Aldi has been named Australia’s Best Sustainable Seafood Supermarket by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
MSC’s Sustainable Seafood Awards, run in partnership with the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), recognises and awards organisations and individuals working together to end overfishing and ensure seafood supplies are safeguarded for future generations.
The retailer was recognised for stocking a wide range of everyday affordable and accessible MSC-labelled products and for its continued commitment to ocean health.
Rupert Howes, MSC’s CEO, said: “These awards recognise what we’re seeing globally, signs that brands are stepping up their commitment to source only sustainable and certified seafood.”
Kiarne Treacy, CEO and founder of the Sustainable Choice Group, said certification schemes like the MSC and the ASC have the “power to guide and encourage more sustainable consumption” and play a critical tool in educating people.
Other winners are:
- Best Sustainable Seafood Product award: Austral Fisheries for its Karumba Banana Prawns stocked at Woolworths.
- Best Sustainable Petfood Product award: Mars Petcare Australia for its Dine Pulled Menu.
- Lifetime Achievement award: Manni Kalisperis from Simplot for pioneering a long-term movement towards sustainable fishing and seafood.
- Community Champion award: South Australia’s Goolwa PipiCo for its efforts in community engagement and first nations reconciliation.
- Sustainable Fishing Hero: Brad Adams from Rare Foods Australia for embedding sustainability values in a commercial abalone ranch.
As part of Sustainable Seafood Week (which starts today), a campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the MSC and ASC seafood certification labels and to celebrate the organisations and individuals working to ensure seafood supplies are safeguarded.
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