Traceability in seafood supply chains and its implications for investors

A coalition of partners consisting of the FAIRR INITIATIVE, WWF US, UNEP FI, Planet Tracker and the Global Benchmarking Alliance initiated an Investor Collaboration Engagement to encourage leading seafood companies to develop and implement interoperable, digital and full-chain traceability systems.

Such traceability systems are used as a means to identify and address major environmental and social risks – such as illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, overfishing, habitat conversion and human rights issues, and unlock sustainable opportunities.

The expert panel that participated in the webinar was moderated by Jo Raven, Director of Thematic Research and Corporate Innovation at the FAIRR Initiative, and included:

- Helen Packer, Head of the Seafood Stewardship Index at the World Benchmarking Alliance.

- Mark Richardson, Director of Market Data and Systems Transparency at WWF-US's Ocean Markets and Finance team U.S.
- François Mosnier, Head of the Oceans Program at Planet Tracker.

- Greg Brown, Executive Director of the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) and

- Cynthia Asaf, Chief Operating Officer of Pacifical.