When you buy a coffee, cocoa, tea, or hazelnut product with the UTZ label you help to build a better future.

The UTZ label stands for more sustainable farming and better opportunities for farmers, their families, and our planet. The UTZ certification program enables farmers to use better farming methods, grow better crops, and generate more income. They learn how to improve working conditions, adapt to climate change, and protect the environment.

Products do not get the UTZ label easily. The compliance with the strict requirements by UTZ certified farms and companies is audited by independent certification bodies. These requirements include good agricultural practices and farm management, safe and healthy working conditions, addressing child and forced labor, and protection of the environment. The UTZ label on your product shows that your favorite brand supports sustainable farming.

UTZ is part of the Rainforest Alliance

The UTZ certification program is now part of the Rainforest Alliance. The UTZ organization joined forces with the Rainforest Alliance in 2018 to create a better future for people and nature and to be an even better partner for the many stakeholders we work with. Since the merger, the UTZ certification program and the Rainforest Alliance Certified program have run in parallel. Simultaneously, the new agricultural standard was developed which builds on the strengths of both organizations and decades of combined experience.

With the launch of the 2020 Rainforest Alliance Certification Program in July 2020 and the introduction of the new Rainforest Alliance seal in September of that year, the UTZ certification program and its corresponding label are gradually being phased out.

That’s why you will see the Rainforest Alliance certification seal on more and more products. Just like the UTZ label, the Rainforest Alliance seal stands for farmers and companies taking steps towards a world where people and nature thrive together.