The ASC have developed an Improver Programme (IP) comprising a set of procedures and tools to ensure that ASC standards or best practice improvements are consistently and effectively implemented. The IP model encourages uptake by groups of farmers and provides processes for group engagement in the improvement project.This document summarises collaborative efforts from ASC and SFP to develop a joint monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework for the Improver Programme.

This report summarizes the key lessons learnt by each key stakeholder group who participated in the ASC Improver Programme (IP) pilot. The IP was developed and piloted through the Integration of Seafood Certification and Jurisdictional Assurance Models project, between July 2019 - June 2022, which was supported by the ISEAL Innovations Fund and Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

This assessment has been undertaken as part of the project Streamlining the path towards sustainability in the aquaculture industry.

These additional notes on the Contextualization of AWS Guideline Implementation in Indonesia is part of a set of reports from the Boosting sustainability

This white paper was commissioned by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) as part of the Integration of seafood certification and jurisdictional assurance models project which ran between July 2019 - June 2022, supported by the ISEAL Innovations Fund and State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO.

The Good Practice, Better Finance project is an ISEAL Innovations Fund project that aims to develop and test methodologies, as well as improve monitoring tools, which would allow for improved access to affordable finance for farmers. This improved access would be through reward systems based on the integration of farmers’ risk management and sustainability strategies with financial institutions’ own risk assessment frameworks.

In 2019, the ISEAL Innovations Fund awarded a grant to Bonsucro to collaboratively develop and test methodologies to help financial service providers improve how they assess their agricultural clients’ sustainability performance, to enable access to better financing opportunities for farmers who produce sustainably. Project partners included the Better Cotton Initiative, and the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS).

This roadmap is developed to provide a pathway for all members of the Indonesia Water Stewardship Network (IWSN) to achieve the vision and mission of the network which has been aligned with the vision and mission of AWS Global Strategy. The roadmap acts as work program of IWSN with a 3 year timeline, which aims to:

This document identifies key lessons from a collaborative project between ASC, SFP and SFW to develop an improver programme to implement best management practices with the aim of improving farm and zonal management to mitigate critical production risks. 

ISEAL has developed a good practice guide to help ensure that sustainability claims made by jurisdictions, landscape initiatives, and the companies that source from or support them, are credible. The guidance covers the structural and performance claims a jurisdictional entity may wish to make, along with the supporting action claims of other related stakeholders.

A study to identify the prospect on incentive design for the uptake of water stewardship in Indonesia. The report looks at the existing government and financial sector landscape, as well as some best practices of financing mechanisms and incentives in the region and globally. A set of high-level recommendations are provided to support government and financial institutions in Indonesia to drive more incentive for good water stewardship uptake in Indonesia.

This report assesses leading metrics for measuring and reporting performance over time and across multiple spatial scales. It examines six critical sustainability issues: deforestation, biodiversity, water use, forced labour, poverty, and greenhouse gas emissions. The research supports sustainability systems in making data-driven outcome claims and provides insight into evaluating metric suitability. The report focuses on applicability of metrics and data sources, best practices, and associated limitations and trade-offs.

This infographic provides a summary of the Boosting sustainability practice and performance at landscape level through good water stewardship project

This document summarises the findings from ASC's pilot project exploring remote monitoring within aquaculture certification programmes, over in-person monitoring.Most aquaculture certification programs are reliant on in-person audits which occur just once a year due to cost and have been difficult to conduct because of COVID-19. Tracking improvements is time-consuming and costly with only in-person methods. Emerging technologies can address data gaps in smallholder shrimp farms and help grow farmer participation in ASC.

This report summary explores the current landscape and provides recommendations for best practices for financing mechanisms and incentives for government, financial institutions, companies and smallholders to drive good water stewardship practices, with a focus on Indonesia.

This document identifies the Traceability and Chain of Custody options available for improvers' products, as identified through the ASC Improver Programme pilot. The IP was developed and piloted through the Integration of Seafood Certification and Jurisdictional Assurance Models project, between July 2019 - June 2022, which was supported by the ISEAL Innovations Fund and Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

This report includes a comparison of the International Water Stewardship Standard (AWS Standard) and the Regional Competitiveness Framework of the Sustainable District Association in Indonesia (LTKL), with recommendations to improve alignment for better water stewardship at jurisdictional level.

This report includes a comparison of the International Water Stewardship Standard (AWS Standard) and the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) Policy Framework, with recommendations to improve water stewardship in the natural rubber sector.

This report includes a comparison of the International Water Stewardship Standard (AWS Standard) and the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil Principles and Criteria (RSPO P&C), with recommendations to improve alignment for better water stewardship in the oil palm sector.