Sourcery Certified™
Built on Trust. Powered by Trade. Proven by Impact.
Using Connect, Partners can go a step further by earning Sourcery Certified™—a powerful way to demonstrate that a significant portion of your supply chain is built on trust, full transparency, traceability, and verified impact from producer to consumer.
The standard introduces the Commercial Excellence (CE) module, empowering Partners to showcase leadership and trust in trade through strong operations, employee well-being, and financial health.
When combined with the Transparent Trade and Intelligent Impact modules, Sourcery Certified™ demonstrates to clients and consumers that your business is truly committed to transforming trade for good.
Commercial Excellence
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Governance (CE 1)
Leadership and Ownership (CE-2)
Employee Well-Being (CE 3)
Financial Health (CE-4)
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Transparent Trade
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Transparent Trade
Processor (TT 4)
Manufacturer (TT 1-3)
Please see Transparent Trade for more information
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Producer Essentials
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Producer Essentials
PE 1: Producer Verification
PE 2: Farm to Process Chain of Custody
PE 3: Grower Household and Demongraphics
PE 4: Grower Basic Agronomy and Practices
PE 5: Grower Identity (Personal Data)
Please see Intelligent Impact for more information.
Sourcery Certified ™ is a trade, transparency and process standard that measures positive trade, commercial and operational performance of Partners through the collection of data in the Bluechip assets. It is not a product, composition, social compliance or sustainability standard. Physical product claims are not permitted.
Setting the Standard for the Transformation of Trade for Good.
All You Have To Do Is Trade.
Free with Sourcery Membership - Sourcery Certified™ - Blue comes at no extra cost—no hidden audit or verification fees*, surprise charges or premiums—in fact it pays you.
No Duplicative Audits. No Delays - With Sourcery’s intelligent verification technology, there are:
No duplicative audits
No scope or transaction certificates
No unnecessary paperwork
No delays and excuses
Reward Progress, Not Perfection - Sourcery introduces a Blue, Silver, and Gold rating system, designed to recognize continuous improvement in a way that’s meaningful, measurable, and equitable.That means you can trade smarter, grow faster, and accelerate impact at scale and focus on what matters—your business.
*Directly charged by Sourcery. Third-party equivalency standard fees may apply. See standard for more details. Sourcery Certified™ Gold and Platinum may include additional third-party audit and financial assessment fees.
Everything You Need, All in One Place.
Using Connect, you have everything they need all in one place to connect, engage, transact, verify and intelligent report their commercial, social and environmental impact—making going Direct-to-Grower™ transparent and simple.
Progress. Not Perfection.
Sourcery Certified™ is built on an outcome-based rating system to that empowers Partners to demonstrate commercial, social, and environmental excellence using verified primary data that is more meaningful, measurable and transformative.
Partners can confidently communicate they are truly committed to setting the standard for the future of trade.
Sourcery Certified™
Minimum Points
25-49
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Demonstrated baseline for commercial excellence.
15% of fibre equivalent transacted with Transparent Trade (TT 1-4) Bluechips.
Min 5% of fibre equivalent transacted with Intelligent Impact, Producer Essentials (PE 1-2).
Positive peer review among key stakeholders, vendors and clients.
Published Impact Partner report.
Minimum Points
50-74
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Demonstrated progressive trade and operational excellence.
Min 35% of fibre equivalent transacted with Transparent Trade (TT 1-4) Bluechips.
Min 15% of fibre equivalent transacted with Intelligent Impact, , Producer Essentials (PE-1-2)
Min 5% of fibre equivalent transacted with Intelligent Impact, with one or more Producer, Manufacturer or Transport Solutions.
Positive peer review among key stakeholders, vendors and clients.vendors and clients.
Published Impact Partner report.
Minimum Points
75+
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Demonstrated aspirational operational and trade excellence.
Min 75% of fibre equivalent transacted with Transparent Trade (TT 1-4) Bluechips.
Min 30% of fibre equivalent transacted with Intelligent Impact, , Producer Essentials (GE 1-4)
Min 15% of fibre equivalent transacted with Intelligent Impact, with one or more Producer, Manufacturer or Transport Solutions.
Positive peer review among key stakeholders, vendors and clients.
Published Impact Partner report.
Sourcery Certified is a trade, transparency and process standard that measures positive trade, commercial and operational performance of Partners through the collection of data in the Bluechip assets. It is not a product, composition, social compliance or sustainability standard. Physical product claims are not permitted.
Intelligent Verification
Connect introduces digital third-party verification (TPV) using automated data triangulation verification and zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) technology borrowed from the banking industry combined with traditional human-led verification by Sourcery Assurance Partners o ensure compliance, confidence and trust in your claims.
Assurance Partners
*Through advanced technology and its Assurance Partner network, Sourcery conducts is own Place Verification that includes a site, facility and process assessment at no additional cost to our Partners.
1, 2, 3…Get Certified
Sourcery Certified™ is a next-generation, digital-first standard powered by Sourcery Connect. It enables growers, manufacturers, traders and brands worldwide to easily download Connect, become members of Sourcery, and start transacting with more transparency, efficient, trust and impact.
Sourcery Certified™ welcomes producers, manufacturers, traders, and brands everywhere who are committed to transforming trade for good—at scale.
We believe the future of trade must recognize and reward progress—commercial, social, and environmental—no matter where you are on your transformation journey.
Regardless of location, agronomic philosophy, or existing certifications, all who strive for excellence are welcome.
By using verified primary data, Sourcery Certified™ shifts the focus from perfection to progress—celebrating those who are actively building a better future for trade.
Accelerating Impact, Together
Accelerating Impact, Together
Impact Partners
As a commercially neutral sourcing and digital trade platform, Sourcery does not make value judgments, conduct analysis, apply scoring, generate reports, or make claims based the data captured through via Sourcery Connect Intelligent Impact modules.
Instead, we invite and support qualified Impact Partners to receive and process the verified impact data captured via Connect. These trusted partners are equipped to interpret, analyze, and generate claims or reports based on their professional expertise—ensuring that all insights are scientific, credible, contextual, and independently evaluated.
This approach ensures that data and related claims remains objective and transparent, while empowering experts to turn progress into insights into impact that is more meaningful, measurable and equitable.
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Transparency, efficiency, trust and impact in trade requires innovation, intervention, expertise, guidance and accountability at scale.
Input and Agronomy Solutions
Impact Assessors (LCA firms)
Standards and Certifications (BCI, etc.)
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*Prospective Impact Partner logos are protected under copyright. Used for demonstration purposes only and does not imply existing partnership with Sourcery.