Glossary

If you feel that the world of Fair Trade has its very own language – don’t fret! We’ll keep you in the know!

With this glossary we’ll guide you through the common technical terms used by FLOCERT, Fairtrade International and the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO).

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Closing Meeting
Meeting held at the end of the audit, during which the Auditor explains all Non-Conformities to the customer as well as the score achieved on …
Closing Report
Signed by the customer, the Closing Report outlines Non-Conformities identified during the audit and presented during the Closing Meeting.
Code of Conduct
In the context of ethical trading, a Code of Conduct (or code of practice) is a set of rules concerning labour practices adopted by a company. The …
Complaint
A formal expression of dissatisfaction with the quality of services delivered by FLOCERT. A complaint can be registered by any third party or …
Compliance Criteria
A translation of the requirements of the Fairtrade Standards, binding guidance documents and FLOCERT certification rules into verifiable control …
Compliance Criteria Checklist
The list FLOCERT uses during audits to check compliance with a certain Standard.
Compliance timeline
The compliance timeline defines the point within the Certification Cycle at which a specific Compliance Criterion becomes valid and must be …
Confirmation Audit
A FLOCERT Digital, Focused or Unannounced Audit, that may take place between an Initial and a Renewal Audit or in between two Renewal Audits to …
Contract number
A unique identification number for a contract.
Contract Production (CP)
In the Fairtrade Standards, Contract Production is a production set-up of small producers who don’t have a formal structure, or who are organised …
Conveyor
Any organisation that receives the Fairtrade Minimum Price and/or Fairtrade Premium from a Fairtrade payer and passes it on to the respective …
Core Compliance Criteria
The Core Compliance Criteria reflects the Fairtrade principles. All producers within Small-scale Producer Organisations and Contract Production …
Core requirements
The core requirements reflect the Fair Trade principles. All producers within Small-scale Producer Organisations and Contract Production set-ups, as …
Corrective Measures
A measure to resolve existing Non-Conformities and prevent their recurrence. Find more details on the Fairtrade Certification process at: …
Cost of Sustainable Production (COSP)
The cost of producing a product sustainably and in a socially, economically and environmentally responsible way that conforms with Fairtrade …