The 2023 Seafood Expo North America, which took place 12 to 14 March in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., and the 2023 Seafood Expo Global, from 25 to 27 April, 2023, in Barcelona, Spain, featured a comprehensive conference program of live panel events focusing on topics chosen to be of vital interest to the seafood industry.
The 28 individual presentations from SENA and the 21 sessions from SEG featured exclusive information and insight from seafood industry experts, including economic forecasts and analysis on the trends and topics impacting the global seafood industry as it navigates issues of trade, food safety, traceability, aquaculture, sustainability, and consumption trends. Now, a video recording of each of these sessions is available for on-demand replay.
Featuring The Consumer Goods Forum Social Sustainability Officer Erin Bush, Trident Seafoods Executive Vice President of Public Policy Stefanie Moreland, and Wegmans Seafood Group Manager Steve Philips, and moderated by GSSI Partnership Manager Eva van Heukelom, “Setting Industry Expectations on Social Compliance: Role of Social Certification Programs and the SSCI Benchmark” is available free for SeafoodSource Premium members and for USD 300 to non-members through the Complete Digital Ticket: Seafood Expo North America 2023.
The session was presented on Sunday, 12 March, with the following description:
Addressing social compliance in seafood harvesting and production has become a key focal point for seafood companies in their sustainability efforts and policies. Social certification programs will be an important assurance mechanism for the seafood sector in driving social compliance. Ensuring that clear market expectations on social certification programs are set has been an important focus for GSSI and CGF’s Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI).
Noticing an emerging need to define what good looks like for social compliance in the seafood sector, GSSI and CGF collaborated, resulting in the At Sea Operations Scope of the SSCI Benchmark. Building on the success of GSSI’s the Global Benchmark Tool, the latest SSCI scope enables the recognition of social compliance schemes operating in the seafood sector, providing the seafood industry with harmonized requirements and a list of recognized robust social compliance schemes to choose from for their supply chain due diligence.
Together with its industry partners, GSSI and SSCI will speak to:
– The value of social compliance schemes, and why benchmarking them is required.
– How the industry and market look to use schemes
– Expected and needed developments to face upcoming challenges
The entire package of videos from Seafood Expo Global can also be purchased for USD 300 for non-members, and is free to SeafoodSource Premium members, through the Complete Digital Ticket: Seafood Expo Global 2023.
