In order to assess the performance of individual farms and mills towards the achievement of AAA practices we have worked in close collaboration with farmers, agronomists and our NGO partner, the Rainforest Alliance to develop a unique tool, The Tool for Assessment of Sustainable Quality (TASQ™)
TASQ™ has a dual role. Firstly it acts as a guide to farmers, assisting them by setting out in a user friendly way the practices required by the AAA standard. Second it acts as the more formal assessment process with all of the indicators required of AAA standard farms.
The TASQ™ self-assessment tool has been developed after significant consultation and collaboration with Nestlé (co-founders of the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative), farmers themselves, suppliers and the Rainforest Alliance. The unique fusion of both sustainability and quality assessment criteria has given rise to a range of TASQ™ based workshops and technical assistance programs to help farmers improve practices. You can download the TASQ™ self-assessment tool in the Get Involved section of this site.
