GLOBALG.A.P. Chain of Custody (CoC) Advisory Services
Cultiva EcoSolutions provides expert advisory for GLOBALG.A.P. Chain of Custody (CoC) certification. We establish robust supply chain traceability and product segregation systems to guarantee the integrity of your certified products and ensure full market access and compliance.
GLOBALG.A.P. Chain of Custody Consulting for Secure, Traceable Supply
At Cultiva EcoSolutions, we use structured, step-by-step consulting to align Chain of Custody strategy, processes and data with GLOBALG.A.P. expectations and the realities of day-to-day production and trade. Each engagement is tailored to your crops, supplier network and risk profile, helping your organisation build traceability, compliance and buyer confidence that can be maintained and strengthened over the long term.
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Enterprise CoC Strategy & Roadmap Design
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What It Is: Structured advisory work that defines your Chain of Custody vision, operating model and phased roadmap across crops, sites and markets.
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Key Benefit: Helps leadership concentrate time and budget on the CoC initiatives that protect market access and deliver the greatest commercial impact.
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Retailer & Brand CoC Program Architecture for Supplier Networks
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What It Is: A consulting service that designs end-to-end CoC program structures, requirements and workflows for retailers, brands and their multi-tier supplier networks.
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Key Benefit: Enables consistent, enforceable CoC performance across suppliers, reducing substitution risk and strengthening brand and buyer confidence.
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End-to-End CoC Gap Assessment & Certification Readiness Program
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What It Is: A structured review of sites, documents and product flows to pinpoint CoC non-conformities and define a practical certification readiness plan.
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Key Benefit: Gives clients a clear, time-bound route to achieving and sustaining GLOBALG.A.P. CoC certification with fewer surprises at audit.
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Digital Traceability & CoC System Blueprinting
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What It Is: Advisory work that maps your current traceability data flows and designs the future-state digital systems needed to support robust CoC records.
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Key Benefit: Helps clients invest in the right digital tools so CoC information is reliable, real-time and easy to demonstrate to buyers and auditors.
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Multi-Site & Group CoC Governance Design
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What It Is: A governance design service that sets roles, responsibilities and procedures for managing CoC across multi-site or group structures.
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Key Benefit: Improves consistency and control across locations while keeping central oversight efficient and scalable.
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CoC Fraud, Adulteration & Substitution Risk Assessment
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What It Is: A targeted risk assessment that identifies where product mixing, relabelling or substitution could occur in your CoC chain.
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Key Benefit: Reduces financial, legal and reputational exposure by prioritizing the controls that most effectively prevent CoC fraud.
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Integrated CoC–ESG & Sustainability Reporting Alignment
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What It Is: A consulting engagement that aligns CoC data, controls and certifications with your broader ESG and sustainability reporting frameworks.
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Key Benefit: Enables you to substantiate responsible sourcing claims with coherent, audit-ready evidence across both CoC and ESG disclosures.
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CoC Data Governance & Master Data Design
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What It Is: Advisory support to define data standards, master data models and governance rules for products, sites, batches and transactions in CoC scope.
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Key Benefit: Improves data quality and consistency so CoC reporting, analytics and audits become faster, cleaner and more reliable.
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CoC Internal Audit Program & Methodology Development
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What It Is: A design service that builds risk-based internal CoC audit programs, checklists and reporting templates tailored to your operations.
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Key Benefit: Allows you to detect CoC weaknesses early and drive continuous improvement before issues surface in external audits or markets.
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CoC Incident Response & Crisis Management Playbooks
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What It Is: A project that develops clear playbooks and decision trees for handling suspected or confirmed CoC incidents across the organization.
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Key Benefit: Equips leadership and teams to respond quickly, limit recalls and protect customer and regulator trust when CoC problems arise.
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CoC Requirements Integration into Procurement & Supplier Contracts
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What It Is: Consulting support to embed CoC requirements, KPIs and remedies into procurement policies, supplier onboarding and contract templates.
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Key Benefit: Makes CoC performance a built-in expectation of commercial relationships, strengthening compliance throughout the supply base.
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CoC Training Academy & Role-Based Capability Building
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What It Is: A modular training academy that builds CoC skills for procurement, quality, operations and logistics teams based on their specific roles.
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Key Benefit: Creates a stronger internal capability so everyday decisions and behaviours consistently support CoC compliance and product integrity.
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