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Abstract

Recently we have seen a substantial increase in pressure for industries, such as aquaculture, to become more sustainable. When it comes to practical attempts to operationalise sustainable development, however, the ‘social stuff’ is often neglected. In this paper, we provide a detailed exploration of how the concept of social sustainability is operationalised (and therefore understood) within the aquaculture certification context. We found that a) certification schemes do address social sustainability, but relevant indicators mostly focus on workers’ rights, or link directly back to environmental sustainability (through the consequences of environmental impact on humans); and b) the actions required often add little over and above existing legal requirements. Essentially, aquaculture sustainability certification schemes have not (yet) taken the opportunity to further shape our understanding of what social sustainability means, or how it is practiced. The consequence of this may be the impression that industries are truly sustainable, just because they have obtained sustainability certification.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Alexander, KA and Amundsen, VS and Osmundsen, TC
Keywords:	social sustainability, aquaculture, certification, social Indicators, aquaculture
Journal or Publication Title:	Environmental Science and Policy
Publisher:	Elsevier Sci Ltd
ISSN:	1462-9011
DOI / ID Number:	10.1016/j.envsci.2020.06.003
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: Alexander, KA UTAS Profile: Alexander, KA
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