QIMA offers GRASP certification, which is an add-on to the GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance Standard (IFA) that covers detailed requirements for producers to reduce the impact of their water use on the environment and society.
Good agricultural practices include not only producing safe, quality products, but also people. Supply chains are attentive to consumer market demands regarding the dignity and well-being of the workers and communities linked to agricultural production. This concern with the social side of production motivated the creation of the GRASP standard.
GRASP certification is an add-on to GLOBALG.A.P. designed to evaluate social practices in production chains. GRASP stands for GLOBALG.A.P. Risk Assessment in Social Practice. It is a voluntary, ready-to-use module designed to assess social practices on farms, including specific aspects of workers' health, safety, and welfare.
It is possible to apply for GRASP certification either for individual farms and producers or through producer groups. Assessments may include other facilities involved in production beyond the farm, and as the case may be, subcontractors (outsourcers). The GRASP criteria assessment takes place in conjunction with the IFA audit.
Employee Representation: Aims to ensure that employee demands are taken up by management.
Grievance procedure: Receipt and handling of complaints and suggestions related to the certified operation. Self-declaration on good social practices: Assures commitment to human rights.
Respect for local labor regulations: Knowledge and dissemination of the latest national standards.
Regular employment contracts: Ensures that contracts are correctly identified, documented according to local legislation.
Payments and wages: Evidence that payments are made as required by law and in accordance with contracts.
Prohibition of child labor: For Brazil, this includes compliance with the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA).
Access to quality education: Guaranteeing good education for employees' children.
Regular recording of time and hours worked: Respecting the working day and recording overtime hours.
GRASP certification today involves more than 100,000 producers in more than 90 countries, with a positive impact on more than one million workers.
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Legal requirements regarding control points (such as minimum wage, legal age of employment, working hours, etc.) differ from country to country. Where requirements are more stringent, local legislation takes precedence over GRASP, i.e. the law of the country must be followed. Where there is no legislation (or legislation is not as strict), GRASP provides the minimum compliance criteria for a good social management system.
Among the control points and compliance criteria defined are the following topics:
Employee Representatives: Defines the structures for employee representation with the enterprise management.
Grievance procedure: To ensure that workers' suggestions and complaints are considered by management Good social practices: Commitment of the enterprise with regard to human rights, according to the guidelines of the International Labor Organization (ILO).
Access to national labor regulations: To ensure that there is respect for local, regional and national labor laws and rules.
Labor Contracts: This item evaluates labor contracts to prove that they are regular.
Wages: The standard defines that they must be paid regularly, transparently and according to the hours actually worked.
Non-employment of Minors & Access to Schooling: It is mandatory to demonstrate that minors living on the farm have their rights respected.
For each of these points a check is made by the auditor or inspector, who will determine whether compliance is demonstrated by the enterprise.
To make these requirements transparent to producers, auditors and inspectors, multi-sector groups in each location develop national GRASP interpretation guidelines, including in Brazil. Learn more about the national interpretation guidelines by checking the GRASP database by clicking here.
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