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A wave of change for Thai fishing fleets and the global seafood industry
Thailand is on the brink of making real progress towards the elimination of destructive fishing and human rights abuses in its seafood supply chains. As a potential yellow card delisting from the European Commission looms, it remains to be seen whether the country will take the steps needed to fully meet the standards to eliminate…
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Winning on the world’s largest tuna company and what it means for the oceans
It took two years of relentless campaigning and nearly 700,000 concerned people from around the world, but today we are sharing the good news that together we convinced the world’s largest tuna company to clean up its act!
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Thai Union commits to more sustainable, socially-responsible seafood
BANGKOK – Thai Union Group PCL has committed to measures that will tackle illegal fishing and overfishing, as well as improve the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the company’s supply chains.
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Why I ran to Thai Union, why I stand for tuna and the ocean
It was a hot and humid morning in Bangkok but that didn’t stop me from running almost 4 kms in a tuna costume with 20 fellow activists to Thai Union’s headquarters in Bangkok. Was I crazy? Was I hallucinating? No. Over 680,000 consumers from over 130 countries and territories around the world had a message…
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Nearly 700,000 people call on Thai Union for more sustainable, ethical tuna
Bangkok- Greenpeace Southeast Asia activists gathered at Thai Union headquarters today, delivering petition signatures representing over 680,000 people calling on the company to step forward as a leader for more sustainable and socially responsible tuna.
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After decades of lawlessness, could the seafood industry finally be ready for change?
Are we on the cusp of changing the destructive seafood industry forever?
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Mars, Nestlé commit to clean up pet food supply chains, increasing pressure on Thai Union to act
Washington, DC -- Following global pressure on pet food companies, industry giants Mars and Nestlé have announced that they will take steps to ensure their pet food supply chains are free of human rights abuses and illegally caught seafood. Their commitments to act on transshipping at sea increase the need for global seafood giant Thai…
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Turn The Tide
Greenpeace’s 12-month long investigation exposes the activities of Thailand’s rogue overseas fishing fleets, the companies behind them and their supply chain connections to export markets.
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Exposing the underbelly of the Thai fishing industry
Migrant workers from Cambodia and Myanmar are being used as victims of forced labour in the Thai fishing industry. Using tricks of deception, non-binding verbal agreements and induced debt, these workers are the same people working for both human consumption and the pet food industry. Now, a new Greenpeace report exposes how crackdowns on human…
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Thai fishing fleet moving to Indian ocean to avoid regulation, finds Greenpeace investigation
Bangkok, 15 December 2016 - A 12-month investigation by Greenpeace Southeast Asia has found that Thailand’s overseas fishing fleets are intentionally shifting to remote waters in order to avoid fishing regulations. The investigation started seven months after the Associated Press released its expose on shocking human rights abuses on Thailand’s notorious fishing industry, and demonstrates…