Sustainable fish target will not be met, Unilever admits_2
7 September 2012
Unilever UK, the consumer goods giant, has said it will not hit its target of buying its fish from sustainable sources by 2005.
In Unilever’s first UK sustainability report, it blamed “political issues” such as the slow reform of the European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy.
The policy was set up in 1983 to regulate and manage fisheries, including conservation and international fishing agreements.
The report said another problem is the slow process of certifying fish as a...