All the three Padenga farms are members of the International Crocodilian Farmers Association (ICFA) which is a not-for-profit association, created to develop and improve crocodilian farming practices across the globe with particular focus on animal welfare, the environment, people and local communities. The farms are certified to the ICFA 1001 standards which is a set of outcome and good operating practice based international standards developed specifically for crocodilian production. To achieve and maintain this certification, the farms undergo intensive annual surveillance audits and are expected to continuously demonstrate compliance to all relevant regulatory obligations, international conventions including CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), certification scheme rules, animal welfare best practice, sustainability and evidence-based crocodilian farming practices. The significance of ICFA certification is that the major brands and tanneries have committed to only purchases skins from those farms that demonstrate compliance with the certification standard and consequently is a mandatory requirement for accessing the premium markets for skin sales.