Walton Family Foundation Outlines Seafood Strategy at Seafood Summit, Commits $37 Million to NGO's
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton [News Analysis] June 13, 2017
The Walton Family Foundation has probably had more impact on the seafood sustainability movement than some of the more well known consumer facing advocates like Monterey Bay Aquarium. They have leveraged a market based strategy in which they paid NGO's to lobby and convince the retail supply chain to adopt seafood sustanability standards.
Citing 20 years of success with groups such as Conservation International, the MSC, and others, the Walton Family Foundation (WFF) outlined its five-year strategy for building sustainable seafood markets.
The seafood markets initiative is part of the foundation’s 2016-2020 ocean strategy that takes a systems approach—working on both the supply and demand side—to promote sustainability in five core countries: Indonesia, Peru, Chile, Mexico and the United States. This systems approach includes:
- Empowering fishermen and local communities
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