Webinar: How seafood businesses can improve worker engagement
Join us on Sept 29th for a presentation on our new guidance for seafood businesses “Centering worker engagement as an essential part of HRDD” and an engaging discussion on how to assess and improve worker engagement mechanism’s effectiveness. The webinar will open with a 25 minute presentation from Certification and Ratings Collaboration members on our […]
Human Rights Data Update Shows Progress and Many Challenges
Human Rights Data Update Shows Progress and Many Challenges Labor and other human rights are a growing priority for seafood NGOs and responsible businesses. To support improvement efforts, the Collaboration recently released an update to the human rights element of its data tool, which consolidates information about human rights abuses and risks for countries accounting […]
Measuring the Sustainable Seafood Movement’s Progress
Measuring the Sustainable Seafood Movement’s Progress The Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions (CASS) brings more than 200 businesses and NGOs together to drive seafood sustainability. When CASS adopted a new strategy in 2019, they needed a benchmark and agreed to use the Collaboration’s data tool to assess progress towards its shared sustainability goal. The data […]
Understanding Environmental Performance Over the Last Five Years
Understanding Environmental Performance Over the Last Five Years The Collaboration’s interactive online data tool launched in 2020, and our 2024 update adds a fifth year of data. As the dataset has grown richer, it’s become possible to begin exploring how our understanding of the seafood industry’s environmental performance has changed over time. This post explores […]
Certification and Ratings Collaboration provides tool measuring impact on seafood’s environmental performance
Certification and Ratings Collaboration provides tool measuring impact on seafood’s environmental performance By Ned Daly December 20, 2023 The Certification and Ratings Collaboration recently released an updated version of its data tool, which aims to be the most comprehensive resource available offering a high-level overview of seafood’s environmental performance. The collaboration’s members, which now […]
Data Tool now provides info on over half of global seafood
Data Tool now provides info on over half of global seafood The Certification and Ratings Collaboration recently completed our third update to the Environmental Data Tool (our fourth year of data). We are pleased to announce a 10% increase in the coverage of certifications and ratings compared to when the tool first launched in 2020. […]
New Resources to Help Seafood Businesses Advance Social Responsibility
New Resources to Help Seafood Businesses Advance Social Responsibility Every seafood business at every level of the supply chain must take action to address social responsibility. To help businesses move forward, the Seafood Certification & Ratings Collaboration has developed a new tool that consolidates data on human rights abuses and risks in 92 seafood-producing countries […]
Updated Data Tool Spotlights Progress and Challenges
We recently released an update to the Collaboration’s Sustainable Seafood Data Tool, offering the most complete picture ever of the sustainability performance of worldwide seafood production. The new release shows that the reach of contributing programs increased from 38% of global production in 2020 to 40% in 2022. Worldwide production was nearly 214 million metric tons […]
How the Certification and Ratings Collaboration Supports Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
In the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture, how have Collaboration members been supporting these sectors? The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022 to be the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture. But what are artisanal fisheries and fish farms, and why are they important? There’s no one universal definition for “artisanal” or […]