Certified Operator (Certification Applicant) | Castor Products Company |
Place, Country | Gujarat, India |
Contact | www.castor-oil.in |
Certified Products | castor oil cold pressed, sesame oil cold pressed, ground nut oil, moringa oil cold pressed, moringa leaves dried, neem oil cold pressed | |||||
Certification Programme | Fair for Life - Social & Fair Trade Certification |
Performance Rating |
Chapter | Content of the Fair For Life - Social & Fair Trade Programme | Maximum | Rating | |||||
1 | Core Principles and Values | 10 | 9 | |||||
2 | Commitment to and Management of Fair Trade Policy | 27 | 15 | |||||
3 | Respect of Human Rights and Decent Working Conditions | 244 | 147 | |||||
4 | Respect of the Environment | 187 | 145 | |||||
5 | Local Development and Community Relations | 16 | 10 | |||||
6 | Trading and Supply chain relations | 73 | 46 | |||||
7 | Empowerment | 64 | 41 | |||||
8 | Traceability, Transparency and Respect of the Consumer | 21 | 14 | |||||
9 | Managing Certification and Performance | 46 | 33 | |||||
Total Score Performance Rating | 460 | |||||||
Certification for fair trade and responsible supply chains |
Impact, special achievements & commitments | The region "Kutch-Gujarat" receive lowest rainfall in the state of Gujarat. There is no source of irrigation and hence farmer getting reduced productivity year after year, starting to lose interest in Agriculture and there was alarming trend of migration from this region. Castor Products Company from 2006 made efforts to organize the farmers in to group, helped them to do planning for crops depends on market conditions, created awareness amongst group farmers for Organic Agriculture System and arranged Organic Certification, established quality parameters which meets International Quality Standards, established transportation system and fixing fair price. After most difficult year in the recent history of human beings in 2020, there were lots of challenges observed. Due to challenges in the SEA transportation new difficulties observed and everyone stuck to move goods. Fortunately with the support of their esteemed buyers and their Fair Trade Policies they somehow managed to sail in difficult time. | |||||||
Reached percentage of the applicable Total Norm Points for the overall performance |
Percentage | 74 % | |||||||
Date of Certification |
First | 21.04.2017 | |||||||
Last Update | 11.10.2023 | |||||||