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	Rainforest Alliance Global · Tier 3 Specialty	AB (Agriculture Biologique) France · Tier 2 Trusted	Nordic Swan Ecolabel Nordic Countries · Tier 3 Specialty	BioGro New Zealand New Zealand · Tier 1 Gold
What it means	Sustainable-agriculture certification (post-2020 merged standard with UTZ). Covers environmental, social, and economic criteria. NOT an organic mark.	France's national organic mark, owned by the Ministry of Agriculture. Sits alongside the EU Leaf on virtually all French organic packaging.	The official environmental label of the Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland). Covers ~60 product categories from cleaning products to hotels — NOT specifically an organic standard.	New Zealand's largest organic certifier. Recognised by the EU, US, and Japan under their respective import-equivalence regimes.
Scope	Food	Food	Several categories	Several categories
Established	1987	1985	1989	1983
Inspection	Annual third-party audit (RA-accredited)	Annual on-site by French-accredited certifiers	On-site + product review by national Ecolabel office	Annual on-site, IFOAM-accredited
Residue testing	Risk-based	Risk-based	Risk-based per category	Risk-based
Guarantees	Reduced (not eliminated) synthetic pesticide use, with bans on the most hazardous classes. Forest conservation requirements (no deforestation after the cut-off date). Worker welfare and community development requirements. Annual third-party audit.	EU baseline organic (EU 2018/848). Annual on-site inspection by accredited French certifiers (Ecocert, Bureau Veritas, Qualité-France).	Lifecycle-based environmental criteria for the product category. Restrictions on hazardous chemicals. Recyclability and packaging requirements. Audited every 3-5 years against an updated standard.	≥95% organic ingredients. No synthetic pesticides, no GMOs. Annual on-site inspection. Covers food, textiles, and personal care under separate standards.
Does NOT	Allows synthetic pesticides — does NOT meet any organic standard. Often confused with organic but it's a different programme.	Same standard as the EU Leaf — AB is the brand consumers recognise, not a stricter rule.	Doesn't certify food as organic — Nordic Swan on a food package means lower-environmental-impact, not 'no synthetic pesticides'.	New Zealand has no single legally-mandated 'organic' definition — voluntary certification is the norm.

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