Migros of Switzerland and Tchibo Coffee of Germany, believe that coffee with this certification can create a win-win situation for both producers and consumers. On the one hand, it can provide consumers with good coffee products of both low price and high quality, and on the other hand, it can help improve the production conditions of producers. So that both sides can enjoy a better life.

When you see UTZ's LOGO on the package, meaning that the production process of the product has been independently reviewed environmentally, socially, and economically, it is a mark of responsibility given by UTZ. All participating members include producers, traders and coffee roasters, who work together to be responsible for the production and production sources of coffee. UTZ has also developed a strict "traceability system" to create a complete production resume for agricultural products, do things in the right way, and ensure that every penny of income is truly returned to farmers and producing areas.

UTZ requirements

Better way of planting

UTZ is convinced that everything starts with better farming and better farming makes everything better: higher harvests, higher incomes, more promising farms, and better protection of the environment.

Better planting conditions

UTZ requires respect for workers' rights and interests certification principles in accordance with the International Labour Organization (ILO) public agreement, a well-defined labor standards. Independent monitors will be responsible for ensuring the implementation of these guidelines.

Better environmental care

UTZ sets strict regulations for environmental conservation and biodiversity conservation. Farmers are trained to use land, water, raw materials and energy in a more careful and efficient manner.

Better care for generations

UTZ hopes that the next generation of workers will have a better environment to grow up without using child labor while especially protecting the rights of pregnant women.

UTZ is helpful in

Better crops

UTZ hopes to make farmers have better crops, lower production costs and improve harvests. More farmers around the world will also have better job opportunities as a result of the UTZ certification program.

Better income

UTZ teaches farm workers better business skills, improves harvest quantity and quality, and reduces production costs. As a result, farmers are able to invest more in their families and in the future.

A better environment

UTZ certified manors respect the environment, value and live in harmony with nature to preserve water, raw materials and natural resources in a proper way, but also reduce environmental pollution.

A better life.

UTZ makes the lives of workers more motivated and healthier while being respected. They have more opportunities to realize their dreams and contribute more to their families. Children can not only go to school, but also grow up in a safe and healthy environment.

Strict requirements and strict monitoring

Expect to bring good change to the world.

UTZ has certified more than 50% of the world's agricultural products cultivated in sustainable farming, while consumers in nearly 100 countries around the world are enjoying UTZ-certified products.

More than 82000 coffee farms from 64 countries around the world have been certified by UTZ for more than 4 years. Since 2002, UTZ has produced more than 11.3 billion cups of certified coffee, 81% of which come from coffee farms with a size of only 2 hectares.

Across the world, UTZ certification organizations even broke into manors and related industries in China in 2014, leading coffee manufacturers and roasters into the concept of UTZ, hoping to bring a better life to farmers around the world.

It is not easy for agricultural products to obtain UTZ certification, because UTZ has strict requirements on farms and enterprises, and certification objects are also subject to close third-party monitoring. The purpose is to confirm:

1. The practice of good farming.

two。 Proper preservation and management.

3. Grasp the flow direction of the product.

4. Maintain the natural production process.

5. Reassuring food sold at a reasonable price.

UTZ expects sustainable farming to be the most natural choice for everyone in the world. Rigorous scrutiny of products traces the entire process of production and sale of coffee, cocoa and tea, so consumers can be confident that their products are planted, harvested, traded and manufactured in a sustainable manner.