Committee. Assessment. Future of Sustainability: MISSION. Shifting Landscape for Certification. On Sustainability

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1 Sinterafé 25 Costa Rica Future of Sustainability: Shifting Landscape for Certification Daniele Giovannucci, Executive Director Committee On Sustainability Assessment MISSION Advancing global measurement tools to understand and manage sustainability. 1

2 Committee On Sustainability Assessment who we are non-profit & volunteer-driven consortium with great supporters CommitteeOn Sustainability Assessment working together: 2

3 certification decade 2001 Conventional 99% Certified 1% Daniele Giovannucci Committee On Sustainability Assessment certification decade 2005 Conventional 96% Certified 4% Daniele Giovannucci Committee On Sustainability Assessment 3

4 certification decade 2010 Conventional 91% Certified < 9% Daniele Giovannucci Committee On Sustainability Assessment Where is the tipping point? 2015 est. Conventional 80% Certified 20% Knudsen - Giovannucci 4

5 Managing Learning Sustainability Smart Learning organization Beyond Beyond Beyond business as usual CSR advocacy 5

6 Learning organization Sustainable competitiveness We need: Simple scientific metrics - Practical - Combine economic + social + environmental Consistent and comparable - Across countries - Across crops - Across businesses Committee On Sustainability Assessment 6

7 COSA Measuring to Manage Not corporate CSR metrics an entirely new balance sheet SOCIAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL Committee On Sustainability Assessment Committee ommitteeon Sustainability Assessment Economic >130 indicators Social to chose from Farmer Livelihoods Risk & Resilience Competitiveness Management Organizational Health & Safety Working Conditions Education & Training Basic Rights & Equity Inclusive Value Chains Resource Use Waste Environmental Soil Conservation Biodiversity Climate Change 7

8 Economic Indicator Groups Farmer Livelihoods Risk & Resilience Competitiveness Management Organizational Samples Net Income Production and Labor Efficiencies Proportion revenue in different crops Credit source and availability Access to market info Social Health & Safety Working Conditions Education & Training Basic Rights & Equity Inclusive Value Chains Access to medical care Safe water Types of training and investment Children s schooling levels Women in elected positions Environmental Resource Use Waste Soil Conservation Biodiversity Climate Change Use of fertilizers, biocides, energy Contamination & recycling Soil conservation practices Tree diversity and quantity Carbon sequestered Economic Indicator Groups Farmer Livelihoods Risk & Resilience Competitiveness Management Organizational Samples Net Income Production and Labor Efficiencies Proportion revenue in different crops Credit source and availability Access to market info Health & Safety Assess: farms, Working projects, Conditions standards, etc Education & Training Basic Rights & Equity Apply any analysis: Inclusive Value Supply Chains Chain Analysis, Econometric Regressions, Social Lifecycle Analysis, etc Resource Use Waste Environmental Soil Conservation Biodiversity Climate Change Access to medical care Safe water Types of training and investment Children s schooling levels Women in elected positions Use of fertilizers, biocides, energy Contamination & recycling Soil conservation practices Diversity and quantity Carbon sequestered 8

9 Unlike most metrics Typical CSR - ERP self-reporting generic codes northern slant firm level COSA 3 rd party validated - neutral specific & measurable adapted to dev. countries producer (supply chain) level sustainability comes in many forms COSA encompasses them and more 9

10 Committee On Sustainability Assessment COSA origins COSA basis: International and Normative References CITES Convention Convention on Biological Diversity FAO Rome Declaration on World Food Security FAO GAP IFC Social and Environmental Policies & Performance Standards ILO Core 8 Conventions International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Plant Protection Convention Millennium Development Goals OECD Agri-Environmental Indicators OECD Economic Guidelines Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Rio Declaration Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants UN Convention to Combat Desertification UN Framework Convention on Climate Change UN Global Compact Universal Declaration of Human Rights Winnipeg Principles WHO Guidelines for Water Quality Etc 10

11 COSA Scientific Committee Lawrence Busch - Lancaster Univ. & MSU Alain DeJanvry - Univ. California Berkeley Michael Hiscox - Harvard Univ. Jeremy Haggar - University of Greenwich (NRI-CATIE) Steven Jaffee - World Bank Jaya Krishnakumar Univ. of Geneva Bob Picciotto Kings College (World Bank Dir.-General Evaluation ret.) Krislert Samphantharak - Univ. Cal San Diego Sietze Vellema - Wageningen Univ. Committee On Sustainability Assessment how we operate 11

12 COSA is modular so select elect your own Set consistent metrics = Simple Comparable Facilitates learning Works at 4 levels: 1. Investors 2. Supply Chain Management Global Brands 3. Impact Assessment 4. Monitoring and Evaluation 12

13 Net income: 5 standards in 2 countries Measuring consistently Compare to the conventional control and the bottom line can differ country to country we need to know Guatemala Nicaragua USD$ / ha / yr E Conventional C E S D Training in Vietnam (hours & type) 13

14 Productivity cps/ha certified agri-standards show consistently higher yields and = increased farmer revenue by up to $331 million /yr! A*** B C*** D*** E*** F G*** Sample: 2,474 producers (75% sm/25% lg) Conventional Control 27 *** 99% confidence ** 97% confidence * 95% confidence % defects 15.0% 12.0% 9.0% 6.0% 9.6% 6.2% 9.2% 7.0% 5.7% 3.0% 1.5% 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 1.5% 2.1% 3.2% 2.3% 1.7% 0.0% A*** B C*** D*** E*** F*** G Conv 28 14

15 children attending school modest restrictions for agrochemical application by vulnerable groups (2010) Agri-standards sometimes not delivering promise: less than a quarter in this case Pregnant Women Children Untrained National sampling 1050 TNZ producers 15

16 More income alone does not improve environmental conditions Environmental Indicator Levels Initiatives Control Income percentiles Farm Level Performance: COSA Multi-Criteria neutral Multi Analysis COSA neutral Multi-Criteria Analysis Assess: farm, project, standard, etc use any analytical tool - Regression, LifeCycle, Chain Aanalysis, etc Occupational Health and Safety 10 Working Hours and Carbon Sequestration Wages 8 Biodiversity Basic Human Rights 6 Community Relations Recycling 4 and Well Being 2 Soil Quality 0 Farmer Perception Pollution Farm Income Resource Use Risk Exposure Producer Organization Market Access Farm Management 16

17 COSA :unique: in 3 ways 1. Local Partners participate and co-lead 2. Neutral Science is accepted and credible 3. Globally comparable indicators in Africa, LAC, Asia... thecosa.org D a n i e l e G i o v a n n u c c i D t h e C O S A. o r g 17