Alliance Strategy Series Discussion III – Defining Social Safeguards (A)
September 15, 2021 – 1-3pm EDT
Please find notes here: http://solutionsforseafood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20210915_Social-Safeguards-Notes.pdf
The Alliance has set an ambitious goal that by 2030, at least 75% of global seafood production is environmentally responsible or making verifiable improvement and safeguards are in place to ensure social responsibility.
This discussion will focus on the human and labor rights and social responsibility aspects of seafood production.
This session will build upon our previous social safeguard discussions and finalize the Alliance’s long-term human and labor rights and social responsibility goals and identify steps on how we will make and measure progress against the goals.
In addition, we invite human and labor rights experts to share their candid thoughts on how the Alliance can provide more value to their efforts, ensure the Global Hub community is listening to these subject matter experts, and ensure the Alliance is working toward its vision that places an equal emphasis on human and labor rights and environmental improvements.
Please join us to share your thoughts on this strategy seeking to advance human and labor rights and social responsibility in the seafood sector and how we set priorities to achieve our 10-year goal. The session will be recorded and shared for folks not able to attend in real time.
Alliance Strategy Series Discussion III – Defining Social Safeguards (B)
September 15, 2021 – 8-9pm EDT
Please find notes here: http://solutionsforseafood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20210915_Social-Safeguards-Notes.pdf
The Alliance has set an ambitious goal that by 2030, at least 75% of global seafood production is environmentally responsible or making verifiable improvement and safeguards are in place to ensure social responsibility.
This discussion will focus on the human and labor rights and social responsibility aspects of seafood production.
This session will build upon our previous social safeguard discussions and finalize the Alliance’s long-term human and labor rights and social responsibility goals and identify steps on how we will make and measure progress against the goals.
In addition, we invite human and labor rights experts to share their candid thoughts on how the Alliance can provide more value to their efforts, ensure the Global Hub community is listening to these subject matter experts, and ensure the Alliance is working toward its vision that places an equal emphasis on human and labor rights and environmental improvements.
Please join us to share your thoughts on this strategy seeking to advance human and labor rights and social responsibility in the seafood sector and how we set priorities to achieve our 10-year goal. The session will be recorded and shared for folks not able to attend in real time.
Alliance Lightning Round: Global Hub Intros Part II
August 17, 2021
Curious about what your colleagues are up to and how their work connects to your own? Join the Alliance for a two-part series where members of the Global Hub will share the key information you need to know about their initiatives in high energy, mini presentations!
Alliance Lightning Rounds move fast so you can make the most of your time and learn a ton quickly. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
Part II – Tuesday, August 17 at 1pm EDT
Speakers:
Australis Aquaculture – Julie Qiu
Fortune Fish & Gourmet – Stacy Schultz
Lusamerica – Peter Adame
Marine Mammal Center – Adam Ratner
Paiche – Cintia Miyaji
Pronatura Noroeste – Pablo Alvarez
Alliance Strategy Series Discussion II – Confirming Alliance Priorities, Understanding the Work of the Community & Reimagining the Common Vision (A)
August 11, 2021
Join us for a three-part series of interactive conversations about the Alliance 10-year goal and overall strategy and help to inform your individual organization’s work, our collective path forward and amplify the work of the community. These conversations will move us to decisions on several aspects of our long-term goals.
Discussion II – August 11 at 1-3pm EDT
The Alliance has set an ambitious goal that by 2030, at least 75% of global seafood production is environmentally sustainable or making verifiable improvement and safeguards are in place to ensure social responsibility.
In order to reach that goal, we will need to harness the collective efforts of the community in order to work faster and more efficiently and achieve greater impact.
In this conversation we will discuss the Alliance’s proposed 2022/2023 objectives and seek feedback from the community to confirm the projects’ importance/impact on the movement and alignment with individual organizations’ initiatives. As part of this session, we will also discuss the Alliance’s plans for reimagining and revising the Common Vision and solicit input on the proposed project’s objectives and design.
Please join us to share your thoughts on aligning community work and what is needed in the next version of a Common Vision. The session will be recorded and shared for folks not able to attend in real time.
The session will have presentations and then focus on a group discussion. Being on video is not required, although we always enjoy seeing you on Zoom!
Alliance Strategy Series Discussion II – Confirming Alliance Priorities, Understanding the Work of the Community & Reimagining the Common Vision (B)
August 11, 2021
Join us for a three-part series of interactive conversations about the Alliance 10-year goal and overall strategy and help to inform your individual organization’s work, our collective path forward and amplify the work of the community. These conversations will move us to decisions on several aspects of our long-term goals.
Discussion II – August 11 at 1-3pm EDT
The Alliance has set an ambitious goal that by 2030, at least 75% of global seafood production is environmentally sustainable or making verifiable improvement and safeguards are in place to ensure social responsibility.
In order to reach that goal, we will need to harness the collective efforts of the community in order to work faster and more efficiently and achieve greater impact.
In this conversation we will discuss the Alliance’s proposed 2022/2023 objectives and seek feedback from the community to confirm the projects’ importance/impact on the movement and alignment with individual organizations’ initiatives. As part of this session, we will also discuss the Alliance’s plans for reimagining and revising the Common Vision and solicit input on the proposed project’s objectives and design.
Please join us to share your thoughts on aligning community work and what is needed in the next version of a Common Vision. The session will be recorded and shared for folks not able to attend in real time.
The session will have presentations and then focus on a group discussion. Being on video is not required, although we always enjoy seeing you on Zoom!
Alliance Lightning Round: Global Hub Intros Part I
July 21, 2021
Curious about what your colleagues are up to and how their work connects to your own? Join the Alliance for a two-part series where members of the Global Hub will share the key information you need to know about their initiatives in high energy, mini presentations!
Alliance Lightning Rounds move fast so you can make the most of your time and learn a ton quickly. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
Speakers:
3 Pillars Seafood – Huw Thomas
Audubon GULF – Laura Deighan
Fishing Industry Association Papua New Guinea – Marcelo Hiladgo
One Earth Future Foundation – Sarah Glaser
ThinkAqua – Anton Immink
Trademodo – Paul Pan
Vericatch – Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak
VirgilGroup – Celeste Leroux
WWF-SA – Monica Stassen
Alliance Strategy Series Discussion I – Prioritizing Red and Unrated Seafood Improvements (Call Two)
July 7, 2021
Join us for a three-part series of interactive conversations about the Alliance 10-year goal and overall strategy and help to inform your individual organization’s work, our collective path forward and amplify the work of the community. These conversations will move us to decisions on several aspects of our long-term goals.
The Alliance has set an ambitious goal that by 2030, at least 75% of global seafood production is environmentally sustainable or making verifiable improvement and safeguards are in place to ensure social responsibility.
This discussion will focus on the environmental aspects of seafood production.
During this session, we will build upon our previous conversations and review the top 10 red-rated and unrated species and production areas by volume. After reviewing that information we will set specific priorities for the community to rally around for the next year, and learn where gaps exist and innovation is needed. Priorities will be decided shortly following this call.
Please join us to share your thoughts on this strategy seeking to connect markets and policy work and how we set priorities to achieve our 10-year goal. The session will be recorded and shared for folks not able to attend in real time.
Alliance Strategy Series Discussion I – Prioritizing Red and Unrated Seafood Improvements (Call One)
July 7, 2021
Join us for a three-part series of interactive conversations about the Alliance 10-year goal and overall strategy and help to inform your individual organization’s work, our collective path forward and amplify the work of the community. These conversations will move us to decisions on several aspects of our long-term goals.
The Alliance has set an ambitious goal that by 2030, at least 75% of global seafood production is environmentally sustainable or making verifiable improvement and safeguards are in place to ensure social responsibility.
This discussion will focus on the environmental aspects of seafood production.
During this session, we will build upon our previous conversations and review the top 10 red-rated and unrated species and production areas by volume. After reviewing that information we will set specific priorities for the community to rally around for the next year, and learn where gaps exist and innovation is needed. Priorities will be decided shortly following this call.
Please join us to share your thoughts on this strategy seeking to connect markets and policy work and how we set priorities to achieve our 10-year goal. The session will be recorded and shared for folks not able to attend in real time.
Welcome to the Conservation Alliance Global Hub
January 12, 2021
The Global Hub is the Alliance’s community of organizations and subject area experts that work together to make connections, build capacity, and effectively leverage tools, approaches and experience in order to advance sustainability and responsibility in wild fisheries and aquaculture production. Learn more about what we do and how you can be a part of our wave of change!
Triple Impact FIPs: Part I
April 1, 2021
The sustainable seafood movement has driven improvement of upwards of 30% of global seafood production. Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) – multi-stakeholder interventions that leverage market forces – have been key to this achievement. Unfortunately, despite the successes achieved to date, accumulating research identifies several limitations to the conventional FIP model. These include: a tendency to stall and backslide, lack of suitability for developing world and small-scale fisheries, uneven distribution of the costs and benefits of improvement throughout supply chains, and failure to accommodate social performance. This results in significant risk for stakeholders, and the sustainable seafood movement.
To address these limitations and to maximize the success of FIPs, Ocean Outcomes, SmartFish AC, Wilderness Markets and Conservation International’s Oceans program broadened the FIP model to include fisheries’ social and financial dimensions by developing a Triple Impact Fisheries Evaluation Framework. The Triple Impact Fisheries Evaluation Framework increases the viability and decreases the risk of fisheries improvement by evaluating, tracking and incentivizing improvement of fisheries’ social and financial performance along with their environmental performance.
In part one of this two-part series, those involved in the development and piloting of the Framework will provide a high level overview of the Framework and insights into improving social and economic fisheries sustainability, including case study examples from partners implementing the framework in Mexico and South Africa.
Speakers:
Dr. Hoyt Peckham, Wildlife Conservation Society
Dr. Jocelyn Drugan, Ocean Outcomes
Dr. Elena Finkbeiner, Conservation International; University of California, Santa Cruz, Assistant Adjunct Faculty
Jada Tullos Anderson, Ocean Outcomes
Kristin Sherwood, FishChoice
Mariah Boyle, Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions Alliance
Triple Impact FIPs Part II
April 14, 2021
Join us for part-two of our Triple Impact FIPs webinar series to learn first-hand how the Triple Impact Fisheries Evaluation Framework increases the viability and decreases the risk of fisheries improvement by evaluating, tracking and incentivizing improvement of fisheries’ social and financial performance along with their environmental performance.
In this 90min session, partners implementing the framework in Costa Rica, Mexico and South Africa, will provide their personal insights into improving social and economic fisheries sustainability and participate in a panel discussion followed by facilitated small group discussions.
Speakers:
Mariah Boyle, Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions
Hoyt Peckham, Wildlife Conservation Society
Cecilia Blasco, Smartfish Rescate de Valor, AC
Serge Raemaekers, Chris Kastern, Greg Duggan, ABALOBI
Ana Gloria Guzmán, Conservation International Costa Rica
Background:
The sustainable seafood movement has driven improvement of upwards of 30% of global seafood production. Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) – multi-stakeholder interventions that leverage market forces – have been key to this achievement. Unfortunately, despite the successes achieved to date, accumulating research identifies several limitations to the conventional FIP model. These include: a tendency to stall and backslide, lack of suitability for developing world and small-scale fisheries, uneven distribution of the costs and benefits of improvement throughout supply chains, and failure to accommodate social performance. This results in significant risk for stakeholders, and the sustainable seafood movement.
To address these limitations and to maximize the success of FIPs, Ocean Outcomes, SmartFish AC, Wilderness Markets and Conservation International’s Oceans program broadened the FIP model to include fisheries’ social and financial dimensions by developing the Triple Impact Fisheries Evaluation Framework.
Seafood MAP: gathering the seafood sector to accelerate the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
May 5, 2021
To accelerate change towards sustainability, the seafood sector needs simple guidance to understand the more than 64 percent of global seafood production that is currently not covered by certifications, ratings, and fisheries and aquaculture improvement projects.
Seafood MAP is a digital platform that will bring together as many seafood actors as possible on a single, unique and transparent platform to enable opportunities and growth in the sector. Like the GSSI Global Benchmark Tool, Seafood MAP is based on internationally recognized guidelines including the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. The common language will enable seafood industry actors to share their sustainability goals and journeys. Seafood MAP will also map local and regional projects with sustainability objectives anywhere in the world.
In this webinar, learn how Seafood MAP:
• Puts on the map those fisheries and aquaculture operations currently not on the radar;
• Leverages the influence of the GSSI Global Partnership to drive continuous improvement where certified product is not available;
• And amplifies collaborations and current efforts towards more sustainable seafood for everyone and the implementation of the UN SDGs.
Presented by Eva Mudde, Development & Innovation Officer, Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI).
Alliance Workshop: Setting Priorities to Achieve Our 75% by 2030 Goal
May 6, 2021
The Alliance has set an ambitious goal that by 2030, at least 75% of global seafood production is environmentally sustainable or making verifiable improvement and safeguards are in place to ensure social responsibility. During this session, we will share a proposal to prioritize topics and species for improvement in order to make progress toward the 75% goal and solicit feedback and input from the community. We will mostly focus on the environmental component of the goal on this call, as we will have an entire session dedicated to defining the ‘social safeguard’ component of the goal soon.
Please join us to share your thoughts on this strategy seeking to connect markets and policy work and how we set priorities to achieve this goal, and share your organization’s work and initiatives that will help reach the 75% goal.
The session will be recorded and shared for folks not able to attend in real time and feedback can be provided following our time together as well.
Attendees will not be expected to join on video, though we do hope you’ll share your thoughts throughout the call via audio and Mentimeter. We will be sharing slides and conducting a demo of some tools on the call as well.
Speakers:
Mariah Boyle, ED of the CASS
Erin Hudson, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, MBA Seafood Watch
Jules Cook, Certification & Ratings Collaboration
Alliance Workshop – Defining Social Safeguards in the Alliance 10-year Goal
May 17, 2021
The Alliance has set an ambitious goal that by 2030, at least 75% of global seafood production is environmentally sustainable or making verifiable improvement and safeguards are in place to ensure social responsibility. During this session, we will begin a conversation to define ‘social safeguards’ and hear about some of the projects in development that will help to quantify progress on social responsibility in seafood.
Please join this call to:
– Help define the social safeguard component of the Alliance 10-year goal
– Learn more about several projects focusing on quantifying and assessing social responsibility in seafood
The session will be recorded and shared for folks not able to attend in real time and feedback can be provided following our time together as well.
Attendees will not be expected to join on video, though we do hope you’ll share your thoughts throughout the call via audio and Mentimeter (polling via an internet browser window).
Speakers:
– Rik Beukers, Senior Researcher (World Benchmarking Alliance)
– Mariah Boyle, Executive Director (Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions)
– Elena Finkbeiner, Coastal Community Fisheries Program Manager (Conservation International)
– Juno Fitzpatrick, Director, Human Rights & Oceans (Conservation International)
– Sara McDonald, Senior Fisheries Scientist (Seafood Watch)
– Tania Woodcock, Social Data for Seafood (Certification & Ratings Collaboration)
Alliance Social Responsibility Lightning Round
May 18, 2021
Join the Conservation Alliance in welcoming guest speakers:
– Davina Durgana (Walk Free)
– Karen Hildahl (Global Marine Commodities / UNDP)
– Julie Kuchepatov (Seafood and Gender Equality)
– Sian Morgan (On-board Social Accountability)
We’ll learn about various efforts to address social issues in seafood supply chains and engage in conversation with these and other experts on the line about how we can work together to improve social aspects of fisheries and aquaculture.
The Fisheries Improvement Fund
May 20, 2021
Please join Wilderness Markets and WWF-US to learn about a pioneering blue finance vehicle – the Fisheries Improvement Fund – that they are developing to support fishery improvement projects (FIPs) and help reverse the global trend of fisheries decline. In this 60-minute session, you will learn how the proposed Fund will combine funding from multiple sources to support economic, social and environmental outcomes in fisheries and provide FIPs with the funding they require from the outset.
Presenters:
Stephanie Bradley, WWF-US
Neel Inamdar, Wilderness Markets
Background:
Wild capture fisheries provide food security, livelihoods and economic benefits to hundreds of millions of people around the world, particularly in developing countries. Unfortunately, many of the world’s fisheries are overexploited and the health of the ecosystems on which they depend is in decline. We believe that fisheries are an inherently renewable resource if managed well and can provide more fish, more predictable and resilient incomes and deliver higher environmental benefits if we invest in their recovery and continued management. However, the lack of significant, long-term financing for FIPs represents a barrier to scaling current efforts. Whilst other challenges to fisheries improvement efforts exist, it is not possible to increase the pace and scale of change without addressing the question of how we pay for those changes. This is why Wilderness Markets and WWF-US are collaborating to establish an innovative financing mechanism – the Fisheries Improvement Fund.
New Social Responsibility Tools from the Alliance Global Hub
June 17, 2021
Over the past decade, seafood supply chains around the world have made tremendous strides toward adopting practices that address the environmental impacts of seafood production. While we celebrate the progress being made toward improving environmental sustainability in seafood production, a great deal of work remains to ensure that the people working to bring seafood to market are protected.
Recently, several Alliance organizations have released new tools to help seafood businesses address human rights in their supply chains. Join the Conservation Alliance on Wednesday, June 16 at 12pm PDT for a discussion with IPNLF, Conservation International, FishWise, FisheryProgress, and Monterey Bay Aquarium seeking to demystify the sea of new social responsibility tools being released this year.
Protecting Human Rights in Sustainable Seafood: FisheryProgress’ social policy
June 23, 2021
For years, members of the Conservation Alliance community have been discussing and exploring approaches for improving both the environmental sustainability and social responsibility of seafood supply chains.
On May 12, FisheryProgress released its new Human Rights and Social Responsibility Policy (https://fisheryprogress.org/social-responsibility/our-approach), which sets tiered requirements for FIPs reporting on the website to help FIPs improve their social performance and provide seafood buyers with information to make informed sourcing decisions. You can read more about the FisheryProgress policy here (https://fisheryprogress.org/social-responsibility/our-approach) and watch a recording of the launch webinar hosted by Diversified Communications here (https://divcom-events.webex.com/divcom-events/lsr.php?RCID=211a2efc9e88b6024e87b19d1230607c).
Please join the Conservation Alliance and FisheryProgress for a candid discussion of opportunities and challenges related to the implementation of the policy. The webinar will include a panel discussion featuring representatives from Meijer, CeDePesca, and Conservation International hosted by Sarah Hogan from the Packard Foundation, and breakout discussions so attendees can talk more in depth about opportunities related to the policy.
Alliance Conversation – Social Audits Part I: Shortcomings and Alternatives
October 21, 2021
Join Chara De Lacey of Bussiness & Human Rights Resource Centre and Lisa Rende Taylor of Issara Institute for part one in a two-part discussion about the harm done by social audits and responsible alternatives that can ensure effective due diligence and respect for seafood workers.
Alliance Conversation – Social Audits Part II: Shortcomings and Alternatives
December 2, 2021
After a popular first discussion, Join Chara De Lacey of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and Lisa Rende Taylor of Issara Institute for a second conversation about the harm done by social audits and responsible alternatives that can ensure effective due diligence and respect for seafood workers. Dave Martin of Sustainable Fisheries Partnership will share his perspectives working at the intersection of environmental and social topics and drawing from his past experience working at a seafood company. Participants will have opportunities to ask questions and share their thoughts during this discussion-based session.
FIP Guidelines: Financial Responsibility and Basic & Comprehensive FIPs – Bahasa
February 23, 2022
Please join the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions on Wednesday, February 23 from 9:00pm – 10:30pm ET (English and Bahasa language options will be available) for a conversation about the Guidelines for Supporting Fishery Improvement Projects revision. During the call, we will introduce proposed revisions and take questions on the Basic and Comprehensive section of the document, as well as the addition of a Financial Responsibility section. This meeting is your organization’s opportunity to ask any questions that may come up as you provide feedback on the revised sections of the document.
FIP Guidelines: Financial Responsibility and Basic & Comprehensive FIPs – English
February 23, 2022
Please join the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions on Wednesday, February 23 from 9:00pm – 10:30pm ET (English and Bahasa language options will be available) for a conversation about the Guidelines for Supporting Fishery Improvement Projects revision. During the call, we will introduce proposed revisions and take questions on the Basic and Comprehensive section of the document, as well as the addition of a Financial Responsibility section. This meeting is your organization’s opportunity to ask any questions that may come up as you provide feedback on the revised sections of the document.
FIP Guidelines: Financial Responsibility and Basic & Comprehensive FIPs – English
February 22, 2022
Please join the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions on Tuesday, February 22 from 9:00am – 10:30am ET (English and Spanish language options will be available) for a conversation about the Guidelines for Supporting Fishery Improvement Projects revision. During the call, we will introduce proposed revisions and take questions on the Basic and Comprehensive section of the document, as well as the addition of a Financial Responsibility section. This meeting is your organization’s opportunity to ask any questions that may come up as you provide feedback on the revised sections of the document. Prereading: We will share the updated sections in Spanish, English, and Bahasa for your review a week in advance of the meeting. That document will include directions on how your organization can provide feedback.
FIP Guidelines: Financial Responsibility and Basic & Comprehensive FIPs – Spanish
February 22, 2022
Please join the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions on Tuesday, February 22 from 9:00am – 10:30am ET (English and Spanish language options will be available) for a conversation about the Guidelines for Supporting Fishery Improvement Projects revision. During the call, we will introduce proposed revisions and take questions on the Basic and Comprehensive section of the document, as well as the addition of a Financial Responsibility section. This meeting is your organization’s opportunity to ask any questions that may come up as you provide feedback on the revised sections of the document. Prereading: We will share the updated sections in Spanish, English, and Bahasa for your review a week in advance of the meeting. That document will include directions on how your organization can provide feedback.
Global Hub Conversation – Alliance FIP Work & How to Get Involved
January 27, 2022
Please join us for an update specific to the process of the FIP Guidelines revision. We’ll discuss: – A summary of where we are in the project, – When and how you can provide feedback on the Guidelines, – Our expectations for Global Hub support of this document, and how to sign-on to the final product, – And a timeline to completion of the process. The goal of this meeting is to be a conversation about the revision process, so please bring your questions to the call. We don’t intend to get into the weeds on content on this call, but instead, discuss the process and ensure Global Hub members know how and when to provide feedback in Q1 and Q2 this year.
Alliance Lightning Round: What’s New in the Global Hub?
March 22, 2022
Curious about what your colleagues are up to and how their work connects to your own? Join the Alliance for a Lightning Round where members of the Global Hub will share the key information you need to know about their initiatives in high energy, mini-presentations! Alliance Lightning Rounds move fast so you can make the most of your time and learn a ton quickly.
Presenters: Sven Biermann – Fisheries Transparency Initiative, Brett Veerhusen – Ocean Strategies, Gabrielle Lout – Salience Advising, Tim Moore – Resonance Global, Eric Schwaab – Environmental Defense Fund, Marilyn Valverde – Mar y Comercio
Alliance Community Call: Policy & Advocacy
April 21, 2022
Join the Alliance on Thursday, April 19 at 1 pm Eastern Time for an informal community call to discuss policy reform efforts. We’ll brainstorm as a group about best practices when creating sign-on letters for NGO or company support, asking:
– What information makes it easier for companies to sign on to policy or advocacy letters?
– What are the key components of successful sign-on letters? What are some lessons learned from past examples?
– Moving forward, what are the expectations we have for each other in this much-needed area of advocacy and improvement?
Alliance FIP Guidelines Feedback: Social Responsibility Call 1 (Bahasa Indonesia)
April 18, 2022
Please join the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions on Monday, April 18 from 9:00pm – 10:30pm ET for a conversation in English with Bahasa interpretation about the Guidelines for Supporting Fishery Improvement Projects revision. During this discussion, we will introduce proposed revisions and take questions on the Social Responsibility section of the document.
Alliance FIP Guidelines Feedback: Social Responsibility Call 1 (English)
April 18, 2022
Please join the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions on Monday, April 18 from 9:00pm – 10:30pm ET for a conversation in English with Bahasa interpretation about the Guidelines for Supporting Fishery Improvement Projects revision. During this discussion, we will introduce proposed revisions and take questions on the Social Responsibility section of the document.
Alliance FIP Guidelines Feedback: Social Responsibility Call 2 (Español)
April 19, 2022
Please join the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions on Tuesday, April 19 from 9:00am – 10:30am ET for a conversation in English with Spanish interpretation about the Guidelines for Supporting Fishery Improvement Projects revision. During this discussion, we will introduce proposed revisions and take questions on the Social Responsibility section of the document.
Alliance FIP Guidelines Feedback: Social Responsibility Call 2 (English)
April 19, 2022
Please join the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions on Tuesday, April 19 from 9:00am – 10:30am ET for a conversation in English with Spanish interpretation about the Guidelines for Supporting Fishery Improvement Projects revision. During this discussion, we will introduce proposed revisions and take questions on the Social Responsibility section of the document.
Global Hub Discussion – Seafood Stewardship Index Insight Report
May 3, 2022
In October 2021, World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) released the second iteration of its Seafood Stewardship Index, which assesses the 30 most influential companies in the seafood sector on their contribution to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Based on those results, WBA will publish an insight report on April 22nd, 2022, providing additional analysis and insights into companies’ performance across the whole range of topics assessed. On May 3rd at 4pm CET/10am EDT, join the Alliance for a presentation from WBA of key insights from the report most relevant to the Global Hub, followed by a discussion about what these findings mean for the Alliance’s upcoming Vision and Guidelines for Companies projects.
Worker-Driven Social Responsibility: what the seafood movement can learn from best practice in other sectors
June 8, 2022
What does social responsibility in seafood look like when it is truly worker-driven? As the seafood movement is encouraged to consider alternatives to voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR) approaches, what can it learn from other models and examples that center and empower workers?
On Wednesday, June 8 at 12:00-1:15 pm EDT, the Alliance is pleased to welcome:
– Matt Blumin, Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)
– Veronique Camerer, International Accord
– Gerardo Reyes, Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)
– Rafaela Rodriguez, Worker-Driven Social Responsibility Network (WSRN)
We’ll gather for a discussion on the Worker-Driven Social Responsibility model. We invite all those with an interest in human and labor rights in seafood to join us in conversation where Worker-Driven Social Responsibility (WSR) approaches will be ‘brought to life’ by learning about real-world examples and the details of what makes them work, and how they are different from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) approaches.
Alliance Discussion – Policy & Advocacy Part II
June 22, 2022
Join the Alliance on Wednesday, June 22 from 12 pm-1 pm Eastern Time for Part II of our community call to discuss policy reform efforts. On this call, we aim to end the discussion with a clear answer to the question: moving forward, what are the expectations we have for each other in this fundamental area of advocacy and policy reform?
Global Hub Lightning Round – Q2 2022
July 14, 2022
Curious about what your colleagues are up to and how their work connects to your own? Join the Alliance for a Lightning Round where members of the Global Hub will share the key information you need to know about their initiatives in high energy, mini-presentations! Alliance Lightning Rounds move fast so you can make the most of your time and learn a ton quickly. We’re looking forward to seeing you there! Presenters: Liane Arness – Certification & Ratings Collaboration Leah Buckley – Global Fishing Watch Polly Burns – Marine Stewardship Council Greg Duggan – ABALOBI Sophika Kostyniuk – Aquatic Life Institute Javier Van Cauwelaert – SmartFish Inc.
Introducing the Revised Alliance FIP Guidelines – Call 1 Spanish
September 20, 2022
The FIP Guidelines revision process is complete! The Guidelines will be published for your review in mid-September. On September 20 at 8 am Pacific/5 pm Spain, we will host a meeting in English and Spanish to introduce the changes, including significant changes to the social responsibility requirements, and discuss what it means for you to show your support by signing the Guidelines.
Introducing the Revised Alliance FIP Guidelines – Call 1 English
September 20, 2022
The FIP Guidelines revision process is complete! The Guidelines will be published for your review in mid-September. On September 20 at 8 am Pacific/5 pm Spain, we will host a meeting in English and Spanish to introduce the changes, including significant changes to the social responsibility requirements, and discuss what it means for you to show your support by signing the Guidelines.
Introducing the Revised Alliance FIP Guidelines – Call 2 English
September 20, 2022
The FIP Guidelines revision process is complete! The Guidelines will be published for your review in mid-September. On September 20 at 5 pm Pacific/September 21, at 7 am Jakarta and 9 am Tokyo, we will host a meeting in English, Indonesian, and Japanese to introduce the changes, including significant changes to the social responsibility requirements, and discuss what it means for you to show your support by signing the Guidelines.
Introducing the Revised Alliance FIP Guidelines – Call 2 Indonesian
September 20, 2022
The FIP Guidelines revision process is complete! The Guidelines will be published for your review in mid-September. On September 20 at 5 pm Pacific/September 21, at 7 am Jakarta and 9 am Tokyo, we will host a meeting in English, Indonesian, and Japanese to introduce the changes, including significant changes to the social responsibility requirements, and discuss what it means for you to show your support by signing the Guidelines.
Introducing the Revised Alliance FIP Guidelines – Call 2 Japanese
September 20, 2022
The FIP Guidelines revision process is complete! The Guidelines will be published for your review in mid-September. On September 20 at 5 pm Pacific/September 21, at 7 am Jakarta and 9 am Tokyo, we will host a meeting in English, Indonesian, and Japanese to introduce the changes, including significant changes to the social responsibility requirements, and discuss what it means for you to show your support by signing the Guidelines.
Equity in Seafood Part 1: Power Dynamics
September 29, 2022
The Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions is hosting a three-part series to understand and discuss power and its impact on achieving equity and addressing inequities in seafood work.
The first part of the series will begin by defining power and how it manifests in interpersonal relationships, organizational dynamics, and across the seafood industry. The second part will address how to share power–meaning how individuals and organizations can wield, grant, and shift power to others in everything from the decision-making process within organizations to who is leading industry decision-making. And the final part of the series will focus on building power–how to build power within communities through narratives, governance, resources, and partnerships. This series will be held from September through December 2022 with the second session occurring at the Alliance Annual Conference.
