Major food retailers Sodexo and Costco separately made commitments this week to sustainable seafood.
Sodexo, Inc. announced a comprehensive Sustainable Seafood Initiative, including a commitment to have 100% of its contracted fresh and frozen seafood certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) or Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) by 2015.
Sodexo's Sustainable Seafood Initiative is part of Sodexo's Better Tomorrow Plan, the company's global roadmap for sustainability. The commitment to source sustainable seafood is one of 14 Better Tomorrow commitments to the environment, nutrition, health & wellness, and support for local communities.
The Initiative is in line with Sodexo's newly developed global seafood strategy based on 5 key pillars:
1.Maintain a wide variety of species in Sodexo's catalogues and menus
2.Ban species at risk and implement control measures for others
3.Increase use of Eco-standards or labels
4.Set up supply for sustainable aquaculture
5.Develop sourcing according to an established technical agreement between Sodexo and WWF
A forthcoming global seafood policy will provide guidance for concrete actions to sustainably source seafood throughout the world in the 80 countries in which Sodexo operates.
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