OCE-C.04.D - Small-Scale Producer Initiative Outcome Tracking
Does the company track, assess or evaluate the outcomes and impact of its climate resilience, gender equality and women's empowerment initiatives targeted towards small-scale producers in its supply chains and/or its customer base?
About the data
The WBA Ocean Benchmark measures and ranks the world's most influential companies on their efforts to halt and reverse nature loss in marine ecosystems, tracking how companies manage their impacts on ocean biodiversity, marine habitats, and the communities and workers dependent on healthy seas. The 2026 edition is WBA's first Ocean Benchmark, assessing 125 companies across key sectors dependent on oceans, including seafood, maritime transport, offshore wind energy, shipbuilding, port operations, apparel, and chemicals. Companies are assessed on 47 indicators across four measurement areas: governance, ecosystems and biodiversity, social responsibility, and core social indicators. The benchmark builds on WBA's Nature Benchmark and the former Seafood Stewardship Index, and its methodology was developed with input from more than 50 stakeholders including ocean communities, companies, scientists and civil society, with human rights and social impacts kept at its core alongside nature-specific concerns. More information can be found here.
Methodology
Small-scale producers are vital to the global food system, yet they often face significant
challenges that threaten their livelihoods and sustainability. These challenges include climate change,
market volatility, limited access to resources and socio-economic inequalities. Small-scale producers
engage with companies in multiple ways. They can be part of companies’ supply chains, providing raw
materials or fresh products for direct consumption, or they can be key buyers of companies’ products,
purchasing inputs like feed or fertiliser. Companies efforts towards enhancing the resilience of small-
scale producers is crucial for improving the livelihoods of millions of producers worldwide, as well as
ensuring stable and sustainable value chains.
Research Guidance:
The outcomes and impact of climate adaptation initiatives could be measured through metrics such as
Measuring improvements in water use efficiency
Measuring the percentage of farmers adopting climate-smart agricultural practices and/or climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture practices
Measuring improvements in infrastructure, such as irrigation systems and storage facilities, that support climate adaptation
The outcomes and impact of gender equality and women's empowerment initiatives could be measured through metrics such as
Improvements in their economic status
Collecting feedback from the women small-scale producers to adjust and improve their initiatives
The outcomes and impact of climate adaptation and/or gender equality and women's empowerment initiatives should be disclosed for the element to be met.
challenges that threaten their livelihoods and sustainability. These challenges include climate change,
market volatility, limited access to resources and socio-economic inequalities. Small-scale producers
engage with companies in multiple ways. They can be part of companies’ supply chains, providing raw
materials or fresh products for direct consumption, or they can be key buyers of companies’ products,
purchasing inputs like feed or fertiliser. Companies efforts towards enhancing the resilience of small-
scale producers is crucial for improving the livelihoods of millions of producers worldwide, as well as
ensuring stable and sustainable value chains.
Research Guidance:
The outcomes and impact of climate adaptation initiatives could be measured through metrics such as
Measuring improvements in water use efficiency
Measuring the percentage of farmers adopting climate-smart agricultural practices and/or climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture practices
Measuring improvements in infrastructure, such as irrigation systems and storage facilities, that support climate adaptation
The outcomes and impact of gender equality and women's empowerment initiatives could be measured through metrics such as
Improvements in their economic status
Collecting feedback from the women small-scale producers to adjust and improve their initiatives
The outcomes and impact of climate adaptation and/or gender equality and women's empowerment initiatives should be disclosed for the element to be met.
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