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Target discontinues the sale of farmed salmon

Feature story | January 25, 2010 at 18:00

Target has announced that all their stores will stop selling farmed salmon products. This move towards greater ocean conservation is a first by a major seafood retailer. Salmon consumption in the United States is a huge market for retailers.

Target Reducing PVC Usage

Feature story | November 14, 2007 at 18:00

Under continued pressure from health, consumer, and environmental groups, Target Corporation has finally agreed to reduce its use of the plastic polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in packaging and children's products, such as lunch boxes, bibs, shower...

Target Charts New Course for Sustainable Seafood

Media release | January 25, 2010 at 18:00

Citing the significant environmental degradation caused by salmon farming, Target announced today that it will discontinue sales of all farmed salmon products in its stores. Salmon is second only to shrimp in seafood purchases in the United...

Protecting our oceans, one supermarket at a time

Blog by Phil Radford | April 12, 2011

Last month, a group of Greenpeace volunteers in Denver trekked to over 30 Colorado supermarkets to investigate the sustainability of the seafood being sold inside. Armed with an “endangered fish check-list,” what they found--a...

50,000 demand action by U.S. retailers to end rainforest destruction

Blog by chris eaton | October 14, 2011 22 comments

In the last 5 days, more than 50,000 people have sent a message to Walmart, Target, Kroger, Sam's Club, Safeway and Costco, urging the US retail giants to not sell rainforest destruction. At issue is the Indonesian-based company ...

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