Prepare with a trade mentor.
Ask what to gather, how to describe your product and where the gaps might be.
THE VERIFIED TRADE PASSPORT
A business story.
Made reviewable.
Bring the business, its products and the evidence behind them into one structured conversation. STIV guides the preparation. Review gives the Passport its meaning.
FROM INFORMATION TO UNDERSTANDING
01Business identity
02Product & origin
03Supporting evidence
04Review & next steps
One clearer starting point for the people making trade decisions.
EXPLORE THE STRUCTURE
See what belongs
behind the Passport.
This is an interactive explanation of the record format, using a fictional coffee supplier. It is not a live supplier profile.
The business behind the product.
Start with a recognisable business profile: who is supplying, where they operate and how the information is supported.
THE QUESTION TO ASK
Do the business details match the supporting records?
VERIFIED TRADE PASSPORTIllustrative record
- Business identity
- Elgon Harvest Coffee
- Location
- Mbale, Uganda
- Evidence to request
- Registration and authorised contact
Fictional details to explain the format. No score or approval is generated by this walkthrough.
Make the offer specific.
A buyer needs more than a product name. Bring origin, capacity, specifications and the intended destination into the same conversation.
THE QUESTION TO ASK
Are the stated capacity and product specifications supported?
VERIFIED TRADE PASSPORTIllustrative record
- Product
- Green Arabica coffee
- Origin
- Mount Elgon, Uganda
- Evidence to request
- Product specification and batch details
Fictional details to explain the format. No score or approval is generated by this walkthrough.
Make the gaps visible.
An organised record should show what is available, what needs updating and which questions remain open. A missing record should stay visible.
THE QUESTION TO ASK
What remains unresolved before a buyer can assess this supplier?
VERIFIED TRADE PASSPORTIllustrative record
- Business registration
- Available for review
- Quality report
- Still to be supplied
- Evidence to request
- Current records linked to the product
Fictional details to explain the format. No score or approval is generated by this walkthrough.
Give the review a clear scope.
A Verified Trade Passport should reflect an evidence review with an identified scope. Buyers still need to check the underlying records and their own requirements.
THE QUESTION TO ASK
What was checked, when, and what was outside the scope?
VERIFIED TRADE PASSPORTIllustrative record
- This example
- Illustrative only · not issued
- Review scope
- Must be stated in a real review
- Evidence to request
- Issue date, reviewer and current status
Fictional details to explain the format. No score or approval is generated by this walkthrough.
TWO ROLES. ONE CLEAR PROCESS.
Guidance prepares.
Evidence supports.
Review decides.
Make the checks explicit.
Agree the review scope and provide the supporting records. AI guidance does not itself confer verification.
Discuss a clearer record.
Use the Passport as a starting point for assessment. It does not replace official certificates or a buyer’s own due diligence.