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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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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…
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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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Ministry of Manpower’s failure to protect Indonesian migrant fishermen from human trafficking crimes
Jakarta, December 9, 2016 - Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (SBMI) and Greenpeace Indonesia today held a peaceful protest in front of the Ministry of Manpower office to urge improvement for placement policies and protection of migrant worker crews from Indonesia working on foreign fishing vessels outside the country. The protest was held one day before…
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Southeast Asia’s major canneries fall short on sustainability and social responsibility issues
A new report released today by Greenpeace Southeast Asia revealed how major tuna canneries in the Philippines and Indonesia continue to fall short in providing customers with sustainably and equitably sourced tuna.
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From Sea to Can: 2016 Southeast Asia Canned Tuna Ranking
"From Sea to Can: 2016 Southeast Asia Canned Tuna Ranking” is here! Examining the region’s tuna canneries and the integrity of their supply chains
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Stopping Thai Union from trashing our seas
Greenpeace and consumers all over the world are calling on Thai Union to clean up their supply chain by getting rid of destructive FADs that not only harm the marine environment, but also threaten the sustainability of our oceans.
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Supply Chained
Human rights abuses in the global tuna industry
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Be An Ocean Defender: Things You Can Do
Make a change today! Here are the top 10 things you can do to be an ocean defender.