DemonstratingtheImpactofSustainabilityLabelsandCertification

Etienne White, Possible Lara Koritzke, ISEAL Alliance @ISEALalliance

Brad Kahn, Forest Stewardship Council @hbkahnBrian Perkins, Marine Stewardship Council

Nancy De Lemos, Sustainable Agriculture Network @SAN_Standards

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A MOVEMENT OF CREDIBLE STANDARDS

StanfordUniversity research

FSCForestinChileReductionindeforestation

43%

PacificNorthwest research

FSCForeststoresmorecarbonthanindustrialforest

30%

SAN/Rainforest Alliance

SAN/Rainforest Alliance

http://beating-bird-bycatch-stories.msc.org/

BeatingbirdbycatchMSCcertifiedfishery

StudyDetails:ISEAL

2009Fairtradestudy,onbananacertification inColombia

FairtradeBanana:increaseinAveragehouseholdincome

34%

Dueto:• reducedpesticideandfertilizeruse• jointfarmerprocessingandmarketing• collectiveinvestmentsinprocessing

andtransport

COSAstudyoncoffeeinseveralcountries (Fairtrade,UTZ,RA)NRIstudyoncotton inIndia(BetterCottonandFairtrade)UTZevaluationstudiesoncocoainIndonesiaandGhana

Lowercostsforsmallproducers

2016RainforestAlliancestudy,oncertification inNicaragua

$2,025

$4,256

noncertified certified

Averageincomeperhectare

11%China

57%Mozambique

2014BetterCottonHarvestReport

Increaseincottonyieldvs.conventionalfarms

2016UTZImpactReport,onCoted’Ivoire

€ 2,013.00

€ 2,343.00

noncertified certified

IncreasedincomeonCocoafarms

2016UTZImpactReport,onIndia

84%ofcertifiedestatesreportedimprovedsoil

quality

95%ofnon-certifiedfarmersstatedsoilqualityremainedthesame

2016MarineStewardshipCouncil GlobalImpactsReport

In2010,200-vesselhaddockfisheryinScotlandreceivescertificationwith

stipulationitmustreducebycatch

Atthesecondinspection,thefisheryshowedit

reducedbycatch,keepingitscertification

Through bettergear, catchquotas,andelectronicmonitoring

Conservingmarinebiodiversity

Onaverage,companiesearnedanextra$1.80foreverycubicmetreofwood

Ittookcompanies,onaverage,sixyearstobreakevenon

theirFSCinvestment

2015WWFReport:“ProfitabilityandSustainability inResponsibleForestry”

FSC:11forestcompaniesincreasedfinancialgainsovertime

Agrochemicalreduction

2016Bonsucro outcomereport

Greaterbiodiversity,training,yields,soilandwaterconservation,and

income

2014COSAReportoncoffeeandcocoain12countries

Findmoreevidenceandresourcesat

www.standardsimpacts.org