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Seafood Sustainability
A Leader in Sustainable Seafood Sourcing
Consumer demand for sustainable seafood is increasing at all levels of commerce. To thrive in this evolving market - it is more important than ever for companies to adopt sustainable seafood policies – and offer a level of transparency to their customers. Inspired by concern for the global ecological crisis facing our oceans – we have postured our business philosophies around raising awareness and furthering education. Tradex Foods is proud to be certified by the Marine Stewardship Council and to be an Ocean Wise Partner in their sustainable seafood program out of the Vancouver Aquarium.
Tradex Foods achieved a 98% Sustainability Rating for all SINBAD Branded and Private Label Seafood Production for 2019.
This means that 98% of all raw materials used in the production of SINBAD, SINBAD Gold, and SINBAD Platinum (our SINBAD Brands), and all Private Label (Foodservice) seafood production in 2019 was harvested from sustainable fisheries.
Individually, we scored 97.25% sustainability for all SINBAD Brands production and scored 99.34% sustainability for all Private Label (Foodservice) production totalling exactly 98.44% sustainability in 2019.
In 2017, our Sustainability Outlook Algorithm projected that our Sustainability Rating Score would be 95% at 2018, 97.50% at 2019, and 99.58% by the end of 2020.
Commitment To Sustainability
Tradex Foods provides leadership in sustainability through education and the adoption of globally recognized best practices and standards in sustainability to ensure a vibrant industry for future generations.
In 2010, we created inFINite Sustainability Tracker to help our customers view the most sustainable (and least sustainable) seafood sourcing options which included carbon footprint calculations for transporting seafood for our SINBAD and SINBAD Platinum brand seafood. In 2016, we implemented a Sustainability Production Tracker to track the sustainability status of raw materials used in the production of our SINBAD, SINBAD Gold, and SINBAD Platinum seafood brands. In 2017, we were able to implement the Sustainability Production Tracker before production to help us make smarter, quicker, and more sustainable raw materials purchases which ultimately helped us achieve our record high 92% Sustainability Rating Score for 2017, and by 2020 we plan to score 99.58%
Tradex is a MSC Certified to carry MSC Chain of Custody
Tradex is an Ocean Wise Seafood Partner
Tradex uses Seafood Watch Research & Guidance
Tradex has FAO-Based Responsible Fisheries Management Certification for Alaska Fisheries
Ocean Disclosure Project
Tradex fully discloses raw materials sourcing information to Ocean Disclosure Project. View Our Rating Here
inFINite Model
Education and awareness can be the catalyst that fuels change and moves us closer to the protection of our precious oceans. In this spirit we created the Tradex Foods inFINite Model. This interactive tool is designed to offer our customers sourcing transparency and track the environmental viability of our SINBAD Platinum and SINBAD frozen seafood products.
2018 Ocean Disclosure Project Tradex Foods Report
Number of Fisheries Used
Number of Certified Fisheries
Number of Fisheries in a FIP
Number of Fisheries Well Managed
Number of Fisheries Managed
282
206
15
45
12
