 | Certified Operator (Certification Applicant) | | | Birlik Tütün Pamuk Gıda Mad. Tic. Ve San. A.Ş. | |  |
| Place, Country | | | Kemalpaşa, Izmir, Turkey | |
| Contact | | | www.birlikas.com | |
| Certified Products | | | fennel seeds | |  |
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| Certification Programme | | | Fair for Life - Social & Fair Trade Certification | |
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| Chapter | | | Content of the Fair For Life - Social & Fair Trade Programme | | Maximum | | Rating |
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| 1 | Core Principles and Values | 10 | 10 | ||||
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| 2 | Commitment to and Management of Fair Trade Policy | 23 | 14 | ||||
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| 3 | Respect of Human Rights and Decent Working Conditions | 227 | 145 | ||||
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| 4 | Respect of the Environment | 182 | 139 | ||||
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| 5 | Local Development and Community Relations | 14 | 8 | ||||
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| 6 | Trading and Supply chain relations | 71 | 42 | ||||
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| 7 | Empowerment | 71 | 42 | ||||
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| 8 | Traceability, Transparency and Respect of the Consumer | 23 | 18 | ||||
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| 9 | Managing Certification and Performance | 28 | 21 | ||||
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| Total Score New modules | 439 | ||||||
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| Certification for fair trade and responsible supply chains |
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| Impact, special achievements & commitments | | | Since 1968, Birlik is servicing its customers passionately through its BRC Grade AA+, latest version facilities located in Izmir, Turkey. Throughout the years, Birlik has reformed its processing facility to an ultimate source of herbs and spices. State of the art equipment is ensuring to clean, process, blend and sterilize goods while complying with global food regulations.Today Birlik is one of the most successful processors in this field, giving a total guarantee to the goods from farm with full traceability. BIRLIK’s, Fair for Life program first started in 2015. With the growing demand on FFL quality fennel, our farmers’ group (will be called hereafter as BIRLIK FFL group) is enlarged from 5 to 10 farmers in 2017, 10 to 14 in 2019 and total production capacity of the group will reach more than 100 tons of fennel in 2019. Since 2016, BIRLIK FFL group receives FFL premiums and these premiums are spent in balance for several social projects as well as the rural development projects. Some of those; social assistance to students, restoration of common areas in villages or construction of new ones, support of local governments' social assistance, and purchase of new technological machines to ensure agricultural sustainability. | ||||
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| Reached percentage of the applicable Total Norm Points for the overall performance |
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| Percentage | | | 73 % | ||||
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| Date of Certification |
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| First | | | 11.01.2016 | ||||
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| Last Update | | | 12.12.2019 | ||||
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