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Dec

Sysco Shows Strong Progress towards New 2025 Seafood Commitments

Sysco’s recently released 2022 Sustainability report highlights continued progress toward its new 2025 seafood sustainability commitments, announced last year in partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The company continues to make strides in meeting new commitments under its sustainable seafood program, which was expanded in 2021 to include Sysco US and Canada Broadline, and US Specialty company lines of business. In addition to setting higher targets for sourcing of certified seafood products, Sysco made strong commitments to protect endangered species, improve the traceability of its farmed shrimp products, and work to mitigate impacts on mangroves and other coastal ecosystems.

Nov

World Wildlife Fund and Amyris Team Up to Leverage Science to Protect Sharks

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Amyris, a leading synthetic biology company, announced a new three-year partnership aimed at leveraging science to protect ocean biodiversity with an initial focus on shark populations. This new partnership will support WWF’s global efforts to reverse the downward trends that threaten biodiversity and human well-being by repairing, restoring, and protecting the oceans.

Nov

WWF and ASC Unify Supply Chain Actors at Farmed Salmon and Feed Workshop and Summit in Chile

Chile is home to one of the largest farmed-salmon production hubs, supplying almost a third of all farmed salmon globally. In 2020, Chilean salmon and trout production totaled 1,079,595 metric tons and production trends are only going up. Between 2016-2020, Chilean salmon production grew an annual average of 10.4 percent.

While salmon farm sites are located primarily in the southern regions of Chile, further north along Chile’s richly biodiverse and productive 4,390-mile coastline, are some of the largest fisheries that contribute to the production of fishmeal and fishoil key ingredients in Chilean salmon feed.

Oct

Kroger Continues to Advance its Seafood Sustainability Credentials

Kroger’s recently released 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report shares positive advancement toward its seafood sustainability commitments developed with guidance from World Wildlife Fund (WWF). At Kroger, business ownership, clearly defined supplier expectations, support for the Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) model, and advocacy efforts have enabled Kroger’s steady progress.

Oct

Facilitated by WWF, GDST Relaunches as Newly Reorganized Industry-Rooted Organization

After nearly five years of its initial convening by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in partnership with the Global Food Traceability Center (IFT), the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) has now transitioned since October 3rd from an NGO-convened platform into a permanent organization that is self-sustaining, rooted in industry, and open to broad stakeholder involvement.

Sep

WWF and Walmart Foundation Launch New Holistic Approach on More Sustainable Seafood

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Walmart Foundation are announcing the launch of a new eighteen-month collaboration to scale more sustainable and responsible seafood transformation by developing and piloting a holistic place-based approach. The project aims at improving several key seafood practices within a specific geography.

The initiative will drive current seafood industry and conservation efforts toward a more comprehensive seascape jurisdictional approach to sustainable seafood that utilizes global market solutions and innovative financing strategies to ensure greater, equitable outcomes for our oceans and its coastal communities.

Sep

New Initiative Seeks Permanent Protection for Bristol Bay

Bristol Bay is among the most productive ecosystems in the world. It is also synonymous with commercial fisheries where local communities and businesses rely on wild-caught salmon for their livelihoods and local economy. After years of standing against the Pebble Mine project, the
Bay communities are leading the way for permanent protection for this iconic Alaskan ecosystem through the Bristol Bay Victory Challenge (BBVC).

Jul

WWF and CI to Co-lead Launch of the Science Based Targets Network Ocean Hub

The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) Ocean Hub officially launched its first workstream: Seafood Value Chains. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Conservation International (CI) will co-lead the workstream to help companies adopt a roadmap for integrated action on nature and climate.

The announcement came as world leaders were meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, for the United Nations Oceans Conference, focused on “Scaling up Ocean Action Based on Science and Innovation for the Implementation of Goal 14: Stocktaking, Partnerships, and Solutions.”

Jun

Mars Petcare Advances Performance Towards 100% More Sustainable Fish Sourcing Goal

Mars Petcare continues to make progress towards sourcing more sustainable seafood. Traceability plays a key role in this commitment and the company has partnered with WWF in shifting towards compliance to the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) as part of increasing seafood transparency and harmonization of different traceability standards.

May

Royal Caribbean Group Recommits to Sustainability Across Ship, Sea, and Shore

Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) announced its new commitment to the next phase of its ongoing partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for guidance and counsel in establishing bold environmental goals and sustainable business practices.

“Healthy, sustainable oceans are paramount to our mission of delivering the best vacations responsibly,” said Royal Caribbean Group CEO Jason Liberty. “Our partnership with WWF encapsulates our belief in continuous improvement and our commitment to advancing our environmental, social and governance (ESG) work. The support and assistance of WWF will be invaluable to realizing this mission as we work to set and achieve our sustainability goals.”

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