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What type of visual evidence and/or documentation would you consider reliable regarding the indicator 2.5.1 (all workers, regardless of age, gender, or other personal characteristic, shall enjoy appropriate, legally compliant working conditions)? Select all that apply.

ProTerra Certification can apply to raw materials, ingredients or multi-ingredient products. This may be accomplished using the following approaches: (a) each link in the supply chain can be certified in its own right to the ProTerra program or (b) certified organisations that use ingredients from sources that are not ProTerra certified in their own right shall implement systems to control and monitor these supply chain(s) to ensure that the ProTerra criteria are met; in this case the verification of this system will be considered as part of the user’s own ProTerra certification responsibilities and verified by the certification body. Explain what you understand of this text with respect to item b and what type of systems to control you would expect to find during an audit.

With respect to Criterion 2.9 (Safety and health of workers protected) please indicate if the statements below are true or false.

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Considering that Certified organisations shall maintain or restore areas of natural vegetation please indicate at least 3 examples were this requirement clearly applies. Also point out the Core indicators associated to biodiversity conservation, effective environmental management and environmental services.

Provide examples of at least 3 areas of High Conservation Values (High Conservation Values Resource Network), that should be preserved under indicator 4.1.1.

What is the definition of genetically modified organism (GMOs), under ProTerra and why are they excluded from the ProTerra certification scheme.

( )  Certified organisations shall handle, store and dispose of pollutant materials properly, having appropriate facilities to prevent spills. Pollutant materials include oil derivatives and fuels.

( ) Appropriate facilities to manage hazardous liquid include drum spill containment basins and oil water separation system.

( ) Raw sewage can be used to irrigate crops if adequately treated.

( ) Wastes shall not be incinerated or burned, except when required for phytosanitary purposes, or in cases when it is burned for energy or heating, or used for biogas/oil production.

Certified organisations shall conserve quantity and quality of existing natural water resources around their facilities and shall not undertake new initiatives that reduce the availability of water for neighbouring communities and farms for drinking and irrigation, or for traditional uses. Indicate what you would accept as evidence of these two aspects.

With respect to Principle 9, please indicate if the statements below are true or false.

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(   ) The certified organisation shall assign lot numbers to each received or shipped raw material or product consignments, as well as processing lots and final product lots, where applicable, linked to the traceability information pertaining to the same.

(   ) The information contained in the TCC shall include the following:

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volume of the consignment changing ownership;  lot numbers and volumes of each lot of material contained in the consignment, identification of seller and buyer;  date of the transaction and, where applicable; and information verifying that the specific lot of material referenced in the TCC complies with the relevant threshold for GMO.

(  ) For sealed products that are packaged and labelled for the end user, for example, retail packages, use of TCCs is not required.

(  ) In cases where a ProTerra certified material can be mixed with other non-GMO material, or with material that does not have commercial GMO varieties, a mass balance shall be maintained to demonstrate that volumes of ProTerra certified material received are equivalent to ProTerra certified material dispatched.

1. Analyse the affirmation: for certification under ProTerra Standard, areas of native vegetation cannot have been cleared or converted into agricultural areas, or used for industrial or other commercial purposes, after 2008. In certain limited circumstances in specific regions, measures to compensate for HCVAs that have already been cleared between 1994 and 2008 can used. Is this true or false?

The  American Non-GMO Project Standard (US), is not accepted under version 4.1 of ProTerra  Standard in relation to serving as reference to exclude the GMO risk. Is this

Certified organisations shall segregate, handle, store and dispose of hazardous wastes properly. Hazardous waste includes: used batteries, fluorescent lamps, used lubricant oil and pesticide packing or expired pesticides. Appropriate storage facilities include those having drum spill containment basins, oil water separation system, machinery filling stations, and machinery washing stations built in  away to prevent soil and groundwater contamination. Is this true or false?

Certified organisations should develop an inventory of its greenhouse gas emissions and develop a programme to reduce or compensate emissions. This indicator is only applicable to industrial large scale agriculture and to industry. Is this true or false?