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How the world's largest seafood companies can help tackle climate change

Business Green

Seafood firms can reduce their impact on climate and the oceans - and in doing so can ensure they have a long-term thriving business that delivers healthy and sustainable seafood to millions, writes Nigel Topping, UN High Level Champion for Climate Action at COP26. Seafood is big business and demand is going up.

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How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change

GreenBiz

Aquaculture, sustainable fisheries and marine biodiversity conservation: helping U.S. fisheries adapt to climate impacts; catalyzing the growth of a "new sustainable seafood industry," including aquaculture, mariculture and plant- and cell-based seafood alternatives. It’s not just a wish list.

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Sustainable Certification Schemes Have Failed

Green Market Oracle

Research from the Changing Markets Foundation, examined voluntary certification schemes for seafood, textiles and palm oil. The report indicated that none of the certification schemes have slowed biodiversity loss, deforestation, peatland draining or the loss of biodiversity.

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Compass Group introduces eco-labels for meals at workplace catering sites

Business Green

The scoring system for the eco-labels will take into account greenhouse gas emissions, water scarcity, water pollution and biodiversity loss associated with foods served at the catering facilities, based on ingredient information and environmental impact data from academic research.

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Gulf shrimpers fight for their livelihoods in a fertilizer-fueled dead zone

Grist

Dean Blanchard Seafood, headquartered on the barrier island of Grand Isle in the Mississippi River Delta, is one of the largest shrimp suppliers in the United States. Dean Blanchard Seafood took a hit, and Blanchard later told a reporter that he estimated his business was worth 15 percent of what it was before the spill.

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How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change

AGreenLiving

Aquaculture, sustainable fisheries and marine biodiversity conservation: helping U.S. fisheries adapt to climate impacts; catalyzing the growth of a “new sustainable seafood industry,” including aquaculture, mariculture and plant- and cell-based seafood alternatives. It’s not just a wish list.

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September is Coastal Cleanup Month with a new look for 2020

AGreenLiving

Related: Atlantic has 10 times the microplastics previously thought The centralized information also allows organizers to track the amount and types of garbage removed. Each region has varying needs, so participants can access specific information for their neighborhood.