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Overwaitea Ranking
Overall Grade
10
0.9
Underwhelming ocean action
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Overwaitea Foods, Save-On-Foods, PriceSmart, Urban Fare, Cooper's Foods, Bulkley Valley Wholesale
Redlist species sold
Sells 8 out of the 15 Redlist species.
Sustainable seafood policies and labeling
Overwaitea has officially endorsed the sustainable seafood initiatives of the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions, which emphasizes the need to adopt a sustainable seafood policy.
Overwaitea does not provide sustainable seafood labelling but has committed to work toward MSC certification (including better labelling) of its private labels.
Kudos
- Endorses the sustainable seafood initiatives of the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions and thus has committed to developing a policy.
- Commitment to sourcing more sustainable seafood of all private label products.
- Works with David Suzuki Foundation and MSC to increase number of sustainable seafood items it sells.
Criticism
- Has made little progress in the past year on sustainable seafood initiatives.
- No seafood sourcing policy has been created.
- Unsustainable Redlist species still on sale and no deadline for ensuring more sustainable seafood for private label seafood products.
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