Verification system

Trading Members need to adhere to the Ethical BioTrade Verification Framework. This framework guides members towards compliance with the Principles and Criteria of Ethical BioTrade.

UEBT's Verification System monitors members' respect of their membership obligations such as conformity with the Minimum Indicators, and the adherence to work-plans aiming to achieve compliance with the Principles and Criteria of Ethical BioTrade.

UEBT applies the term critical path for the route that members travel to reach compliance with the Principles and Criteria of Ethical BioTrade.

Once members comply with the UEBT's Verification Framework, UEBT membership will be conditional upon continuous compliance with the Verification Framework. A third-party audit should verify this ongoing compliance every 3 years, while the organisation will self-report annually in the intermediary years.

Members will also be expected to show continuous improvement, which they will be able to measure using a set of impact indicators developed by UEBT