What is Stop & Shop's Sustainable Seafood Policy?
- Never knowingly buy illegal seafood
- We work with reputable suppliers who only purchase product for us with the
appropriate legal paperwork.
- We are looking into traceability systems, which will make it even more
difficult to buy or sell illegally caught product
- Purchase and sales (or prohibition of sales) decisions are based on social,
ecological, and economic considerations
- We are working on social audits with our private label vendors located in high
risk countries (areas where social labor issues are known to occur)
- We made the decision to discontinue Chilean sea bass, orange roughy, and all
sharks due to these fisheries being in severe trouble
- Suppliers are selected and monitored based on demonstration of continuous
improvement in the sustainability of their operations
- We only work with suppliers who are working on improving the sustainability of
the items they offer us and have stopped doing business with a few vendors over the
past year who we felt were not moving in the right direction
- Seafood will be labeled with the legally required information
- All of our seafood is labeled with the appropriate information as required by
law, including Country of Origin and whether it was farmed or harvested from the
wild
- Sustainable seafood will be actively promoted
- We will continue to actively promote items such as Pacific long-line-caught
cod, Arctic char, and tilapia that come from well managed fisheries and farms.
- We are looking at other well-managed species to possibly add to our
assortment
- We are engaged in activities with other stakeholders to improve the sustainability
of the seafood produced
- We have partnered with the New England Aquarium since 2000 to assist us in
improving the sustainability of our seafood offerings
- The New England Aquarium is working with some of our key suppliers to improve
the sustainability of the products they offer us
- In 2008, we publicly declared our support of the Common Vision for
Environmentally Sustainable Seafood (wwww.solutionsforseafood.org).
- Scientific research linked to the sustainable production of seafood is needed and
supported
- The New England Aquarium provides us with science-based research to assist us
in improving the sustainability of our seafood assortment
- To ensure product integrity, the implementation of traceability systems is of
crucial importance
- We are looking into traceability systems to assist us with better tracking
product throughout the supply chain
- We only work with vendors that have the appropriate traceability processes in
place as required by law
- We do not do business with suppliers who cannot fulfill their ethical and/or
sustainability responsibilities
- This has always been at the core of our business
- Communicate to consumers, associates, and shareholders about efforts to improve
seafood sustainability
- Our website provides information regarding our partnership with the New England
Aquarium; new information and updates will be added in the future
- Our associates learn about our work with the New England Aquarium through the
company's intranet and through various training efforts
- Our company puts out a Corporate Responsibility report every year that provides
updated information on our efforts to improve seafood sustainability
