Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions – Guidance for Companies
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What is it?
The Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions is a community builder in the responsible seafood movement and believes people can make more progress when they work together.
- Could be easily applied and adapted to feed ingredients, and
- Applies to certain feed ingredients – namely, byproducts or trimmings from fisheries and aquaculture.
- Key principles to help guide seafood companies’ sustainability journeys – A due diligence model to create, implement, and strengthen your sustainable seafood policy over time that’s based on globally accepted frameworks;
- Sustainable seafood policies and action plans;
- Actionable resources that companies can use to inform their work and measure their progress; and
- Real-world examples of how businesses of various sizes and types across seafood supply chains have implemented key steps to protect the ocean, people, and communities.
What is it?
The latest version of the guidance aims to help businesses develop and implement sustainable seafood policies and is intended for any business that wants to begin or further its journey towards environmentally and socially responsible seafood, regardless of where it may be in the supply chain or sustainability journey.
It was developed with comprehensive input from industry experts and the nonprofit community.
Although focused on seafood products and not specifically on aquaculture-feed ingredients, it provides a valuable resource and framework that:
This Guidance for Companies and supporting resources provides:
The guidelines also provide anonymous real-world examples of, and resources for, commitments, risk assessments, improved traceability, improvement initiatives, and monitoring and reporting. These are provided by a range of seafood supply chain stakeholders (large food service and retailers, importers, and processors), NGOs, and international governance organizations that can be applied, adapted, or provide inspiration in addressing the climate change and environmental impacts of aquaculture feed and the ingredients it contains.