Responsible Production & Consumption

Your Seafood: Now Fair Trade Certified

Feb 21, 2015 6:30 AM ET

Campaign: Fair Trade Seafood

Umar Pabolia pulls in a skipjack tuna for breakfast, 10th July 2014. Umar is 35 years old and started fishing yellowfin tuna in 2007, Waepure village, Buru Island, Indonesia. Prior to fishing, he worked in the logging industry. Umar joined Fair Trade hoping to make a better living. Photo: Paul Hilton

A fisherman poses for the camera, Waepure village, Buru Island, Indonesia, 11th July 2014 . Photo: Paul Hilton

Look for the Fair Trade Certified logo in the seafood isle

Umar Pabolia pulls in a skipjack tuna for breakfast, 10th July 2014. Umar is 35 years old and started fishing yellowfin tuna in 2007, Waepure village, Buru Island, Indonesia. Prior to fishing, he worked in the logging industry. Umar joined Fair Trade hoping to make a better living. Photo: Paul Hilton

A fisherman poses for the camera, Waepure village, Buru Island, Indonesia, 11th July 2014 . Photo: Paul Hilton

Look for the Fair Trade Certified logo in the seafood isle

Originally published by Triple Pundit

Look out Whole Foods: Safeway is pulling ahead when it comes to seafood transparency.

Whole Foods met its match when Safeway was rankedslightly ahead for seafood sustainability by Greenpeace back in 2011. Both retailers had much to celebrate when they came out with the NGO’s first ever seafood rating of “good.”

Safeway hasn’t taken its foot off the gas pedal in recent years, though. The company has continued to push ahead toward an audacious goal of 100 percent sustainable sourcing for all fresh and frozen seafood by the end of this year. The grocer’s latest commitment brings it up to par with your local farmers market when it comes to worker transparency.

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