By Reena Shah
Group facing allegations that auditors are being duped in Costa Rica, where undocumented workers are being exploited
The Rainforest Alliance, one of the world’s most recognisable ethical certification schemes, is facing allegations of labour exploitation, use of illegal agrochemicals and the concealment of hundreds of undocumented workers at some of the pineapple plantations it certifies in Costa Rica.
Rainforest Alliance-certified pineapples are sold in their millions at a premium price to consumers across the UK and Europe on the promise that they have been grown and harvested according to strict ethical and environmental standards.
Source: Rainforest Alliance certifying unethical pineapple farms, activists claim
Category: Global development, Fruit, Farming, Costa Rica
