The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is a certification and eco-labelling program for sustainable seafood from wild fisheries. They work with fisheries, seafood companies, scientists, conservation groups and the public to promote the best environmental choice in seafood globally. MSC’s standards cover sustainable fishing and seafood traceability. They ensure that MSC-labelled seafood comes from, and can be traced back to, sustainable fisheries.
Find out more about MSC at - https://www.msc.org/
ISEAL Code Compliant designates members who have successfully undergone independent evaluations against the ISEAL Codes of Good Practice in Standards-Setting, Assurance and Impacts.
The ISEAL Code of Good Practice for Sustainability Systems (‘the ISEAL Code’) v1.0 became effective as of 1 March 2024. There is an 18-month transition period of ISEAL Code Compliant organisations to align their systems to the ISEAL Code.
During the transition period, no independent evaluations against the Standard-Setting, Impacts, or Assurance Codes are conducted, but Code Compliant organisations will engage in compliance activities and are expected to align their systems with the ISEAL Code. Independent evaluations against the scope of the ISEAL Code are anticipated from Q4 2025. Information on the transition period is publicly available on the ISEAL Code of Good Practice revision and integration page.
No areas for improvement were identified during this evaluation.
No areas for improvement were identified during this evaluation.
As a result of this independent evaluation, MSC made the following improvements to their M&E system:
- Updated the Performance Monitoring and Evaluation document to indicate for which level of evaluation each indicator is used
- Updated the Performance Monitoring and Evaluation document to link data protocols, M&C indicators, and outputs.
ISEAL Code Compliant members provide publicly available reports that give a comprehensive and accessible overview of a member's system.
ISEAL System Overview Marine Stewardship Council 2022