Leading the Blue Revolution
Our goal is to provide a growing world population
with delicious, healthy and nutritious food from the ocean
while respecting our planet and local communities.
Our goal is to provide a growing world population
with delicious, healthy and nutritious food from the ocean
while respecting our planet and local communities.
Read Mowis Sustainability Strategy here
Mowi Blue Revolution Plan Global challenges
Why does the world need more food from the ocean?
Increased consumption of blue foods may reduce consumption of land-based meat, thereby reducing diet-related chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, obesity and certain types of cancer.
*BFA, 2021
Health
The world's population is expected to grow from 7.7 billion today to 9.7 billion in 2050.
*BFA, 2021 Global Issues: Population
Global population growth
The percentage of overexploited fisheries has gone up from 33.1 to 34.2%.
*SOFIA, 2020. The state of fisheries and aquaculture in the world.
Exploited resources
Blue foods have lower freshwater use and land use compared to meat.
*BFA, 2021
Resource efficiency
Blue foods have lower GHG emissions than land-based foods (BFA, 2021). A dietary change toward increased seafood consumption is recognised as part of the solution to climate change.
*Ocean Panel 2021 High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy
Climate Change
Globally, the share of the population ≥ 65 years old is expected to increase from 9.3% in 2020 to about 16.0% in 2050.
*UN, 2020 World population aging 2020 Highlights
Aging population
Commitments and actions
Sustainable entrepreneurship is in our blood: noblesse oblige. The nature of our product ensures that we place sustainability at the heart of all aspects of our business. Since 2019, Mowi Belgium has received the VOKA Charter for Sustainable Entrepreneurship every year. An annual action plan for which the VCDO charter is awarded must contain at least 10 actions within 4 of the 5 Ps in order to contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Materiality
Key partnerships
Knowledge
Risk relates to uncertainty and the factors that may prevent us from generating the expected returns, reaching our goals and deliver on our strategy. Through our risk management processes we identify, quantify, and define actions to manage the risks we are facing. We split our defined risks into sub...
Read more Mowi collects and reports on a large number of sustainability metrics. The table below consolidates our environmental and social data to help with further analysis. ...
Read more We believe that investments in new knowledge and research will allow for sustainable increase in ocean-based food production. At Mowi, we utilize our full value chain, empowered by new and emerging technologies, to make significant strides to improve our production. Mowi is the only salmon producer ...
Read more We have a clear vision: Leading the Blue Revolution. To achieve this, we need a plan that supports our long-term positive economic and social impact. Leading the Blue Revolution Plan is backed by specific commitments to ensure that the seafood we produce and sell around the world takes good care of ...
Read more Transparency builds trust. Being transparent about our environmental, social and product performance is key for building trust with our stakeholders and correcting misinformation. Our sustainability data is audited by third parties and reported according to global standards such as the Global Report...
Read more Our vision is to lead the Blue Revolution. Our purpose is to offer a growing population a healthy, tasty and sustainable food. Our strategy is built on a fully integrated value chain. Our guiding principles are profit, product, people, planet and values are passion, change, trust, share. ...
Read more We have a clear vision: Leading the Blue Revolution. To achieve it, we need a plan that supports our positive and long-term economic and social impact. Leading the Blue Revolution Plan is underpinned by specific commitments to ensure the seafood we produce and sell all over the world takes good care...
Read more 1. We listen to our stakeholders As a global seafood company, our activities influence a diverse group of stakeholders. At the same time, our stakeholders’ viewpoints and decisions also have an impact of the success of our business. Therefore, ongoing engagement with our key stakeholders is inherent...
Read more Our certifications
Food from the ocean is the key to nutritious food with a smaller climate footprint than food production on land. It is a triple win: for people, for the planet and for the economy. Our big goal is to unlock the ocean's potential to produce more food for a growing global population in a way that resp...
Read more ASC dashboard
Mowi endorses transparency, and as part of our Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification, we make certain information public. Full ASC assessment reports and certificates from our sites can be found here. Previously published ASC documents can be requested by emailing media@mowi.com....
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