The GGN label stands for certified, responsible farming and transparency. Together with food safety and traceability, a holistic approach aims to ensure that the food and plants which carry the label have been produced under responsible conditions that conserve soil and water, use energy efficiently, reduce waste, preserve biodiversity, and protect both the people who produced them and the animals on the farm. For GLOBALG.A.P., all these aspects are key to good farming practices that aims towards transparency and a sustainable future.

The GGN label is the consumer label of GLOBALG.A.P. c/o FoodPLUS GmbH (Cologne, Germany) – the world's leading farm assurance program. To use the GGN label on their products, producers must verify that those products originate from a farm whose production processes have been independently certified according to international GLOBALG.A.P. standards (good farming practices) and that each member of the supply chain holds the relevant certification or level of assessment compliance.

The GGN label is a cross-category mark that can be found on aquaculture products, flowers, potted plants and ornamentals, as well as fruits and vegetables, incl. fresh herbs. Auditors from an accredited and independent certification body approved by GLOBALG.A.P. are required to assess the production processes on the farm against the requirements of the GLOBALG.A.P. IFA standard and the GLOBALG.A.P. Risk Assessment on Social Practice (GRASP). Under GRASP, the farm is checked to see whether it complies with strict rules and regulations protecting its workers’ health, safety, and welfare. To further ensure the integrity of the GGN label at the post-farm level, the GLOBALG.A.P. Chain of Custody (CoC) standard ensures the segregation and traceability of products from certified processes throughout their journey from the farm to the market shelf.