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Vigo Dialogue 2020September 2020
Due Diligence and the Implication of COVID-19 of Fisheries Management and Policies
Ms. Shivani Kannabhiran, OECDMr. Will Symes, OECD
OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains
• Incorporates expectations on responsible business drawn from the OECD Guidelines for MNEs, UNGPs, the ILO
• Also draws upon Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture (CFS-RAI Principles) and the Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure (VGGT)
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The Guidance offers a practical framework to identify and address risks in agricultural supply chains
5-step framework for due diligence • prevent and mitigate negative
impacts• contribute to sustainable
development
Applies to companies along value chain, including investors
Covers multiple social and environmental risks, plus animal welfare
Characteristics of due diligence
§ Preventive § Risk-based: Commensurate to the severity
and likelihood of the impact, and prioritized accordingly
§ Flexible: Nature and extent of due diligence tailored to company size, context, severity of adverse impacts, etc.
§ Dynamic – ongoing, responsive and changing§ Informed by engagement with stakeholders § “Leverage” is essential to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts
directly linked to operations, products or services by a business relationship
§ Disengagement a last resort and considering impacts of disengagement
§ Due diligence does not shift responsibilities
For more information
• OECD Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains Website: https://mneguidelines.oecd.org/rbc-agriculture-supply-chains.htm
• OECD-FAO Guidance fact sheet: https://mneguidelines.oecd.org/Brochure_OECD-FAO-Guidance.pdf
• Brochure – How the OECD-FAO Guidance can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: http://mneguidelines.oecd.org/How-the-OECD-FAO-Guidance-can-help-achieve-the-Sustainable-Development-Goals.pdf
Contact:
Shivani.Kannabhiran@oecd.org
Sector Lead, Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains
OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct5
COVID-19: FISHERIES POLICY AND VALUE CHAINSWill Symes, Fisheries Policy Analyst
Vigo Dialogue, September 2020
COVID-19 and fisheries: Impacts and policy responses
• Reduced demand, particularly HORECA sector
• Effort reduction in some areas• Disruption of routes to market:– Reduced international travel– Closure of fish markets
• Reductions in fisher income
http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/fisheries-aquaculture-and-covid-19-issues-and-policy-responses-a2aa15de/
COVID-19 and fisheries: Impacts and policy responses
• OECD tracking COVID-19 policies for fisheries
• Support to fishers during COVID should be:– Temporary– Support individuals, not inputs– Don’t compromise sustainability goals
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Number ofGovernment
support measures
Total changes tofisheries
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Total changes tosupply chainregulations
http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/fisheries-aquaculture-and-covid-19-issues-and-policy-responses-a2aa15de/
COVID-19 and fisheries: Impacts and policy responses
• Long and medium term impacts still largely unknown
• Potentially pressure to increase catches and extend seasons with large long-term costs
• Increase and promotion of direct to consumer sales and market diversification.
COVID-19 and Fisheries: Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
• Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing poses significant risks to fisheries:– Undermines management regimes by
obscuring effort levels– Reduces the profitability of legitimate
fishing– Lost government revenues
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COVID-19 and Fisheries: Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
• Reduced in-person on-board observation and inspections in both domestic and multilateral fisheries
• Increased opportunity for IUU:– Widespread expectation of increase amongst
regional fisheries bodies– But how fishers respond is complicated
• Policies at RFMO and country level to prevent IUU are vital: – E.g. transparent vessel registries, port state
measure and market measure
THANKS FOR LISTENINGOECD fisheries work: https://www.oecd.org/agriculture/topics/fisheries-and-aquaculture/COVID-19: Issues and policy responses: http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/fisheries-aquaculture-and-covid-19-issues-and-policy-responses-a2aa15de/
For more information please contact:Will.symes@oecd.orgClaire.delpeuch@oecd.org