Organisational development

  • Water Stewardship

    Water Stewardship

    Michael Spencer conceived the idea of establishing an international ‘water stewardship council’ in Australia in 2006. He brought Andrew Kinnaird and OneWorldStandards Director Matthew Wenban-Smith on board, and together they founded the Water Stewardship Initiative (WSI) to develop the concept. Determined to ensure that water stewardship would be developed globally and collaboratively, they then invited…

  • ResponsibleSteel

    ResponsibleSteel

    ResponsibleSteel is a global, not-for-profit organisation created to maximise steel?s contribution to a sustainable world. Working collaboratively with its members, it has developed the world’s first independent, global standard and certification programme for responsibly produced net-zero steel. The founders of ResponsibleSteel contacted OneWorldStandards in 2016, seeking advice about the design and development of the programme.…

  • Responsible Uranium?

    Responsible Uranium?

    There are more than 400 nuclear power stations in operation around the world today, generating around 10% of the world’s energy. Nuclear power is controversial, and its role in limiting climate change is contested. But nuclear power stations have long operational lives and new ones are being commissioned and constructed in China, India, Europe and…

  • ISEAL Membership

    ISEAL Membership

    The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG)’s mission is to provide leadership for the restoration of healthy wild populations of the European eel throughout its natural range. SEG had already developed a sustainability standard for responsible eel fishers, ranchers and aquaculturalists, and had been operating a certification and labelling scheme for a few years. In 2015 the…