Tag: Thai Union

Thai Union surpasses its 2020 sustainable tuna commitment, new progress report shows

Stuart Mitchell

Some 87 percent of Thai Union Group PCL’s branded tuna was sourced from MSC certified fisheries and Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) in 2020, surpassing its target of 75 percent and putting it on track to hit its goal of 100 percent. This is according to the Company’s just published progress report updating the achievements made against its Tuna Commitment for 2020, which is part of its pledge to transparency through its global sustainability strategy, SeaChange®. During the past five years of the Tuna Commitment between 2016 -2020, Thai Union made…

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Thai Union to Plant Over 7,000 Trees to Offset Carbon Emissions From Global Meeting

Stuart Mitchell

Thai Union Group PCL. will have more than 7,000 trees planted around the world to offset the carbon footprint from its annual global leadership meeting last year. Thai Union has joined with #TeamTrees to have 7,222 trees planted between 2020-2022 as part of the company’s strategy to offset a global meeting and help protect the environment, noting that 2019 was the warmest year on record for the world’s oceans. “At Thai Union, we understand very clearly the threat to our planet from climate change and have already seen a significant…

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Thai Union Joins Global Initiative to Tackle Climate Change

Stuart Mitchell

Thai Union Group PCL has become the first food producer and Thailand-listed company to join EP100, a Climate Group global initiative on smarter energy use. As part of the company’s strategy to tackle climate change and its impact on the world’s oceans, Thai Union is aiming to double its energy productivity by 2041, from a 2016 baseline. Led by The Climate Group and delivered in partnership with the Alliance to Save Energy, EP100 brings together major companies committed to using energy more productively – resulting in higher economic output from…

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Thai Union commits to more sustainable, socially-responsible seafood

Stuart Mitchell
Greenpeace

Thai Union Group PCL has committed to measures that will tackle illegal fishing and overfishing, as well as improve the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the company’s supply chains. Thai Union’s new commitments build upon its sustainability strategy SeaChange®, including efforts to support best practice fisheries, improve other fisheries, reduce illegal and unethical practices in its global supply chains, and bring more responsibly-caught tuna to key markets. The announcement follows a global Greenpeace campaign, which previously saw both Mars and Nestle also committing to positive change. “This…

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