Purpose

The Framework provides harmonized guidance for measuring, assessing and verifying industry progress against some of the most common sustainability and worker rights commitments made by retailers and the seafood industry.

The goal is to enable all industry players to utilize the same metrics for tracking progress against key commitments that achieve a level of validation required to meet a third-party verification standard and that are broadly accepted by civil society organizations.

It was also developed to enable companies to credibly report their progress – aligning this work with the Guidance for Companies on Environmentally and Socially Responsible Seafood developed by the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions (CASS).