Stewardship Index For Specialty Crops

Governance

FAQs

What We're
Measuring

Farm

Processing

Distribution

Retail /
Food Service

PEOPLE

Human resources (worker health & safety, employment practices, etc.)

X

X

X

X

Community (local sourcing / hiring, etc.)

X

X

X

X

PLANET

Air quality

X

X

X

X

Biodiversity and ecosystems

X

Energy use

X

X

X

X

GHG emissions

X

X

X

X

Nutrients¹

X

Packaging

X

X

X

X

Pesticides ^{1, 2}

X

X

X

X

Soils

X

Waste

X

X

X

X

Water quality ³

X

X

X

X

Water use

X

X

X

X

PROFIT ⁴

Green procurement

X

X

X

X

Fair price/incentives

X

X

X

X

1. includes related water quality issues
2. includes health and safety of workers and communities
3. includes stormwater runoff and process water
4. improved efficiency/cost reduction will be incorporated into other metrics where appropriate