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RCS piloting evaluation

Dear RCS responsible, please take 15 minutes of your time to complete the following questionnaire from the perspective of your implementing team.

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RCS pilot phase evaluation by Managing Entities

Welcome! As this is the first pilot, this is your chance to take influence on the future proceedings of the Regenerative Cotton Standard. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

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Please write your company...

it is voluntary, but will help in case of questions concerning your feedback and suggestions.

In the first part of the survey, we look into the onboarding process. That is the phase between approaching you as a potential piloting partner, until you started with implementation.

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1) RCS onboarding process

On a scale from 1 (very poor) to 5 (very good), how would you rate the onboarding process regarding RCS?
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Clarity of RCS introduction

How clear was the introductory information on RCS (and it's differences in comparison to organic and/or CmiA)?
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Are there items which could have been explained more clearly at the beginning?

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Comprehension of RCS introduction

How understandable was the introductory information on RCS (and it's differences in comparison to organic and/or CmiA) to you and your collegues?
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Is there anything we should have emphasized more on or explained differently?

Your suggestions will really help other Managing Entities in the future.
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Timing of the onboarding

How would you rate the timing for onboarding you to RCS with regard to the ongoing season? Did you have enough time to dedicate to preparing yourself for the verification?
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What knowlegde that you have NOW would have made your work with RCS a lot easier, if you had known it right from the start?

Your learning will help Managing Entities onboarding to RCS in the future.

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2) RCS GUIDANCE

This set of questions refers to the period after onboarding until now.

Please rate the QUALITY (in sense of suitability) of the guidance provided (1 is very poor, 5 is very good).

At the end of the questions you can leave a comment.

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Workshops, meetings and 1:1 guidance

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Anything to add?

Please help us to improve.
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Written guidance

Power points and reporting guidance
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Anything to add?

Please help us to improve.
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Reporting templates offered

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Anything to add?

Please help us to improve.
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Guidance while preparing for verification

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Guidance during verification

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Guidance while working on corrective actions

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Anything else to mention regarding RCS guidance?

Please leave us any comments or improvement suggestions.

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3) RCS MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS

These questions relate to the management requirements for Managing Entities. We start with the Reference Line and go through the RCS-related documents and processes you've had to to work upon. Please rate them according to CLARITY regarding what was expected of you, the EFFORT it took, and their USEFULNESS for your work.

This survey only touches upon requirements which are not aligned with CmiA requirements.

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3.1 Reference Line: Stakeholder mapping

Please rate how clear was the expectation, how big was the effort, and how useful is it for your work?
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3.1 Further remarks regarding your experience with stakeholder mapping

Please add any comments or improvement suggestions here.
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3.1 Reference Line: Relevance Analysis

Please rate how clear was the expectation, how big was the effort, and how useful is it for your work?
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Further remarks regarding your experience with Relevance Analysis

Please add any comments or improvement suggestions here.
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3.3 Reference Line: Risks and Opportunity Assessment

Please rate how clear was the expectation, how big was the effort, and how useful is it for your work?
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Further remarks regarding your experience with Risks and Opportunity Assessment

Please add any comments or improvement suggestions here.
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3.4 Reference Line: Results of Soil Assessments

Please rate how clear was the expectation, how big was the effort, and how useful is it for your work?
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Further remarks regarding your experience with Results of Soil Assessments

Please add any comments or improvement suggestions here.
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Do you have any general remarks or suggestions regarding the reference line?

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4. The Regenerative Action Plan

Please rate how clear was the expectation, how big was the effort, and how useful is it for your work?
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Do you have any general remarks or suggestions regarding your experience with the Regenerative Action Plan?

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Test your knowledge on the management of RCS with these quiz questions and share your experience with us.

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What are the components of the Reference Line?

Select one or more answers (preferably the correct ones)
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What is so special about the Reference Line?

Select one or more answers
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Would you keep the Reference Line in its current format, or would you change it?

From your perspective, what are the components to keep, change, or leave out?
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Details on changes of the Reference Line

In case you opted to change a component, please give us your ideas on how it should be changed.
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What was your most important learning around piloting RCS so far?

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What was your most remarkable experience while piloting RCS so far?

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Which experience would you not like to make again when implementing RCS?

...and what has to happen so that it is not repeated?

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