GSSI: BENCHMARKING AND BEYOND · Research Intern Eva Mudde Program Officer Suzette Rovers Office...

GSSI: BENCHMARKING AND BEYONDSeaWeb Seafood SummitEva Mudde, June 13th 2019 1

VISION: MORE SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD FOR EVERYONE

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70+FUNDING

PARTNER

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13AFFILIATED

PARTNERS

5+FUNDING

PARTNER

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21 COUNTRIES,

5 CONTINENTS

80+FUNDING

PARTNER

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13AFFILIATED

PARTNERS

80+FUNDING

PARTNER

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93 GSSI

PARTNERS

8 GSSI

RECOGNIZED

SCHEMES

6 OF 15LARGEST FOOD

RETAILERS

INCLUDE GSSI

IN SOURCING

COMMITMENTS

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GSSI TODAY

70+FUNDING

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13AFFILIATED

PARTNERS

5+FUNDING

PARTNER

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21 COUNTRIES,

5 CONTINENTS

80+FUNDING

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13AFFILIATED

PARTNERS

80+FUNDING

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90+Partners

+70%Growth

in 2018

STRONG GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP : 21 COUNTRIES, 5 CONTINENTS

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CREDIBLE CHOICE: 8 GSSI RECOGNIZED SCHEMES

Scope:

• Salmon Standard

• Finfish &

Crustacean

Standard

Scope:

• Salmon Standard

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✓ 6 OF TOP 15 LARGEST FOOD RETAILERS use GSSI benchmarked

schemes as basis for their sourcing programs

CONFIDENCE IN CERTIFIED SEAFOOD: MARKET RECOGNITION

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FUNDING PARTNERS WHO REFER TO GSSI IN THEIR SOURCING POLICIES

GROWING AND DEDICATED TEAM

Herman Wisse

Managing Director

Jessica Wigram

Project Manager

Vasile Rata

Research Intern

Eva Mudde

Program Officer

Suzette Rovers

Office Coordinator

Kim Bajou

Partnerships & Outreach

Officer

Marcela Vivas

Benchmark Manager

Nina van Ewijk

Head of Communications

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CURRENT AREAS OF WORK: BENCHMARKING…

GSSI BENCHMARK TOOL

1995 1997 2013 2015

INTERNATIONALLY

ACCEPTED

REFERENCE

DOCUMENTS

CLARITY CREDIBILITY AND CHOICE

THROUGH A FORMAL RECOGNITION PROCESS

2019 2020

MONITORING OF

CONTINUED ALIGNMENT

3 EXPERT WORKING

GROUPS

GSSI GLOBAL BENCHMARK TOOL

V2.0

GSSI GLOBAL BENCHMARK TOOL

V1.0

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GET INVOLVED!

→Live | Public Consultation on the Global

Benchmark Tool https://www.ourgssi.org/public-

consultation-v2-0/ 15 May – June 14

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THE GSSI AND SSCI COLLABORATION ON SOCIAL COMPLIANCE

2017 2018 2019

FAO recommended to

develop social guidance in

seafood value chains

FAO endorsed to develop

social guidance in seafood

value chains

MoU: DEVELOP A SEAFOOD-SPECIFIC BENCHMARK

THAT RECOGNIZES THIRD PARTY SOCIAL

COMPLIANCE AUDIT PROGRAMS AND CERTIFICATION

SCHEMES

GSSI-SSCI Stakeholder

Workshops and Joint Taskforce

GSSI-SSCI

EXPERT

WORKING

GROUP: AT-

SEA SCOPE

GSSI-SSCI

EXPERT

WORKING

GROUP:

AQUACULTUR

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NEXT STEPS

Keep an eye out for public

consultation on the GSSI-SSCI

draft tool on www.ourgssi.org

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FAO Draft Social Guidance

document

Food Safety Environment - Seafood Social

12COLLABORATION AND ALIGNMENT OF GLOBAL BENCHMARKING TOOLS

… AND BEYOND

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WHAT MAKES GSSI DIFFERENT

“FAO has been closely engaged with GSSI from its

inception. GSSI was established to develop a benchmark

to assess seafood certification schemes, both aquaculture

and wild caught, against FAO’s Code of Conduct for

Responsible Fisheries and FAO Ecolabelling Guidelines.

We now look forward to exploring how else the GSSI

partnership can drive global seafood sustainability

forward.”

- Audun Lem, Deputy Director of the Policy and

Resources Division in the Fisheries and Aquaculture

Department, FAO

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Strategic exploration study

GSSI WORKING TOWARDS MORE SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD

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Input from 60+

sector

stakeholders

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WHAT DO GSSI PARTNERS CONSIDER THE BIGGEST SUSTAINABILITY RISK FACING

THEIR BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION?

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GSSI PARTNERS MEETING MAY 6TH AMSTERDAM

PANEL DISCUSSION

Dr. Darian McBain

Global Director of

Corporate Affairs and

Sustainability, THAI

UNION

Flavio Corsin

Aquaculture Director,

IDH, THE SUSTAINABLE

TRADE INITIATIVE

Jennifer Kemmerly

Director of Global

Fisheries and

Aquaculture, MONTEREY

BAY AQUARIUM

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in 2018

Global convening sector programs

Local convening landscapes

South Sumatra, Indonesia

South West Mau Forest, Kenya

South East Liberia

Western Liberia Nimba, Liberia Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Mato Grosso,Brazil

West Kalimantan,Indonesia

Jambi,Indonesia

Aceh,Indonesia

Wider Taï Forest area, Côte d’Ivoire

Central Highlands,Vietnam

2010Co-founded

ASC (together

with WWF)

2012Program leading

to 220,000 MT

pangasius ASC

certified (>20%)

IDH Aquaculture Program

2013Program leading

to 260,000 MT

shrimp, tilapia,

pangasius (11

countries)

2016-2020Focus on key

sector

challenges

China: Aquascape

Hai Nan & Guangdong

Vietnam:

Aquascape Mekong

Indonesia: Aquascape

East Java

Thailand: Aquascape

Surat Thani

Mozambique: Responsible

Sector Development

Ecuador: Sustainable

Shrimp Partnership

Haiti: Responsible

Sector Development

Where we work

India: Andhra

Pradesh

Kenya

Ghana

current

pipeline

Nigeria

Our solution

+

=

Food, profits, jobs & GDPGood for the planet

Partnerships Innovation InvestmentMarket

PANEL DISCUSSION

Dr. Darian McBain

Global Director of

Corporate Affairs and

Sustainability, THAI

UNION

Flavio Corsin

Aquaculture Director,

IDH, THE SUSTAINABLE

TRADE INITIATIVE

Jennifer Kemmerly

Director of Global

Fisheries and

Aquaculture, MONTEREY

BAY AQUARIUM

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FAO fishery and aquaculture statistics for 2016 from FishStatJ (2018). Certified and under assessment volumes provided by ASC, MSC and FTUSA; Ratings and under assessment volumes provided by MBA SFW; FIP and T75 scope volumes provided by SFP; Not yet assessed volumes from FishStatJ.

Status of Global Seafood

PANEL DISCUSSION

Dr. Darian McBain

Global Director of

Corporate Affairs and

Sustainability, THAI

UNION

Flavio Corsin

Aquaculture Director,

IDH, THE SUSTAINABLE

TRADE INITIATIVE

Jennifer Kemmerly

Director of Global

Fisheries and

Aquaculture, MONTEREY

BAY AQUARIUM

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THANK YOU! FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: WWW.OURGSSI.ORG

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