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 +**Sustainable Seafood Finance Initiative (SSF)** further details about the [[Sustainable Seafood Finance Initiative]] 
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 +**Windward** http://www.windward.eu/#/solutions - Shipping transparency project presented at the Economist World Ocean Summit.
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 +**Global fishing watch** http://globalfishingwatch.org/ - this is in development. The tool uses a global feed of vessel locations extracted from Automatic Identification System (AIS) tracking data collected by satellite, revealing the movement of vessels over time. The system automatically classifies the observed patterns of movement as either “fishing” or “non-fishing” activity. A great project but it only shows movement and ownership. It doesn’t give an idea of how much is being caught or what species. It aims to celebrate legally operating boats ‘- By consistently using an AIS transponder, those operators might be able to fetch a higher price for their catch -- or get access to markets that some day may be closed to any fishing vessel that doesn't meet this basic transparency standard.’ Which is great but in combination with something like Greenfishers and actively linked to markets and incentives this could be a powerful, transparent tool.
  
 **Fish Online** http://fishonline.org website is all about transparency. it is looking at rating fish based on environmental impact. There are over 150 species on there which translates into over 500 listings. so there's a lot of content! So much that, although it has had a huge impact at the retail level, individual consumers may find it difficult to engage and remain abreast of which are the best choices....though we do our level best to make it as easy as possible. **Fish Online** http://fishonline.org website is all about transparency. it is looking at rating fish based on environmental impact. There are over 150 species on there which translates into over 500 listings. so there's a lot of content! So much that, although it has had a huge impact at the retail level, individual consumers may find it difficult to engage and remain abreast of which are the best choices....though we do our level best to make it as easy as possible.
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 +**Green Fishers** http://www.greenfishers.org/ - which attempted to highlight sustainable fishermen within the UK. It hasn’t had a great take up as there was no follow through to market which I think was an essential missing bit. 
  
 **Traceability** - is what you are being sold in the supermarket ACTUALLY what it says it is? Where did it really come from? What checks are actually made? What accountability is there? Would it be possible to actually do some detailed traceability studies - ocean to plate. Is that dolphin friendly tuna really dolphin friendly? **Traceability** - is what you are being sold in the supermarket ACTUALLY what it says it is? Where did it really come from? What checks are actually made? What accountability is there? Would it be possible to actually do some detailed traceability studies - ocean to plate. Is that dolphin friendly tuna really dolphin friendly?
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 What are water companies actually doing? What environmental and health and wellbeing impacts does that have? What are water companies actually doing? What environmental and health and wellbeing impacts does that have?
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 +**Shareholder action:**
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 +ClientEarth has worked with institutional investors and other organisations to create shareholder resolutions to require Shell and BP to report on how they plan to deal with the impacts of climate change. 
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 +http://www.clientearth.org/news/press-releases/shareholder-resolutions-150-investors-challenge-bp-and-shell-to-face-climate-change-risk-2759
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 +http://www.clientearth.org/news/latest-news/shell-follows-bp-with-climate-change-resolution-2871
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 +http://www.clientearth.org/news/latest-news/pension-funds-must-confront-climate-risk-2838
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 +Company reporting**
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 +ClientEarth worked on using the Companies Act to improve company reporting on environmental impacts (concentrating on the extractive industries):
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 +http://www.clientearth.org/company-law/company-transparency/
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