Tesco's decision to be somewhat more transparent with its new sourcing policies has revealed that the company is moving forward on sustainability issues with some success. At present, much of the policy is limited to the fresh and chilled pre-packed ranges, ignoring the frozen, ready-meal or tinned seafood, which is unfortunate as these ranges encompass the majority of the seafood sold. Tesco is taking steps to address this shortcoming, but has yet to provide details of a long-term strategy to address the sustainability of all its products that contain seafood. It is unclear how Tesco is applying its sustainable sourcing policies to seafood sourced through aquaculture: but it is now beginning to source a greater range of organically farmed seafood which reduces the many of the impacts of fish farming. The retailer has agreed to discuss its aquaculture policy in the near future. Tesco has certainly shown determination to improve its sustainable seafood sourcing and it will be interesting to see if the company sets itself some stronger projects and goals over the next year.
For the full story on Tesco please refer to Chapter 8 of our new report 'A Recipe for Change'.
