Across our seafood value chain, we support marine biodiversity and ecosystem initiatives through both collaboration and engagement in fisheries initiatives. On top of this, we request seafood certifications from officially recognised third parties.
Our approach
- Biodiversity and ecosystem considerations in seafood sourcing.
- Collaboration and engagement in industry and research initiatives.
Our targets
- Medium term (2029): Introduction of biodiversity and ecosystem-related targets.
- Medium to long term (2035): Establishment of a transition plan for biodiversity and ecosystems.
Our actions
- Founding member of Global Sustainable Seafood initiative (GSSI).
- MarineGuardian: participation in a four-year EU-funded Horizon Europe project focused on solutions to reduce fisheries' environmental impacts on marine species and habitats.
- Espersen’s contribution to the evaluation of environmental, social and economic impacts of project solutions.
- Collaboration with fishers, management authorities, policymakers and other seafood-sector partners.
- ECO-CATCH: Participation in a five-year EU-funded project testing and refining fishing technologies and gear intended to reduce bycatch and impacts on habitats.
- Espersen advisory role on data use, sustainability reporting and ecolabelling within the ECO-CATCH project.
- Barents Sea bycatch: Due diligence on golden redfish bycatch in North-East Atlantic cod and haddock fisheries.
- Identification of priority areas including bycatch avoidance, improved stock assessment and data transparency, and species identification and reporting.
- Ongoing dialogue with relevant research institutions and monitoring of developments in fisheries management.
If you would like to find out more about how far along we are in our progress towards achieving our targets, please have a look at our latest sustainability report.