Clarimeter

Self-Assessment Tool for Transparency

This self evaluation tool is created by Anteja, an organization, which specializes in transparency and value chains. By answering 9 questions, you will be able to determine better the transparency levels of your company and take appropriate action.

It takes approximately 5 minutes to complete the survey. The information is confidential. The data collected will be used for Anteja’s Research & Development purposes. For more information about the tool, please write to martina.vilhar@anteja-ecg.com.

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* 1. Where does your product come from?
This question is related to the origin of your product. Please specify, whether you’re familiar with the exact origin of your product in terms of your farms, the location or not, and whether you communicate this information further to your partners in the value chain.

We don't know the exact origin of our product

We know more or less the region where our product comes from

We know the farmers who grow our product

We know the farmers and the exact origin of our product, and we are communicating this information to the market

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* 2. Who are the other actors involved in your product’s value chain?
This question is related to your product’s supply chain and the actors in it. Actors in the supply chain can be farmers, associations, cooperatives etc. Please specify, whether you’re familiar with the other actors in your value chain and whether you are actively communicating this information to the buyers.

We are not sure of the actors involved

We have sort of an overview of the actors involved

We know all the actors involved: from farmers, to associations, to cooperatives…

We know all actors in our value chain and are actively communicating this information to the market

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* 3. Do you have any standardized procedures to ensure quality of your product?
This question is related to quality procedures. Please specify, whether you have any systems or processes in place in order that your product complies with the quality standards.

We don’t have any standardized quality procedures

We have some of the quality procedures in place

We have internal documented procedures for product quality

We have documented procedures in place and are actively communicating them to the market

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* 4. Do you have Product Specifications for all your products?
This question is related to the Product Specifications (Product Specs). Product Specifications is a document, containing essential information about your product. For example, information about manufacturing, testing, labeling, storage, quality control etc. Please specify, whether you have the Product Specifications document in place or not, and whether you are actively communicating the product’s specifications data to the buyers

We don't have Product Specifications

We know key characteristics of the products, but we don't have any official documents

We have an official Product Specifications document

We are actively communicating Product Specifications to the market

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* 5. Do you have a detailed overview of the production processes from the farm to your final product?
This question is related to the production processes. Please specify, to what extent you are familiar with the production processes of your product and if you are actively communicating this information to the buyers.

We don't know what goes on in the production before the product reaches us

We sort of know what goes on in the production but can’t prove it

We know what goes on in the production, which actors play which role in the production and have documents to prove it

We know what goes on at each stage of the production and are actively communicating this information to the market

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* 6. Do you have any specific social responsibility standards in place?
This question is related to social responsibility. Please specify, whether you have any systems in place to ensure social responsibility of your employees, other workers in the value chain, your communities or society at large.

We don’t have any of these standards in place, we’re not interested in social responsibility

We act socially responsible with our stakeholders

We have structured social responsibility mechanisms in place and documents to demonstrate our social impacts

We are actively communicating our social responsibility practices and social impacts to the market

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* 7. Do you support the farmers in improving their farming practices?
Please specify, whether in any way you support the farmers, who grow the ingredients for your product, in improving their farming practices. Are you offering your farmers education opportunities and trainings to learn about various farming techniques that help ensure the longevity of their lands and making them aware of which practices are bad for long term fertility of their harvest (i.e monoculture)

We don’t

Yes, we do

Yes, we do and we have it documented

Yes, we do and we are actively communicating our efforts to the market

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* 8. Are your production processes environmentally friendly?
This question is related to the production process environmental impact. Are you aware of the environmental impact your production process has? Factors such as fertilizer, the CO2 footprint of your value chain, the water footprint of your ingredients and the circularity of your waste management have to be considered.

We don’t know

We think they are but can’t prove it / demonstrate it

We know they are and can prove it / demonstrate it

We know they are and we are actively communicating our environmental impacts to the market

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* 9. Packaging: is your packaging environmentally friendly?
Regarding your packaging, what material do you use? Is it environmentally friendly and do you use natural materials instead of using plastics?

We don’t know

We think so

Yes, it is and we can prove it

Yes, it is and we are actively communicating and showing this to the market

Clarimeter

Self-Assessment Tool for Transparency

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* 3. Do you have any standardized procedures to ensure quality of your product?This question is related to quality procedures. Please specify, whether you have any systems or processes in place in order that your product complies with the quality standards.

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* 6. Do you have any specific social responsibility standards in place?This question is related to social responsibility. Please specify, whether you have any systems in place to ensure social responsibility of your employees, other workers in the value chain, your communities or society at large.

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* 9. Packaging: is your packaging environmentally friendly?Regarding your packaging, what material do you use? Is it environmentally friendly and do you use natural materials instead of using plastics?

* 3. Do you have any standardized procedures to ensure quality of your product?
This question is related to quality procedures. Please specify, whether you have any systems or processes in place in order that your product complies with the quality standards.

* 6. Do you have any specific social responsibility standards in place?
This question is related to social responsibility. Please specify, whether you have any systems in place to ensure social responsibility of your employees, other workers in the value chain, your communities or society at large.

* 9. Packaging: is your packaging environmentally friendly?
Regarding your packaging, what material do you use? Is it environmentally friendly and do you use natural materials instead of using plastics?