FairWild Certification

FairWild Certification means that buyers know they are supporting fair trading – the products are legally and sustainable sourced, and the benefits are felt by all those involved right down to the local communities harvesting the wild plants.

Available FairWild-certified products and ingredients

Dec 2011: The latest list of companies offering FairWild-certified ingredients can be downloaded here.

FairWild-accredited certification bodies

Institute for Marketecology, Switzerland.

Who needs to be certified?

For a product to be sold as FairWild Certified, all those involved in the national or international supply need to be assessed:

• Collectors
• Purchase centres Collectors associations / co-operatives
• Manufacturers or NGOs contracting collectors for production
• Manufacturers / processors in the country of origin (food,
  pharmaceutical, cosmetics)
• Traders and exporters in the country of origin
• Importers, processors and marketing companies in the consumer countries can become certified on a voluntary basis (food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics)

What products can be certified?

• Products collected from the wild (e.g. medicinal and aromatic plants, berries, wild fruits, nuts and seeds, mushrooms)
• Raw materials for finished products (e.g. essential and fatty oils)
• Products containing FairWild ingredients (see FairWild Labelling)

Guidance for Industry

Frequently Asked Questions on Costs, Fees, Funds and Pricing can be found in this two-page document (PDF, 50 KB)

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