Growers earn engagement stars in ECIP LAB by actively engaging with the platform’s tools and resources to assess and improve their labor management systems. After being invited by a supplier, growers create an account, invite team members and begin evaluating their labor management systems across more than 50 different work areas. As growers complete assessments, access educational content, and revisit systems over time, their Engagement Profile improves—earning stars that are visible to their supplier. Suppliers do not have access to a grower’s specific answers to the self-assessment. Instead, suppliers can only see the grower’s engagement profile. Buyers see only aggregated and anonymized data that summarizes labor practices across all of a supplier’s participating growers.
Watch the demo below for a walkthrough of the ECIP engagement profile, from grower to buyer dashboard:
Improving Your Engagement Profile
Assessment Star
To earn this star, Growers must complete all 54 management statements in the assessment, reaching 100% completion. Responses remain confidential, are not used for punishment or reward, and should reflect an honest view of current management systems.
Learning Channel Star
Growers earn this star by confirming their intent to use the Learning Channel to improve in areas where they’re still developing. If they don’t plan to use it, they may share alternative resources. They must also confirm their willingness to provide documentation for areas marked as strengths, though these responses are not scored.
Advanced Engagement Star
To earn this star, Growers must confirm their understanding of how their Engagement Profile is shared, express willingness to share best practices, and believe worker surveys will align with their assessment responses. These commitments reflect transparency, collaboration and accuracy in their self-assessment.
Workers & Recruitment Star
This star is earned by answering a short set of questions about recruitment practices, including use of tools like the Responsible Recruitment Toolkit, Verite’s Recruitment Cost Calculator or Farm Labor Contractors (FLCs). If FLCs are used, their details must be provided to qualify.
Grower Gold Star
Growers earn this star by verifying their participation with one of the approved programs, including program details such as number and expiration date. Once submitted, the star stays valid for the entire Engagement cycle. To waive the grower fee, program documents must be emailed to ECIP support at: support@ethicalcharterprogram.org for verification.