5.) Target
Thanks to the introduction of pole and line-caught skipjack and albacore products under its Simply Balanced brand, Target has made impressive gains on the Greenpeace list this year with an overall score of 6.88.
Moving forward, “the retailer must now develop a sustainable canned tuna policy that converts its larger (by volume) private label brand, Market Pantry, and all national brand products to sustainable tuna,” added Greenpeace. “In order to maintain its position in the top five, Target must continue to improve labeling and transparency, maintain its focus on confronting human rights abuses in the fishing industry, and advocate for marine protected areas.”
Target, like ALDI, sells just seven out of the 22 species on the Greenpeace Red List. The retailer struggles the most in the realm of labeling and transparency, although Target is “finally getting creative with its ‘clean-store’ policy of minimal signage by putting decals on freezer doors to communicate about sustainable seafood.”
It’s time for the Target to now “convert its larger (by volume) Market Pantry brand canned tuna products to FAD-free or pole and line caught, in addition to developing a public-facing canned tuna policy," Greenpeace concluded.
Headquarters: Minneapolis, Minn
Store Count: 1,552 stores across the U.S.
FY 2014 sales: USD 15.6 billion
