Sep 26, 2018
Where nation states fail to provide necessary environmental regulations, multinationals step up and fill that gap. After all, multinationals are best situated to make a positive impact on the environment through socially conscious initiatives and data-driven decision-making. But how can companies accelerate change in their respective industries?
Joining us today to share her insight is Susan Jackson, president of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), a global partnership among scientists, tuna processors, and environmental nonprofits to undertake science-based initiatives for the long-term conservation and sustainable use of tuna stocks, reducing bycatch and promoting a healthy marine ecosystem.
What We Discuss in This Episode:
- What the ISSF is and how it came to exist
- How the environmental community, scientists, and the tuna processing industries came together to establish more sustainable tuna fisheries
- Since tuna fish swim around in various waters, which nations are responsible for managing them?
- Why existing international organizations, like the IATTC and the ICAT, which are responsible for the conservation and management of tuna, got slogged down
- Are there disagreements among scientists when it comes to tuna stock assessment methods and data gaps?
- The beauty in finding NGOs that believe that businesses can be change agents
- What best practices and conversations are being exchanged between scientists, NGOs, Industry, and companies in order to create a more socially conscious supply chain
- Some of the greatest challenges of ISSF initiatives
- Can other industries adopt similar initiatives and models that will accelerate change?
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Contact Information:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/issf
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