Tasmanian salmon producer Tassal has been benchmarked as the world’s top salmon or trout company in an international report on sustainability reporting and transparency.
“There are so many insightful comments in terms of sustainability and salmon farming that we’d strongly recommend that some other salmon farmers and aspiring sustainability reporters make the Tassal report bedside reading,” said the seafoodintelligence.com report.
It further said said: “the (Australian) firm continues to humble us by its dedication to environmental and economic sustainability, and its engagement with stakeholders.”
The report, which is one of only a handful of companies that were providing sustainability reporting leadership, used 150 key performance indicators to monitor the world’s top 35 salmon companies.
“Tassal is driven by the sustainability of its business, which includes the financial dimension,” it said.
Tassal’s head of sustainability and fish health, Linda Sams, said the company was delighted to be recognised in this way.
“It is a significant achievement, and one we are very proud of, but we are prepared and committed to continuing to work with our stakeholders, staff and partners to achieve further improvements,” she said.
Sams acknowledged Tassal’s partnership with WWF Australia as an important element in the benchmarking success.
Dermot O’Gorman, CEO of WWF-Australia said: “Tassal is a great story of an Australian company working for sustainability, and since 2012 Tassal have been certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) which WWF recognises as the highest global standard for responsibly farmed seafood.”
The annual seafoodintelligence.com report is prepared to help key salmon farming industry players, retailers, environmental organisations and all stakeholders assess the level of proactive and voluntary transparency and communication when it comes to corporate, social and environmental sustainability reporting.
The report is also designed to help salmon farming companies aspiring to a higher level of sustainability reporting to compare and benchmark their performances with that of their competitors and leaders in the field.
