I’m writing to you in light of our latest investigation, which concerns abuses in the Chinese squid fishing and seafood processing industry, and links we’ve discovered between companies engaged in abuses and suppliers in your supply chain - Nordic Seafoods and Nomad Foods. Northseafood Holland and Unibond Seafood International are white fish suppliers to Nomad Foods brands, which include the Birds Eye, Findus and Iglo ranges retailing across Europe. Northseafood Holland has imported shipments of white fish from the processor, Yantai Sanko Fisheries Co. Ltd., based in China. Yantai Sanko Fishe…
Thank you very much for the information given in the email below. You are completely right! We were not aware of the ongoing investigations and didn’t know about the situation of violations of the human rights and workers’s right linked to these two suppliers (Nomad Foods and Nordic Seafood).
All our suppliers have accepted Martin & Servera Code of conduct that describe their obligation as follow: “All of Martin & Servera’s suppliers, middle men as well as direct producers, shall obey the Code of Conduct, and are expected to be able to prove that they have done all in their own power to full-…
Thank you very much for your email, we really appreciate your engagement and candor on this. Do you have any outline of the timeline for the investigations you referred to in your email?
No timeline yet but are in contact with both suppliers and requiring continuous updating. They both have already told us that they have tried to contact you and trying to get some more evidence. How will you proceed with your own investigations and eventual publication? Have you contacted some of the ETI organizations? We have been informed that other European NGO has been involved and consulted.
We hope to publish the findings of our investigation in the coming months. We have contacted hundreds of companies and organizations, including bodies that develop social audit frameworks, in connection with diverse elements of our investigation. Thank you for that clarity on the timeline issue.