OUR RESPONSIBILITY
The ever-increasing global population and the demand for protein places high demands on the planet like never before. Providing the population with sustainable food is therefore a challenge.
Nordward is ready to tackle this challenge! Instead of seeing this as something that limits us, we chose to see it is an opportunity to find new sustainable alternatives. We have great respect and care for the sea. To give future generations the opportunity to eat healthy, good and nutritious food we must take responsibility right here, right now.
Supply Chain
Nordward has a passion for products and an uncompromising pursuit of the best quality. To ensure that the best products reach our customers, it is important that we ensure that our suppliers work in line with our expectations.
Our expectations relate to product quality to the highest degree, but it is at least equally prioritized that product development is made in a sustainable way. Therefore its vital for Nordward that we see our suppliers as an extended arm of ourselves, as their actions based on production, handling, environmental impact and working conditions permeate the products that Nordward brings into the Nordic market. Nordward adds great value to establishing good contact and long-term relationships in order to succeed in mitigating the most common risks that occur in the supply chain from an industry perspective. In this way, we create good conditions for having good control over the entire value chain, which in turn means that we can really stand for the products we deliver.
The Nordward Sustainability Report
Most significantly 2022 was the year where we started to measure in detail on all seafood purchased throughout the company. After all, seafood is our anchor and sold throughout all entities of our business. Seafood is highly challenging to grasp in terms of sustainability, as there is yet to be put a value on life in the sea. What we do know is that the way we source has an impact on the surrounding habitat and therefore it is important for us to highlight the areas where our business has a large impact as well as promoting the areas that have a lesser impact.
Read the report here.
Environmentally Certified Products
The awareness of sustainable fishing is increasing. The most common sustainability benchmarks that customers are familiar within the seafood industry are the environmental certifications MSC and ASC. Within Nordward, three out of four companies are certified according to ACS and MSC.
Nordward’s product range also includes other product certifications that complement MSC and ASC. These certifications also entail stricter rules and requirements on that the products come from sustainable and viable stocks and has been captured with the least possible impact on the environment. Some examples of these certifications are Friend of the Seas, Alaskan Seafood and Label Rouge.
Sustainable markings
Fiskerikajen is a member of the “Foreningen for Skånsomt Kystfiskeri” (FSK) and has been part of the association since the foundation in 2014. Fiskerikajen, together with FSK and WWF, are commercial partners for the project “Naturskånsom Fisk – Från hav till tallrik” with support from Velux and the Villum Foundation. The project originated in the vision that coastal fishing should return to form an important and significant part of Danish fishing. The aim of the project is to revive Danish fishing by assigning information and innovation in relation to sales.
One of the biggest challenges for coastal fishing today is that many of the vessels dock at small ports that lack processing facilities and suffer from insufficient logistics. As part of the above-mentioned project, Fiskerikajen, together with the Kystfiskerne fra Langø and Kutterfisk ApS, founded the Kystfiskerikompagniet ApS foundation in Korsør. The foundation aims to only handle and sell fish originating from gentle coastal fishing. Products purchased through the Kystfiskerikompagniet are labeled” Skånsomt kystfiskeri ” and give customers the opportunity to choose an alternative that certifies a more transparent value chain with full traceability, minimal impact on the seabed and ecosystem, and that it is local catch.
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