Ned Daly

Ned Daly

Sustainability Specialist/Contributing Editor

Ned Daly is a sustainability specialist/contributing editor with Diversified Communications. He has worked on sustainable markets in a variety of resources for 25 years. Ned worked in seafood for the last decade with SeaWeb, Previously he was director of RugMark International (now GoodWeave), a certification program for child-labor-free rugs coming from Southeast Asia. He also served as chief operating officer for the Forest Stewardship Council in the United States, managing relationships with industry leaders and a diversity of key stakeholders including conservation nongovernment organizations, policymakers and industry trade associations. Ned has also worked on sustainable markets in the agricultural sector and the relationship between resource extraction and ecosystem health. He lives in Alfred, Maine.


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Published on
May 27, 2024
The United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) have announced 10 finalists for the Global Fishing Forecast Grand Challenge. The challenge, launched in January, aims to incentivize the creation of innovative approaches that help… Read More
Published on
May 10, 2024
A letter signed by more than 70 environmental, animal welfare, and community groups from 18 countries criticizes the Global Seafood Alliance and its new Best Aquaculture Practices certification standard for what the signatories say amounts to greenwashing industrial salmon farming. The letter,… Read More
Published on
April 11, 2024

Global seafood trade involves complex supply chains, with products often passing through multiple intermediaries and countries before reaching consumers. 

This, according to the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions, a U.S.-based NGO aiming to increase the amount of responsibly produced and sourced seafood on the global market, creates outsized risk of environmental and social issues across the global seafood supply chain.

To combat

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