Scottish supplier joins SFP’s Ocean Disclosure Project

A seafood supplier in the UK has joined the Ocean Disclosure Project, an effort led by the nonprofit Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) to encourage companies to create a sourcing profile detailing the origin of key seafood species and the sustainability of the fisheries.

Joseph Robertson of Aberdeen, Scotland, will be the UK’s first seafood supplier to participate in the transparency project, according to SFP.

“By participating in this ODP, Joseph Robertson is joining a growing list of companies that want to show the world just what a commitment to sustainability means,” said Emma McLaren, director of innovative solutions for SFP’s buyer engagement division. “We couldn’t be more proud to work with these companies on this important project.”

As part of their involvement in the project, participating companies voluntarily and publicly disclose and discuss details on their work toward sustainable seafood sourcing. Morrisons, Skretting, the Co-Operative, Biomar and Asda all belong to the program and will be renewing their participation in the project this year, SFP said.

“Over the past two years we have been working toward aligning ourselves to be recognized as a leading manufacturer firmly supporting responsible sourcing,” said Simon Robertson, owner of Joseph Robertson. “The addition of the Ocean Disclosure Project creates an excellent tool providing the opportunity to be completely transparent and accountable. It also helps to focus our efforts on areas of improvement and to influence our supply chain in the right direction. Joseph Robertson wants its customers and consumers to have full confidence when buying our products, and to know that we share and believe in the commitment to having ‘Responsible Sourcing’ at the heart of our company core values.”

SFP intends to build the ODP into an annual reporting platform for responsible businesses that wish to demonstrate “a high level of commitment to transparency and sustainability,” it said in the announcement. ODP profiles describe the fishery origin of each company’s products, as well as the type of gear used, any sustainability certifications or memberships in fishery improvement projects (FIPs) and any other environmental concerns or notes.

The profiles also grade each fishery, with a letter rank ranging from A to C, representing its score in FishSource, SFP’s fishery database.

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