tuna

Waitrose, Tesco and now Sainsbury’s?

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 11th May 2016
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It’s been an epic 10 days for the future of sustainable tuna in the UK Just one week after Tesco threatened to ban John West’s tuna from its stores unless they sorted out their sustainability standards, Waitrose has done the same! And they’ve given them a deadline – if by… Read More

Tesco says it will ban John West if they don’t stop trashing the ocean

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 29th April 2016
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Tesco, the biggest retailer in the UK, has threatened to ban John West’s tuna if they don’t stop using destructive fishing practices!  In Tesco’s own-brand tuna, so-called “Fish Aggregating Devices” (or FADs) are already banned because they harm all kinds of marine life, including sharks. So instead they use the… Read More

John West caught red handed in the Indian Ocean – thanks to you!

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 21st April 2016

Greenpeace crew, currently on board the Esperanza in the Indian Ocean, have found a destructive fishing device (FAD) that has been deployed by a John West supplier. We know this thanks to your research on John West tuna cans coming from the region.  The FAD has been deployed by the… Read More

On the trail of John West dirty tuna in the Indian ocean

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 18th April 2016
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Today, the Greenpeace ship, The Esperanza, set sail in the Indian Ocean to peacefully tackle unsustainable fishing by the world’s largest tuna company, Thai Union (the owner of John West in the UK) With some tuna stocks in the Indian Ocean, such as Yellowfin, on the brink of collapse due… Read More

How you CAN help us uncover dirty tuna!

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 13th April 2016

Last year, Greenpeace confronted John West over a broken promise. Back in 2011, they promised customers that 100% of their tuna would be caught sustainably by the end of this year. But as of today, they’ve only reached 2% of that target. This means a whopping 98% of their tuna… Read More

A tale of two tunas

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 15th February 2016
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Imagine a world where there are two tuna companies called John West. Both are the number one brand in their market. Both faced Greenpeace campaigns and, as a consequence, made commitments to sell 100% sustainably-caught tuna by the end of 2016. Now imagine one John West has kept its promise… Read More