What is Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) - Farm standard

Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) - Farm standard

Standard

The ASC is a certification programme and label for farmed seafood that is helping to address some of the most pressing consumer, social and environmental challenges of our time. The standards set strict requirements for responsible farming, which encourage seafood producers to minimise the key environmental and social impacts of aquaculture. The current eleven ASC standards cover 17 species groups: abalone; bivalves (clams, mussels, oyster, scallop); flatfish, freshwater trout; pangasius; salmon; seabass, seabream, meagre; seriola and cobia; shrimp; tilapia, and tropical marine finfish. There is also a joint ASC-MSC standard for seaweed.

STATUS

Active

ASSESSMENT TYPE

audited

VALUE TYPE

ordinal

Which ESG topics does the data source address?

Below you find the impact areas within the Responsibly Impact Parameter Framework which are covered by this data source.

Local community development

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Indigenous people

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Equal opportunity, rights and treatment

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Workplace harassment and mistreatment

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Living wage

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Freedom of association and collective bargaining

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Workplace health and safety

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Forced or compulsory labor

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Working contract

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Minimum age and child labor

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Animal welfare