SAC Scheme Rules Update Log

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1 SAC Scheme Rules Update Log Decision made on numbering and date changes: From July 2016 the date (front page and header) will be updated when any change is made (to either Annexes or text). Major changes are reflected in the primary version number, minor changes (text or Annex updates) in the secondary version number (after the decimal point). This has not been applied retrospectively. V 4.7 changes 1 August 2017 P.1 & header Version number changed to 4.7 Routine update P.14 Annex 1. Clarification of the fact that the Fair for Life standard is also known as For Life To prevent confusion over the use of the standard V 4.6 changes 1 July 2017 P.1 & header Version number changed to 4.6 Routine update P.2 Annex 1. Removal of Section on the Unilever Supplier Code P.14 Annex 1. Vegaplan date and FSA benchmark result changed Supplier Code no longer exists Standard holder informed us of updates. V4.5 changes 1 April 2017 P.1 & header Version number changed to 4.5 Routine update P.12 Annex 1. Bonsucro logo changed New logo launched February 2017 P.14 Annex 1. Vegaplan logo changed Standard holder informed us of change of logo design. P.14 Annex 1. SCS Sustainably grown logo changed and version number updated Standard holder informed us of change of logo design and slight update to version (minor changes P.14 Annex 1. Fieldprint Platform (FPP) plus supplemental questionnaire at Silver level added P.19 Annex 2 IKKB reference changed to Vegaplan and logo changed only) Memorandum of Understanding signed between FTM and SAI Platform recognising equivalence between FPP and FSA. Standard holder informed us of change of logo design and name change. V4.4 changes 27 February 2017 P.1 & header Version number changed to 4.4 To reflect decision above and make it clearer to users what version they are looking at P.14 Annex 1 Version of SCS Sustainably Grown standard updated To reflect updated benchmark Page 1

2 V4.3 changes 12 July 2016 P.1 Version number changed to 4.3 To reflect decision above and make it clearer to users what version they are looking at P.14 Annex 1 Vegaplan (2014) added New version benchmarked by SAI Platform as Silver equivalent P.19 Annex 2 IKKB v3.0 (previous version of Vegaplan) removed Benchmark out of date at standard no longer being used Annex Changes 25 April 2016 P Annex IV Various changes to diagrams and text To update advice following earlier changes to scheme rules text on mass balance V4.2 changes 1 March 2016 p.9 para 8a by an expert third party added before for each location. To make it clear that wild harvesting risk assessments must be carried out by an external expert organisation. P.15 Annex IB USSAP updated to include Illinois Benchmark of Illinois State legislation completed P.14 Annex IA Utz Certified Hazelnut Module added Benchmark of Utz Hazelnut module completed Annex changes 1 December 2015 P.15 Annex IB USSAP moved from Annex II to Annex IB P.15 Annex IB Kansas added to Iowa in States relevant to the USSAP Habitat Protection Index module added to FTM, giving full coverage of SAC chapters. USSAP is an industry scheme. Benchmark of Kansas State legislation completed V4.1 changes 7 September 2015 Page/Section/para Change made number P.4 para 4 possible in Point 2. changed to feasible. p.26, Section 3. para 2 one harvesting season (12 months) changed to the sustainably-sourced period (12-18 months, depending on the start date) Reason for change Recognition that move to segregated supply might be more difficult than previously thought Inconsistency pointed out and needed correcting Annex Changes 16 April 2015 P.13 Annex IA Version number of Trustea changed Benchmark of v2.0 completed P.14 Annex IA Addition of SAI Platform FSA at Silver level Page 2

3 P.22 Annex II Addition of DTP 112 Revision 2 for Grain and Oilseed crops in Italy V4.0 changes 1 March 2015 Page/Section/para Change made Reason for change number P1. New date and version number P 3. and throughout Change in terminology (selfverification Consistency document to self-assessment) P.3 Addition of Section 3 Explanation of process for wildharvested materials P.6 Change from crop to raw Consistency material P.6 Removal of Section 1g Replaced by para on page 3. P.6 Section 2 Clarification of what an To avoid confusion about scoring assessment means, i.e. combination of farmer and supplier questions. P.8 Section 5 Update of text on verification Process now finalised process P.9-10 Detail added on how to count wildharvested materials as sustainably Clarification on the process for wild-harvested materials. sourced P.14 Annex IA Addition of Fair for Life certification programme P.14 Annex IA Addition of SCS Sustainably Grown certification programme P.15 Annex IB Addition of Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme (SDAS) P Annex IV Slight changes to the text on mass Clarification of the issue discussed P balance Addition of Annex V Template for Risk Assessment on Wild Collection Template needed for wildharvested materials Annex Changes 1 October 2014 Clarification that benchmark of P.18 Annex II MgZsH (now called NÉBIH) also includes ISCC + (202). It is a combined benchmark. P.19 Annex II Addition of Basis Quality Management Programme 2014 (BQM) for Grain crops in Saxony- Anhalt, Germany Revisit of contents of benchmark revealed what was actually considered Page 3

4 Annex Changes 1 September 2014 P.19 Annex II Addition of Swiss GAP Fruechte, Gemuese & Kartoffeln [Version published ] 1 Annex Changes 1 August 2014 Moving of Skylark/Suiker Unie from P.10 Annex 1 Annex 1 to Annex Iva P.11 Annex 1 Moving of Caring Dairy from Annex 1 to Annex IVa Annex Changes 30th April 2014 Addition of ASC standard for Shrimp P.12 Annex I and VVAK+DAB for vegetables in Belgium and Netherlands Company-specific elements in the benchmark, so should not be in Annex 1. Not a public standard only used by Ben and Jerry s Benchmarks completed V3.0 changes 1 March 2014 Page/Section/para Change made Reason for change number P1. New date and version number P.2 Background Minor word changes General clarification P 3. Addition of and codes after any reference to standards. Clarification of what we are referring to P.3 section 1. Annex I changed to Annex IA Change required due to addition of a separate Annex for industry-level schemes. P.3 Text added to make it clear that we will benchmark supplier-own and Clarification of scope of benchmarking industry-level schemes, and a reference to annex IB where they are listed. P.4 Reference to Annex IV added to the end of the page. Addition of helpful explanatory text in Annex IV. P.5 Section 1c Addition of for each new Clarification of when a new sample assessment round P.5 Section 1c Addition of text on automatic sampling within Quickfire P.5 footnotes Footnote added with definition of a management system. P.6 Section 1(e ii) or different groups of farmers under the same management system added. needs to be taken Changes to how sampling is carried out following improvements to the software system Clarification for suppliers as to what we mean by this terminology. Clarification of sampling required 1 Swiss-GAP Fruechte, Gemuese & Kartoffeln is recognised by GlobalG.A.P. as equivalent to their standard (for details of benchmarking process see We therefore consider Swiss-GAP equivalent for the appropriate chapters, as shown. Page 4

5 P.6 New section f) added To be clearer about what the requirements are in terms of evidence of a common management system P.6 New section g) added Sampling process for wild harvesting situations explained P.7 The word years replaced with assessment periods Clarification of the continuous improvement requirements P.8 Addition of finalised during 2014 Change of date of finalisation of self-verification assurance system P.8 Section 6. Paragraph added on automatic sampling system in Quickfire Update on random sampling requirement following improvement to Quickfire. P.9 Annex I Title changed to Annex IA To enable addition of Annex IB P.11 Annex I Addition of RSB standard for Biomaterials and Trustea Code for Tea in India Benchmarks completed P.12 Annex IB Annex added Addition of Industry-level schemes P.17 Annex II QS-GAP standard added for Fruit, Vegetables and Potatoes in Germany P.18 Annex II Extra qualifying criteria added to US Soybean Sustainability Assurance Protocol Clarification of which sources can be counted as sustainably sourced. Annex changes 27 November 2013 P.11 Annex I ISCC Plus 202 v2.0 re added to Annex 1 with the addition of add ons requirements & P.16 Annex II ISCC Plus 202 v2.0 removed from Annex 2 P.12 Annex II Leaf Version 11.1 update. Social and Human capital, Waste and Energy chapters upgraded to fully equivalence column P.13 Annex II Red Tractor Dairy Standard, Animal Welfare added to full equivalence column. P.16 Annex II Standard name change Iowa Soybean Association Environmental Programs and Services. Now called US Soybean Sustainability Assurance Protocol. The logo is also updated. Benchmark of finalised standard complete As above Update of benchmark. from standard holder points out that the chapter was mistakenly left out from Dave Pendlington. Annex Changes 17 October 2013 P.16 Annex II ISCC Plus Food (2012) put back in Annex II and ISCC Plus 202 Information received that ISCC Plus 202 v2.0 is still in the pilot phase Page 5

6 V2.0 + add-ons taken out of Annex I. P.11 Annex I ISCC Plus 202 v2.0 removed from Annex 1 As above Annex Changes 12 September 2013 P.23 Annex II CanadaGAP standard added to Annex 2 P.11 Annex I EcoCert Standard added to Annex 1 Changes made 15 August 2013 P.3 Standards and Verification P.7 Self-Verification Assurance Change made to grievance clause If a supplier or farmer has any doubt or grievance with respect to our benchmarking of either an external standard or internal supplier programme, please contact Vanessa King on vanessa.j.king@unilever.com. Change made to year from 2012 to 2013 in clause Specific rules for this Self-Verification Assurance on e.g. sample size, geographies, frequency etc. will be developed during 2013 P.11 Annex I ISCC PLUS 202 V2.0 + add-ons (2013) added to Annex 1 P.16 Annex II 2BSvs v1.7 (May 2011)/Conditionnalité extended to cover French Oil Seed and Wheat Production P.16 Annex II ISCC Plus Food (2012) removed and replaced by ISCC Plus 202 V2.0 + add-ons in Annex 1. Annex Changes 1 May 2013 P.11 Annex I USDA National Organic Programme added for organic produce in the USA and KDV 1 ( ; NL Pigs Landless) for pork in the Netherlands P.16 Annex II 2BSvs v1.7 (May 2011)/Conditionalité French Oil Seed Production added for oil seed crops from France P.16 Annex II Iowa Soybean Association Environmental Programs and Services (ISA EPS) added for soybeans from Iowa Change of responsibility in the team for benchmarking and realisation that external standard benchmarks were not mentioned in the previous grievance clause. Date extended to give time for decisions following pilots, no change to the equivalence, but extension to cover more crops Benchmark of new version completed and standard moved to Annex I Benchmarks completed Page 6

7 P.16 Annex II ISCC PLUS Food v1.0 (2012) added for all crops Annex Changes 1 April 2013 P.16 Annex II Teh Lestari v1.0 added for Tea in Indonesia Annex Changes 1 January 2013 P.15 Annex II Agro 2.1 and 2.2 version 2 added Annex Changes 1 December 2012 P.15 Annex II MgSzH added for Sunflowers in Hungary and FairWild Standard v2.0 added for wild harvested products Annex Changes 1 November 2012 P.11 Annex I Caring Dairy added for US and EU Dairy Products Benchmarks completed V 2.0 changes 1 October 2012 Page/Section/para Change made Reason for change number P1. New date and version number P.6 old Section 1(f) Deleted Timing for re-assessments now explained in Section 3. P6. Section 1(g) leaving a changed to produced in Clarification of what we are talking about P.6 Section 2. Paragraph after 2(c) Text changed to remove grandfathering clause and to clarify when material will start counting P.6 Section 3. inserted Timing for Subsequent Assessments Change ensures only material produced after necessary changes to practices are made is counted as Sustainably Sourced To increase flexibility for suppliers in scheduling and completing their assessments P.6 Section 3(a) Old Section 3(a) updated Changes to how mandatory failures are dealt with and how reassessments are scheduled in this case P.6 old Section 3(b) Deleted Changes to how mandatory failures are dealt with P.7 Other Conditions Section changed to SAC Chapter P.7 Section 6. Sentence added to re-iterate point that Unilever rep does the random sampling, not the supplier P.9 Annex 1 FSC logo updated and acceptable FSC standard list clarified P.10 Annex I Skylark/Suiker Unie added to Annex I To be clearer about what the requirements are Still some confusion about this reported Communication with FSC over logo use. Page 7

8 P.11 Annex II Column added listing the Areas not covered by Annex II standards To give clarification on the gaps needed to be filled P.11 Annex II LEAF equivalence list updated To include energy efficiency and continuous improvement P.12 Annex II Red Tractor Standard added for Crops and Dairy P.13 Annex II IKB version updated (v9.0, January 2012) New version benchmarked and equivalent section list updated P.13 Annex II ISCC columns clarified To make it explicit what is and isn t equivalent in ISCC P.13 Annex II Sedex version number updated To make it reflect the latest version used by suppliers P.14 Annex II IKKB v.3.0 added for arable and vegetables P.14 Annex II IKM v.5.1/ikkb v.3.0 added for livestock and mixed farming Page 8