Rainforest Alliance Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

May 15, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.5

Gross Receipts

$43,563,473

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Sustainable Agriculture - The Sustainable Agriculture Program is the leading model for effective implementation of social and environmental best management practices. Our goal is to promote sustainable agriculture worldwide through our internationally credible, proactive and responsive certification system that remains accessible to large agribusinesses and small farmers alike. In the pursuit of global sustainable agriculture, we are committed to developing our program into the leading model for effective implementation of social and environmental best management practices. As we continue to maximize, document and share the conservation and community benefits of our standards, we have encouraged the increased demand for sustainable agriculture products. Highlights in 2012 include: - The total area of farmland under Rainforest Alliance certification doubled from 2.7 million acres (1.1 million hectares) to 5.4 million acres (2.2 million hectares). This staggering growth reflects a 204 percent increase in the number of producers working with the Rainforest Alliance. - Over 11 million people now directly benefit from the Rainforest Alliance's efforts, including farmers, farm workers and their families. - 450 additional companies began buying/selling Rainforest Alliance Certified agricultural products. - The Rainforest Alliance Certified seal can be seen in over 120 countries and has been awarded to farms growing nearly 40 different crops, including tea, cocoa, palm oil, peanuts, vanilla, black pepper and beef. - The first spice farm received Rainforest Alliance certification. - Certified tea production increased by 24 percent (reaching 11.5 percent of global production); certified cocoa production grew by 312 percent (reaching 10 percent of global production); certified coffee production grew by 45 percent (reaching 4.5 percent of global coffee production); and the world's first cattle ranch achieved Rainforest Alliance certification. - 428 coffee, tea and cocoa farmers are now verified to the SAN Climate Module (in addition to being Rainforest Alliance Certified) - The Rainforest Alliance's online training platform for agricultural trainers and farmers is now available in 6 languages.

Activity 3

Trees - The Rainforest Alliance's TREES program focuses on (TR)aining, (E)xtension, (E)nterprises and (S)ourcing activities. We help communities and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) harvest and produce forest products in a sustainable way, and sell their goods to conscientious consumers in the global marketplace. The Rainforest Alliance has pioneered sustainable forestry on a global scale, helping to make working forests sustainable, and - by promoting responsible management - helping sustain and enhance the livelihoods derived from them. Highlights in 2012 included: - The Rainforest Alliance maintained its position as the world's largest certifier to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards, increasing the area of certified forestlands by 12 percent to 182.9 million acres (74.6 million hectares) worldwide. That's an area the size of Texas. - At the close of 2012, the Rainforest Alliance had issued 5,610 FSC Chain-of-Custody certificates in 81 countries with Canada and China continuing to demonstrate the largest regional growth. - During 2012, the Rainforest Alliance's Training, Extension, Enterprises and Sourcing (TREES) Program provided assistance to over 190 new small- and medium-sized community and indigenous forestry operations in 14 countries, benefitting 8,400 new forest-dependent households, spanning an additional 4.8 million acres (nearly 2 million hectares) and protecting 3,600 more miles (nearly 5,800 kilometers) of fresh water streams. - Technical assistance provided by TREES to these operations contributed to nearly US $14 million in additional sales of value-added certified and in-process-of-certification forest products. - The Rainforest Alliance expanded its sustainable sourcing work with major companies.

Filer

EIN

13-3377893