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2014 Annual Report The Elements of Sustainability

When the Alliance was founded in 1987, we based our conservation work on the understanding that the health of the land is inextricably linked to the quality of life of those who depend on it for their livelihoods. We set to work designing market-based solutions to address the global crisis of rampant . Since the beginning, our approach has been to promote and reinforce ecosystem health, economic opportunity and the well-being of communities as inseparable elements of sustainability.

Over the past two and a half decades, we've fostered connections between a kaleidoscopic array of collaborators, from farmers, and tourism businesses to consumers, distributors and companies. As a result, more than 128 million acres (51.8 million ha) of land in more than 100 countries are now sustainably managed or conserved, benefitting millions of people across the globe. As we work to realize our vision of a truly sustainable world, we emphasize the following key elements: , social responsibility, an ethical economy and climate resilience.

Annual Report Biodiversity

Biodiversity refers to the variability of interdependent living organisms and ecosystems on the Earth. Biodiversity is essential to the healthy functioning of all natural ecosystems and therefore to the survival of human society. Social Responsibility

Social responsibility refers to measures taken to safeguard the well-being of those who depend on the land for their livelihoods. This includes safe working conditions, women’s rights, access to healthcare and education for children, decent wages and housing, and respect for local communities. Ethical Economy

An ethical economy connects responsible partners along the entire supply chain, from producers to consumers. In doing so, it harnesses market forces to foster viable alternatives to deforestation and advance sustainable transformation in agriculture, and tourism. Climate Resilience

Sustaining a healthy planet means training communities to build resilience to the impacts of global warming through climate- smart methods in agriculture and forestry, and increasing access to climate financing. Our Global Impact at a Glance Letter from the President and Board Chair

where we work Rainforest Alliance certificates: 1 50 100 150 200 250 regional and local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working where we added projects in 2014 to halt the country’s deforestation crisis and build climate resilience 1. capable of being sustained among its communities. We collaborated with the Ministry of Tourism in and with local NGOs in the Yucatán, Mexico, to 2. a: of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a strengthen community-based tourism, a proven conservation tool, resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently in high-value ecosystems. Tea farms in Burundi and farms damaged in Rwanda realized significant ecological and economic benefits by b: of or relating to a lifestyle involving the use of sustainable using washing stations, the result of Rainforest Alliance technical methods assistance. And in , we trained indigenous communities c: the heart of the Rainforest Alliance’s mission to expand their sustainable forestry enterprises after they won a decades-long battle over land rights. From the earliest days of the Rainforest Alliance to today, our vision of sustainability has remained constant: a world where people can Because we understand that economic sustainability is crucial to the prosper in harmony with the environment. Over the past 28 years, success of these endeavors, we worked equally hard to make con- as we’ve honed our strategies to stop deforestation and conserve nections along the supply chain, so that companies and consumers critically important ecosystems around the world, we’ve held fast to can support them through their purchasing power. In 2014, several one guiding principle: The success of any conservation effort must major companies made significant new commitments to source from emphasize the economic and social well-being of those who depend Rainforest Alliance Certified farms, including McDonald’s for all of its interactive version: on natural resources for their livelihoods. US espresso and Dunkin’ Donuts for its coffee. rainforest-alliance. org/work/ impact/map Over the past year, this philosophy guided our many achievements, We thank you for your support, which helped make all of this possible. which you’ll read about in the following pages—from ambitious And we invite you to join us in celebrating these achievements, which landscape-level projects to farm-level trainings that changed the bring us closer to our vision of a healthier planet, vibrant communities daily lives of workers. In , we led a national consortium of and a better tomorrow.

128,096,000 > 4.7 million 3,950,998 21,050,678 acres (51,836,000 ha) of people directly affected by metric tons of Rainforest metric tons of emissions farms and forestland under Rainforest Alliance programs Alliance Certifiedtm crops reductions generated by carbon sustainable management produced in 2014 projects verified by the Rainforest Tensie Whelan Daniel Katz Alliance through 2014 President Board Chair

10 11 Guiding Ecuador’s National Plan

In theory, rainforest communities like Wama- unknown whether the species specified by the After the national government approved the ni, in Ecuador’s northeastern Napo province program could even grow in the area around adapted plan, the Rainforest Alliance helped in the Andean Amazon, should have been Wamani. 240 people in Wamani access the program, obvious beneficiaries of Ecuador’s national as well as the support that comes with it. reforestation plan. Launched in 2013, the The Rainforest Alliance bridged the gap After the first year, 148 acres (60 ha) of land ambitious program set out to develop Ecua- by bringing Wamani under the umbrella of will be reforested every year, creating carbon dor’s domestic timber industry by providing Net-Zero Deforestation Zones, a project sinks to mitigate climate change, support- economic incentives to smallholders and funded by the US Agency for Internation- ing biodiversity and generating new revenue communities for reforesting degraded areas. al Development and Department of State streams for the community. (USAID-DOS) that adapts Ecuador’s national But certain aspects of the plan made it im- policy for indigenous peoples of the Amazon. For his part, Wamani participant Wilson practical, if not impossible, for Amazonian First, we partnered with Amazon State Uni- Salazar appreciates that the Rainforest communities like Wamani to participate. For versity and the Wamani community to identify Alliance put the tools to create a sustainable one thing, the national policy did not inte- two native species, laurel and chun- future in his community’s hands. “This model grate agricultural production into its plan- cho, that could be used for the reforestation is really interesting, since by involving young ning, focusing instead on commercial for- efforts. Together, we developed a cultivation people from the start—and by giving them estry. In recent years, however, the people of plan that allowed the community to continue the chance to put into practice what they Wamani have come to rely heavily on farming to cultivate naranjilla alongside newly plant- learn—we’re developing skills and know-how (specifically the cultivation of the naranjilla ed saplings; the naranjilla will eventually be that stay within our community.” fruit) for their livelihoods. In addition, it was phased out once the saplings mature.

12 13 Cultivating Sustainable Livelihoods in Rwanda Elevating Quality, Boosting Profits As a businessman, Gilbert Gatali is struction process, Gatali values certainly pleased with how quickly the pragmatic advances, such as The quality of coffee depends greatly on how the cher- his coffee company has grown in the fact that the 2,500 smallhold- ries are processed once they have been picked. Small- just four short years. But profit er farmers who supply KZ Noir’s holder coffee farmers who wash the cherries on their pales in comparison to purpose for beans now harvest rainwater and own farms may produce beans of varied quality. Gatali, a Rwandan refugee born in separate compostable organic Kenya and raised in Canada, who waste from their garbage. They To improve the quality of coffee and achieve economies is inspired every day by the chance have also requested to plant of scale, many of the coffee cooperatives and farms we to participate in Rwanda’s vibrant on their land. Last year, the com- work with construct “washing stations,” collective economic recovery. pany upgraded two coffee-wash- facilities where farmers follow a rigorous protocol ing stations—essential to pro- for processing. This more systematic approach often “The opportunity that I have to be ducing higher-quality coffee that produces higher-quality coffee, which can fetch more part of the new Rwanda, to be an fetches better prices for small- on the market. It also prevents the contamination of agent of change—and to know that holders—where strict environmen- streams and rivers, since waste water is treated in fil- people are going to school be- tal and worker safety protocols are tration lagoons and checked for impurities before being cause you’re growing coffee, that now enforced. released. they’re getting employment—you couldn’t ask for anything better,” One of the most interesting This simple innovation boosts economic outcomes for he says. impacts Gatali has observed is the farmers we work with. “Before, farmers processed the sense of community that has their coffee beans at home, resulting in inconsistent Gatali’s company, KZ Noir, sells resulted from grouping the farm- practices and poor quality,” says Nangula Heiga the beans sourced from its Rain- ers into smaller local clusters so Mwampamba, who worked for Rainforest Alliance forest Alliance Certified™subsidiary that they could attend Rainforest Certified coffee company Tutunze Kahawa Limited in internationally and roasts two Alliance training sessions close to Tanzania before joining the Rainforest Alliance as an coffee brands that it sells in Rwan- their farms. “It was an opportu- agricultural trainer. “Farmers now have coffee-washing da. He travels to the field often to nity for farmers to come together, stations, which have dramatically improved quality and study how certification’s sustain- to sit and talk about things, and increased the prices that farmers can earn.” ability requirements have changed share knowledge. You can’t have a the daily lives of the farmers. sustainable community if individ- uals within the community aren’t Keenly aware of the complexities communicating and sharing their of Rwanda’s post-genocide recon- experiences.”

14 15 Protecting the Treasures of the Andean Amazon

The Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve But Cuyabeno’s natural rich- The Ecuadorian government has dramatically reduced staff turn- is an otherworldly landscape: Its es have also made it a target responded to these threats by over. Owner Guillermo Gómez rivers, blackened by sediment for development and resource enlisting the Rainforest Alliance and his team have become evan- and tannin-rich plant life, wind extraction. New road construction in 2014 to design a long-term gelists for . through a maze of partially sub- has exposed this precious forest plan to protect Cuyabeno and “We came to see conservation merged Amazonian forest that ecosystem—and the indigenous other reserves through the de- with new eyes and realized that spans an area greater than the communities that depend on it— velopment of sustainable tourism. tourism could become a long- Grand Canyon. Wildlife is abun- to unchecked and agri- We collaborated with Ecuador’s term alternative to other kinds of dant in this region of the Andean cultural expansion. Deforestation ministry of tourism to create development,” he says. Amazon, making it a popular threatens precious habitat for regionally appropriate guidelines We came to see conservation with destination for adventure trav- jaguars, pumas, pink river dol- for and training for local busi- Private and community-based elers seeking to venture beyond phins, several species of monkeys nesses. Today, they’ve imple- sustainable tourism is one of new eyes and realized that tourism well-worn tourist routes. and hundreds of bird species. mented measures to protect several strategies the Rain- local ecosystems and the cultural forest Alliance applies in our could become a long-term alternative heritage of local communities. landscape-level approach to The government has adopted conservation, exemplified by our to other kinds of development. our model as a blueprint for the Initiative for Conservation in the protection of natural reserves Andean Amazon, made possible Guillermo Gómez throughout Ecuador. with the support of the American Owner of Jamu Lodge people through USAID. Among The Cuyabeno businesses we’ve the Cuyabeno businesses we’ve worked with are already seeing worked with, compliance with our positive results. Jamu Lodge sustainable tourism criteria has installed solar panels, acquired jumped from a score of 59 (out a bio-digester to recycle organic of 120) to 90. We have collab- waste into fuel, and introduced orated with more than 30 local a natural waste water treatment and international NGOs in Brazil, system. In addition to the envi- , Ecuador and Peru to ronmental benefits, the plan has apply innovative approaches like also boosted the economic pros- this to protect the precious for- pects of the lodge, which has ests of the Andean Amazon. tripled the number of visitors and

16 17 Defending Indigenous Community in Honduras

The indigenous Miskitu people of eastern Hon- Biosphere Reserve (the largest protected area the Miskitu to win indigenous land rights, the duras have lived off the land and sea for hun- in Honduras) to defend local rights to forests, government of Honduras began titling ances- dreds of years. Today, however, the forests create jobs and conserve this precious eco- tral lands to them across eastern Honduras they call home are under increasing threat of system. While the western side of the reserve in 2012. This development offers an important destruction by illegal livestock operations that has one of the highest deforestation rates opportunity to strengthen local forest enter- are often shell businesses that launder drug in the world, the eastern region, where the prises among Miskitu communities, improve trafficking money. Miskitu live, remains relatively well-preserved livelihood opportunities and reinforce eco- due to its remoteness. nomic incentives to conserve natural forests For the past decade, the Rainforest Alliance and biodiversity. has been working with Miskitu and mestizo Today, a major shift in forest tenure is un- communities in and around the Río Plátano derway: After a decades-long struggle by This year, the Miskitu communities we work with have greatly expanded their sustainable forestry enterprises with support from the Rainforest Alliance and the Avery Dennison Foundation*, which has supported our work in Honduras since early 2014. In just one year, a single Miskitu forestry cooperative doubled its forest-production yields, achieving increased profitability without exceeding sustainable harvest levels. In doing so, it created econom- ic benefits for 360 people in the community, as well as a significant increase in the partic- ipation of women in cooperative operations. The Rainforest Alliance also linked Miskitu enterprises with two new responsible buyers in the domestic and international market that place a premium on supporting sustainable, community-based forestry. Across the tropics, local communities are increasingly winning the right to manage their local forests. The Rain- forest Alliance works with these groups to develop successful, sustainable forest enterprises that generate live- lihood opportunities and provide economic incentives to keep forests standing. Throughout 2014, we worked with more than 100 forest communities in 10 countries around the world to improve and expand the * Our work in Honduras is also supported by the Multilat- eral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the IDB Group, capacity of local businesses to market sustainably harvested timber and non-timber products (like Brazil nuts and and the Towards Sustainability Foundation. xate palm), generate jobs, defend local land rights, and keep forest ecosystems healthy and intact.

18 19 In Burundi, Water Is Life

Water is essential to healthy communities ed water, sanitation and hygiene training to nearby rivers. Solid waste is now collected and thriving farms, not to mention life itself. 25,000 smallholder tea farmers and workers and separated. Farmers have planted more In Burundi, political violence in the 1990s and at two OTB tea factories in northwest Bu- than 30,000 tree seedlings of indigenous the 2000s damaged the country’s infrastruc- rundi; both factories supply tea to Taylors varieties along rivers to reduce erosion in ture, making basic access to water an urgent of Harrogate. Farmers also learned about these high-altitude zones. And employees concern in large swaths of the country. Today, worker safety, methods to elevate tea quality have been trained in the proper handling and roughly 40 percent of the population does and farming techniques that typically result storage of agrochemicals in order to mini- not have reliable access to potable water, in higher profits. mize runoff and contamination. and only a third of Burundi’s urban dwellers have adequate sanitation. In rural areas, that “When you visit a Rainforest Alliance Certi- The project has also changed the lives of number drops to less than 15 percent. fied farm, you directly see the difference,” these tea-farming communities in an im- says Madaleine Nyandwi, who owns a farm mediate way, an achievement that holds The Rainforest Alliance is working both to alongside Kibira National Park, a biodiversity promise for a country for which tea is the improve access to potable water and pro- hotspot. “The trees, cleanness, agrochemi- second most exported commodity. “Before tect this precious natural resource through cals and rainwater management—everything the Rainforest Alliance program,” says tea a unique collaboration with the Ethical Tea has improved.” plucker Jean-Claude Havyrinfura, “we were Partnership, the Burundi Tea Office (OTB) drinking unsafe water located more than one WATER, SANITATION These are three crucial components of . Access to safe water and sanitation and the UK-based tea company Taylors of Rigorous new protocols include lagoon fil- kilometer away. Now, each tea block has its AND HYGIENE services, as well as sound community hygiene practices, ensure community health and reduce prevent- Harrogate. With support from the British tration systems at the tea factories to treat own source.” able illness and death. government, the Rainforest Alliance provid- waste water that once flowed directly into

20 21 The most valuable part was Planting Seeds of Climate Resilience that my students learned the The second most ecologically diverse state in all of Mexico, Chiapas The work has not only educated the students, but also served to human value of caring for boasts 1,400 tree species and wildly varied terrain, ranging from change the culture of the school. coastlines to mountains more than 13,000 feet high. Today, severe their own spaces. deforestation threatens many of the state’s most precious ecosys- “The Rainforest Alliance curriculum was academically enriching,” she tems, and rural communities must contend with mudslides, species says, “but the most valuable part was that my students learned the Brenda Zitlali Cruz González extinctions and the destabilization of micro-climates. human value of caring for their own spaces.” Teacher, Montecristo de Guerrero The Rainforest Alliance is working with educators in rural Chiapas to In Chiapas, teachers are also respected leaders in their communi- spread awareness of the harmful impacts of deforestation and teach ties. They are able to spearhead meaningful change by educating the climate resilience. We train teachers throughout Chiapas and Oaxaca next generation, while serving as a valuable information source for to teach our extensive climate curriculum, which covers the carbon municipal authorities, farmers and others. They have also designed cycle, vegetation types and . The curriculum also and initiated projects to reduce waste, recycle, conserve water and provides the tools teachers need to guide students in hands-on activ- compost. ities, such as measuring the carbon stored in trees. “From my perspective,” adds Cruz González, “the task of mitigating In the coffee-farming community of Montecristo de Guerrero, on the climate change begins with the community’s responsibility of caring edge of the forests of the Sierra Madre, teacher Brenda Zitlali Cruz for the forests and reforesting them. We decide to participate or not, González and her colleagues have led their students in the creation to do something or not. Let’s hope our decision makes a difference.” of a tree nursery and gardens filled with traditional medicinal plants.

A Multi-Disciplinary Portal to the World

​The Rainforest Alliance’s multi-disciplinary not something they can learn from a text- The curriculum meets US educational stan- environmental education program, launched book,” says Kimberly Harrison, principal dards for grades pre-K through 8. Lesson in 2002, guides students in exploring and of Florida’s Callahan Middle School. “The plans and accompanying interactive re- taking responsibility for communities and curriculum is flexible enough to allow teach- sources are free on our online Learning Site, ecosystems around the world. ers to meet the needs of their classroom which received nearly 4 million page views and individual students, who gain a better during the last school year, bringing the “Teaching students to respect our environ- understanding of how they can make a real cumulative total to 22.5 million views. ment, take action and make a difference is contribution to society.”

22 23 Coexisting in Harmony with Sumatra’s Wildlife

Indonesia is home to some of the world’s ways. In an area of Lampung that borders most spectacular wildlife, including many the national park, we’ve led workshops for endangered species. Sumatran rhinos, tigers, farmers—many of whom are women—cov- elephants and other large mammals make ering topics ranging from integrated waste their home in Bukit Barisan Selatan, a famed management and ecosystem conservation to national park in Lampung province on the worker health and safety. southern tip of Sumatra. Our trainers demonstrated the benefits of With its rich volcanic soil, Lampung province natural pest control methods as an alterna- is also a thriving agricultural region known tive to dangerous herbicides, as well as prun- for its coffee and cocoa. This precious land- ing and weeding techniques to protect the scape and its rare wildlife are under intense health of the soil. The farmers also learned pressure from economically stressed farmers how to create their own composting agent, who have converted rainforest to cropland. liquid fertilizers and fungicides using readily Without the proper information and tools available, organic ingredients. they need to manage their land responsibly, these farmers can damage the rich soils and Since the training sessions, the farmers have clean water they depend upon—and hurt the applied their newfound knowledge to boost long-term economic prospects of their own their crop yields and reduce dependence on communities. agrochemicals. They have even sold some of the compost they’ve produced. “I’m so The Rainforest Alliance has been working in thankful for the trainings provided,” says conjunction with Nescafé to train coffee pro- Jariatun Harnawan, a local farmer. She adds, ducers in Indonesia, as well as Côte d’Ivoire “Now, we know what we were doing wrong, and Mexico, to farm responsibly and effi- and gradually I am changing my habits to ciently, increase their income, and become become a sustainable farmer.” stewards of local wildlife habitat and water-

24 25 Fortifying Guatemala’s Climate Resilience with Community Forestry

“Soy un campesino.” I am a peasant: this is has since then lost an additional 321,000 nomic opportunities that provide alternatives how Miguel Angel Figueroa, the founder of acres (130,000 ha) per year, mainly due to to agricultural conversion or irresponsible the Huahuatenango-based conservation agricultural conversion. ASOCUCH is one of timber harvesting. group ASOCUCH, describes himself. Because 17 local NGOs working in partnership with Figueroa used to work the land himself, he is the Rainforest Alliance to arrest Guatemala’s One member cooperative with 500 indigenous keenly aware of the challenges faced by the 18 rampant deforestation crisis by strengthen- Maya Mam families, Asociación de Silvicul- cooperatives and associations (both agricul- ing community forest management, with the tores de Chancol, struggled to make a living tural and forestry) in the ASOCUCH network. support of USAID. It’s a strategy with proven from the 6,200 acres (2,500 ha) of reforested conservation benefits in some of the coun- land it owns despite a donation of timber “We are really impacted by climate change,” try’s most precious ecosystems. processing equipment in 2006; Guatemalan Figueroa says. “When it rains too much, they laws have a strong bias against rural forestry lose their crops. When it doesn’t rain enough, For the vast majority of the 9,000 families businesses. However, with business manage- they also lose crops. People are dealing with represented by the member cooperatives of ment training, technical assistance and legal food shortages.” ASOCUCH—mostly indigenous families en- support from the Rainforest Alliance, the co- gaged in farming, forestry and other subsis- operative is now producing one million board Building climate resilience among forest tence activities—developing climate resil- feet of timber per year and projects sales of communities is an urgent imperative in ience is a matter of basic survival. In order to US $130,000 for 2015—the kind of success Guatemala, a country that lost 17 percent of sustain the long-term health of the forests that demonstrates that healthy landscapes its forest cover between 1990 and 2005 and they depend on, they need sustainable eco- and thriving communities go hand-in-hand.

26 27 A Maya Path to Sustainability in the Yucatán

The white sand beaches, daz- them by developing their tour provide training workshops for Rosa María Tzab of the Centro zling aqua waters and tony businesses. All of the offerings, the communities in business Siíjil Noh Há tourism center, a hotels along the coast of Mex- from low-impact jungle adven- management, sustainability as cooperative that offers nature COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM ico’s Yucatán peninsula draw tures to sessions with traditional a competitive marketing tool tours, says that she has seen more than 8 million visitors each Maya healers, are designed to and climate resilience. After many new visitors coming from The Rainforest Alliance pro- year. The vast majority of these cultivate an appreciation for the working with community tourism outside of Mexico as a result of motes the economic well-being tourists, however, never leave natural and cultural treasures businesses to strengthen their the initiative. “That has generat- of those who live in ecolog- the confines of their all-inclusive of the region—while leaving the offerings, we organized a trip for ed employment for us,” she says. ically sensitive areas by of- resorts—even though the fasci- lightest possible footprint. regional tour operators and pro- “It makes me proud to show fering training in sustainable nating Sian Ka’an Biosphere is moted the tour among our own visitors our origins, our culture small business development. just a couple hours’ drive from Amigos de Sian Ka’an enlist- network, Tour Operators Promot- and everything we do here at the Strengthening low-impact Cancún. In fact, only two percent ed the Rainforest Alliance to ing Sustainability. cooperative.” tourism businesses in forest of visitors to the Yucatán ever communities creates incentives venture into the biosphere, the to conserve the natural resourc- largest protected natural area es in the region and preserve in the Mexican Caribbean and a local traditions. Initiatives like UNESCO World Heritage Site. the Ruta Maya Ka’an increase access by remote communities A new initiative called Ruta Maya to the economic benefits of the Ka’an, developed by local NGO global tourism market, which Amigos de Sian Ka’an (a partner currently represents 9 percent NGO in the Mesoamerican Reef of global GDP and one in 11 jobs Tourism Initiative), is designed to worldwide. For many travel- prove that sustainable tourism is ers, the off-the-beaten-track an effective conservation strat- experiences offered by commu- egy. Ruta Maya Ka’an provides nity-based tourism businesses important economic incentives are those they will remember for for residents of nine local Maya years to come. communities (about 41,000 peo- ple across the region) to protect the high-value forests around

28 29 Building a Movement for a Better Tomorrow

The Rainforest Alliance took a and cultivate the growing global lighter footprint, and analyses thousands of user engagements bold approach to raising con- movement for a better tomorrow. of what’s at stake in ongoing in- internationally, and it more than sumer awareness last year, ex- ternational climate negotiations. doubled the frequency with panding our weeklong Follow the Through this multimedia platform, We also invited readers to join which the Rainforest Alliance Frog campaign into a 10-month we published a wide range of the ongoing conversation on our was mentioned in content and content collaboration with The articles, videos and photo essays various social media channels. conversations about sustainabil- Guardian, one of the world’s most each week: stories of how our ity themes. The response to our prestigious news organizations. work on the ground has trans- Halfway through the 10-month extended campaign shows that The Rainforest Alliance Partner formed the lives of farmers in campaign, key metrics showed our focus on finding innovative Zone on The Guardian website is Burundi and foresters in Mexico, that Follow the Frog 2015 had solutions to many of the world’s There are plenty designed to bring our message of pragmatic articles about living already generated more than 25 most urgent challenges clearly sustainability to new audiences mindfully and traveling with a million impressions and tens of resonates with new audiences. of ways to #FollowTheFrog, as shown by our supporters on social media.

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Compton Margo Murphy Ford Foundation (CIAT) Merryl and Charles Zegar Camille Dull Barbara and Jim Korein Elena Sansalone and Jan Van Meter Diane Cummings National LLC Fundación Solidaridad Latinoamericana Elysabeth Kleinhans Helen M. Dunlap Sondra Kornblatt Patricia J. Scharlin Charles Curran Kerri A. Oakley Marilú Hernández and Luis Bosoms Shiou-Der and Jeffrey Kossak Contributions $1,000 - $9,999 DWSS Inc. Kristen Kresge and Labeeb M. Abboud Esty Schneirsohn Jeffrey Dennis Thomas Odenwald International Finance Corporation Linden Trust for Conservation Anonymous (6) The Ellen and Andrew G. Celli Foundation Inc. Parris Lampropoulos Peter M. Schulte Peter Dewey Heather Ohm-Fisher Leah Keith and Daniel Cohen Catherine A. Ludden and Eric B. 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Ernst Julie Luton Tana Sommer-Belin John Egbert Anne Powell Progreso Foundation Rural Development Program (MINECO- Audubon Society of Kalamazoo Dennis Esposito M. House Family Fund at The San Diego Steven Spiegel Carol Else Laura Prange and Rex Gandy The Scherman Foundation’s Rosin Fund PDER) Ayudar Foundation E-Square Foundation Vivek Sriram Michael Fein Martin Prince The Spray Foundation Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Tasso Azevedo Karen Evans Tom Maguire St. Mary’s Catholic Church and School Fidelity Investments Judith E. Randal UK Department for International Americas Paula Band Sandra Farkas Diane and Paul Makley The Stephen Colbert Americone Dream Fund Daniel Fitzpatrick Peter Randall Development (DFID) Names in the News Mary Jo and Douglas Basler Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Daniela Manning Frances W. Stevenson Marilyn Frerking Edna N. Roberts Z Zurich Foundation Nedelman Family Fund Ron Beasley Fund Sandra C. Finn Linda Matthews Joy Stewart John Fritzinger Rockefeller & Co. Network for Good Timothy and Virginia Beaulac Megan Finn Anne S. and Brian K. Mazar Jessica Su Chelan Gabor Skyles Runser Contributions $10,000 - $99,999 Newman’s Own Foundation William Becker Joan FitzGerald Patsy McCook Cathy Taub and Lowell Freiberg Gisela Gall Salmon Family Foundation Anonymous (5) The Overbrook Foundation Daniel Belz Franklin Philanthropic Foundation Timothy P. Messler Julie Taymor Randal Gernaat Schwab Charitable Fund Arcus Foundation Panaphil Foundation The Benevity Community Impact Fund John Fullerton Microsoft Matching Gifts Program The Thanksgiving Fund / American Joel S. Golden Christopher Senn Asociación Centroamericana para la Amanda Paulson / The Bobolink Foundation Magnus Bennedsen Susan Fulton Emma Milkeraitis Endowment Foundation The Graham-Jackson Good Karma Fund Stephen Shih Economía, la Salud y el Ambiente Ellen and Eric Petersen Kenneth Berger Beau Gage Edward M. Juda Magdalena Tosteson Harjaspreet Grewal Rae Siporin (ACEPESA) Tom Plant / Plant Family Environmental The Bertram J. and Barbara Cohn Fund Lani Galetto Adrian Mojica Lola Van Wagenen and George Burrill Birgit Grundler Catherine Smith Cambridge Conservation Initiative Foundation Betty A. Lewis University Environmental Kevin Giles Nova and Roy Molina Troper Wojcicki Foundation Peter Henkel Susan Snowdon John Caulkins Polly and Kenneth Rattner Charitable Trust Elizabeth Ginsberg and Robert Weinstein Elizabeth Monagle United Way of the Bay Area Christina Hermos Al Stenstrup

32 33 Ellen and Daniel Strickler Amanda Paulson / The Bobolink Foundation Iroquois Avenue Foundation Mars, Incorporated Oriflame Cosmetics Louis Dreyfus Commodities Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah Catherine A. Ludden and Eric B. Rothenberg Ava Szilagyi Jeanie and Murray Kilgour NESCAFÉ Laura and David Scott Ross Catherine A. Ludden and Eric B. Rothenberg Bird & Bird Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. Martin Tandler Leapfrog Campaign Commitments Marta Jo Lawrence Nestlé Nespresso SA Sabre Robert McBride Bixby & Co. Mannic Media David Tapscott $10,000 - $99,999 Kate Lear and Jonathan LaPook Olam International Ltd. Lise Strickler and Mark Gallogly Janet McCarthy Grimm Blommer Chocolate Company Mars, Incorporated Lee and Norelle Tavrow Anonymous (3) Legg Mason & Co., LLC Syngenta Diana and Mark McNabb Boyd’s Coffee McDermott, Will & Emery LLP TerraCycle Sweden John David Adams M. House Family Fund at The San Diego Unilever Mendocino Redwood Company, LLC Bufete Aguirre Soc. Civ. Metamorphosis Day Spa TerraCycle UK Limited Talia and Seth Cohen Foundation Collaborators at Origin Mother Parkers Gisele Bündchen Miranda & Amado Abogados Barbara J. Tomasovic Daterra Coffee Mary Stuart Masterson and Jeremy $10,000 - $99,999 Events $500 - $9,999 Elaine Musselman C. F. Martin & Co., Inc. Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez-Taiman & Olaya Vanessa Torti and Mark Wallace David and Katherine Moore Family Davidson Confiseur Läderach AG Anonymous Nedelman Family Fund Caledonia Spirits Abogados United Way of the Capital Region Foundation Fund Michael O’Keeffe Dunkin’ Brands Inc. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. NESCAFÉ Candle 79 The Myriad Restaurant Group Andrew Utiger Dobson Family Fund of the Princeton Area Joseph A. Popper Kirin Holdings Company Balzac Brothers and Co. Nell Newman Cayuga Sustainable Hospitality Napo Wildlife Center Robyn Vassar Community Foundation Julie Pryor and Keith Housman New Britain Christopher Blair Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc. Cellardoor Winery Natera y Espinosa, S.C. Richard Weinberg Jerome L. and Thao N. Dodson Robert W. and Amy T. Barker Foundation Tata Global Beverages AlexiAndrea Borden Holly and Dieter Nottebohm Central Law National Football League Ricki Weinberger Domtar Laura and David Scott Ross Mary Brock Olam Americas, Inc. Chelsea Piers Management, Inc. National Geographic Traveler Cynthia Westlake Frank A. Dottori Elena Sansalone and Jan Van Meter Events $10,000 & Above Bradford Soap Works, Inc. Paragon Coffee Citi Nestlé Nespresso SA Ross Williams The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust Robert Schumann Anonymous C.F. Martin & Co., Inc. Ellen and Eric Petersen Clayton UTZ New Jersey Devils Tom Wirtshafter Margo and John L. Ernst Sten Stemme Allegro Coffee Company Danielle Cohn Proyecto Mayakoba Coach, Inc. The New York Palace Gerald Sandra C. Finn Cathy Taub and Lowell Freiberg AMResorts CONINCO Tasha Rawlings Corral-Barriga Abogados S.A. The New York Racing Association, Inc. Janet Wright Annie Hubbard and Harvey M. Schwartz Magnes Welsh Avery Dennison Corporation Sonila and David Cook Reunion Island Coffee Ltd. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Newman’s Own Organics Betty Wrigley Klema/Resnick Charitable Fund Grace Yu and Nikolas Makris Barry Callebaut AG Daniel J. Couvreur RGC Coffee Domtar Norton Rose Fulbright Steve Zykoski Pamela Kohlberg Janice E. Bini and Dean A. Scarborough Daterra Coffee Faye and Mike Richardson Dreams Cancun Resort & Spa Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Kristen Kresge and Labeeb M. Abboud Judith Sulzberger Society Blommer Chocolate Company Louis Desazars Rothfos Corporation Eagle Creek Stewart, P.C. Leapfrog Campaign The Laney Thornton Foundation The Judith Sulzberger Society honors those Bloomberg Laura di Bonaventura and Frits van Deborah and William Ryan Ecoventura - Galapagos Network Olam International Ltd. Leapfrog Campaign supporters are Martina Leonard and Karl Fossum individuals who have chosen to include the Gisele Bündchen / The Luz Foundation Paasschen S&D Coffee, Inc. Empellón Cocina O’Melveny & Myers LLP investing in the Rainforest Alliance’s vision Linden Trust for Conservation Rainforest Alliance in their estate planning. Caribou Coffee The Durst Organization Will Sarni The Essex Paul Hastings LLP of the future by making it possible to expand Nedelman Family Fund Central National–Gottesman Foundation Dutch Brothers Coffee Peter M. Schulte Four Seasons Resort at Peninsula Prophetik our efforts to new crops, communities and Panaphil Foundation Anonymous (4) Chiquita Brands International Daniel Dwyer Rob Schwager Papagayo Pure Yoga ecosystems. These contributions improve Ellen and Eric Petersen Sara Burgess Citi Kristen Earls Grace Sica Fragomen Quartino Bottega Organica lives, conserve wildlife and protect the The Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Trust Lynn H. Caporale Talia and Seth Cohen The Ellen and Andrew G. Celli Foundation Inc. Kerri and Drew Smith Fragomen Global Rainforest Expeditions Earth—building a better tomorrow for us all. Polly and Kenneth Rattner The Carlos Roberto Férnandez and Evelyne Columbia Forest Products ENVIRON International Corporation John Snell Francoise Ntolo Ray Major Faye and Mike Richardson Adler Trust Roger and Sandy Deromedi Fibria Nancy Stevens and Kingsley Brown Garcia & Bodan The Republic of Tea Leapfrog Campaign Commitments The Robert P. Rotella Foundation Beatrix De Greve Domtar Sara Fikree and Joshua Tosteson Brett Stevens Global Abogados Resorts Casino Hotel $1,000,000 & Above Abigail Rome Christian Oliver Stjerna Degner-Elsner Firmenich Betsy and Jesse Fink Tara Summers-Hermann González Calvillo, S.C. Rose Water Restaurant Anonymous Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Karl Fossum Forestal Mininco S.A. Jonathan Foster Cathy Taub and Lowell Freiberg Google, Inc. Scharffen Berger Rachel and Adam Albright Deborah and William Ryan Helene Frankel Wendy Gordon and Larry Rockefeller John Gantt Brad Thompson Wendy Gordon and Larry Rockefeller Shearman & Sterling LLP Roger and Sandy Deromedi Peter M. Schulte Eliot M. Girsang Grupo JD Ron Girard USI Insurance Services, LLC Gotham Comedy Club Silk Studio Kendeda Fund Lise Strickler and Mark Gallogly Chris and Bill Holmes Marilú Hernández and Luis Bosoms Paige Goff Esther van der Wal Grupo ENM México S.A. de C.V. Teatulia The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust Laney Thornton / Flora L. Thornton Elysabeth Kleinhans Christopher Herrmann and Joseph Lorino Jeffrey B. Gracer Cynthia and Tom Vetrano Harmony Golf Preserve Chris Theibert Foundation Corinne Konrad The JM Smucker Company Linzell Harris Sidney S. Whelan, Jr. Heenan Blaikie LLP Timothy’s Coffee Leapfrog Campaign Commitments Ellen and David Wasserman Maxine Mansor Elysabeth Kleinhans Annie Hubbard and Harvey M. Schwartz Curt White Henry’s End Restaurant Travel Excellence $100,000 - $999,999 Annemieke Wijn Elizabeth McBrady Lyn and Norman Lear Humboldt Redwood Company, LLC Annemieke Wijn and Helmut Detken Christopher Herrmann and Joseph Lorino Sidney S. Whelan, Jr. Anonymous Judith Perlman Maggie Lear and Daniel R. Katz IndoTeak Design Karin and Alan Wilzig The Haciendas - Luxury Collection Hotels Tensie Whelan John Caulkins in Honor of Chrystel Cancel Leapfrog Campaign Commitments Gloria Ripple Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. InterAmerican Coffee WithumSmith+Brown, PC Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP White & Case LLP Frances Lear Foundation $500 - $9,999 William L. and Linda K. Richter Vicky and Larry Lunt The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread Holland & Knight LLP Whole Body Concepts, Inc. General Mills, Inc. Tasso Azevedo Abigail Rome Mannic Media Judy M. Judd In-Kind Contributions Hotel Las Colinas Wendy Gordon and Larry Rockefeller Diane and Mark Baker Pamela Simonsson Mars, Incorporated Leah Keith and Daniel Cohen Adnan Kelana Haryanto & Hermanto JAMS Marilú Hernández and Luis Bosoms Nancy Bower and Lindsey Quesinberry Scottology Trust Mattel, Inc. Jeanie and Murray Kilgour Aloha Bay Java City Leah Keith and Daniel Cohen Emilia and Amaury de Poret Mary J. Williams McLeod Russel India Limited Tom Klein AMResorts The John Barrett Salon Elysabeth Kleinhans Sandra Farkas Mondelez International, Inc. Peter Kleinhans Arias & Muñoz Kapawi Ecolodge & Reserve Shiou-Der and Jeffrey Kossak Joan FitzGerald Collaborators at Origin Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. Arthur Murray Dance Studio Laicale Hair Salon Maggie Lear and Daniel R. Katz Liliane A. and Christian W.E. Haub $100,000 & Above Nestlé Nespresso SA Kutas Group Avalon Salon and Day Spa The Laney Thornton Foundation Catherine A. Ludden and Eric B. Rothenberg Kenneth Hey Level Growth Olam International Ltd. Kate Lear and Jonathan LaPook Balance Bar Late Show with David Letterman Vicky and Larry Lunt The Houser Foundation Makin Group O’Melveny & Myers LLP Ed Lonergan Barnes & Noble Booksellers Beth Lien

34 35 Financial Summary Acknowledgments

Government Grants & Contracts 30.4% REVENUE & SUPPORT 2014 2013 Board of Directors Editor p. 5 school: Sara Hylton; boy: William users @easygroupairfare; Certification Fees 24.3% Participation Agreement 17.6% Daniel R. Katz, Board Chair Jungwon Kim Crosse @robindmoore; @fairmontmayakoba; Roger Deromedi, Vice Chair p. 7 sack: Nice and Serious harvmorgan; nappytrailzzz; Contributions & Membership Foundations & Foundations & Corporate Grants $5,486,420 $7,715,031 @ @ 12.7% Wendy Gordon, Vice Chair Designers p. 8 polar bear: iStock; drought: David Bryan @kortniecoles/@global_wildlife_ Corporate Grants 10.5% Special Events 2.6% Other 2% Government Grants & Contracts 15,887,247 11,217,661 Peter M. Schulte, Treasurer Patrick Floyd p. 9 sunset: iStock; leaf: Viraj Nagar conservation_; @elciprescoffee; Contributions & Membership 6,617,708 5,591,388 Labeeb M. Abboud Mason Phillips p. 11 Tensie: J Henry Fair @allymat; @jonathancarrephotography; Special Events – Net 1,347,153 1,300,541 Tasso Azevedo p. 13 Flickr user Ted @faracoffee; @katherine_sherwin Marilú Hernández de Bosoms Contributors p. 14 farm: Patrick Orchard/KZ Noir; back cover iStock Certification Fees 12,698,170 12,993,003 Gisele Bündchen Laura Jamison farmers: Mike Goldwater, Taylors of all others Rainforest Alliance staff Participation Agreement 9,211,887 6,913,135 Daniel Cohen Sofia Perez Harrogate Other 1,047,045 882,891 Seth Cohen p. 15 washing station, farmer, coffee Partners Sonila Cook Printing cherries, trail, smiling people: Patrick Centre d’Etudes, Formation, Conseils et Daniel Couvreur Printed by ColorDynamics in Allen, Texas, Orchard/KZ Noir Audits (CEFCA), Côte d’Ivoire REVENUE & Total Revenue & Support $52,295,630 $46,613,650 Lawrence Lunt using UV inks. ColorDynamics is an FSC- p. 16 Tim Rogers Fundación Interamericana de Investigación SUPPORT Count Amaury de Poret certified printer. p. 17 path and Guillermo: Jamu Lodge; Tropical (FIIT), Guatemala David S. Ross hummingbird: William Crosse; boat: Betty Fundación Natura, Colombia Eric Rothenberg Paper Sederquist Instituto para la Cooperación y EXPENSES William Sarni Printed on Cougar Super Smooth p. 22 Aurora Muriente Pastrana Autodesarrollo (ICADE), Honduras Kerri A. Smith Finish. Cougar is FSC-certified and part p. 24 woman with clipboard: Noah Jackson; Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal Sustainable Agriculture $8,140,799 $8,961,631 Annemieke Wijn of the Domtar EarthChoice family of pitta: Jason Thompson; coffee cherries: e Agrícola (IMAFLORA), Brazil RA-Cert 12,504,962 12,472,305 environmentally and socially responsible William Crosse; frog: Julie Larsen Maher; Pronatura Sur, A.C., Mexico Emeritus Board Members papers. elephant: iStock; tiger: Evan Bowen- The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds TREES 8,649,686 5,387,987 Adam Albright Jones; forest: Danurfan Indie; rhino: (RSPB), United Kingdom Sustainable Tourism 196,802 494,030 Henry Davison Photo Credits Willem V. Strien; woman: Noah Jackson; SalvaNATURA, Communications & Education 1,412,331 1,528,517 Sudhakar Kesavan cover iStock pheasant: Frank Wouters Climate Initiatives 2,459,441 2,350,951 Patricia Scharlin inside front cover iStock p. 25 Noah Jackson Forestry Partners Martin Tandler p. 2 elephant: iStock; orangutan: Julia p. 28 Amigos de Sian Ka’an Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal Special Projects 1,166,813 1,440,080 Alan Wilzig Murray p. 29 Amigos de Sian Ka’an e Agrícola (IMAFLORA), Brazil Regional Conservation Initiatives 2,365,006 2,096,709 p. 3 hummingbird: iStock; gecko: Julie p. 30 laptop: Vecteezy user Belial90 Nature, Ecology and People Consult Sustainable Finance 348,645 219,601 Larsen Maher p. 31 left to right, top to bottom: Instagram (NEPCon), Denmark EXPENSES Markets Transformation 5,438,801 3,446,032

Total Program Expenses 42,683,286 38,397,843

Fundraising 2,821,323 3,362,407 Management & General 4,320,109 4,170,887

Total Expenses $49,824,718 $45,931,137 MIX RA-Cert 25.1% TREES 17.6% Sustainable Agriculture 16.3% Paper from responsible sources Markets Transformation 10.9% Management & FSC® C002290 General 8.7% Fundraising 5.7% Climate Initiatives 4.9% Change in Net Assets + $2,470,912 + $682,513

Regional Conservation Initiatives 4.7% Communications & The Rainforest Alliance is an FSC-accredited certifier Education 2.8% Special Projects 2.3% Sustainable Net Assets, Beginning of Year $9,626,693 $8,944,180 FSC®®A000520 Finance 0.7% Sustainable Tourism 0.4% Net Assets, End of Year $12,097,605 $9,626,693

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