Thai Union EU Seafood 1 SA
Budget
€100 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
4
0.4 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Thai Union is a global seafood leader and one of the leading seafood businesses in Europe. The Group has been providing high-quality seafood products to customers across Europe and the world for more than 40 years. The Group aims to be the world’s most trusted seafood leader with a sustainability programme committing USD 200 million toward meeting the broadest-reaching commitments in the industry to help reshape the seafood industry with solutions across people and planet that better sustain a future for all. Thai Union Europe owns factories across Europe, e.g., in France, Portugal, Poland, Germany, and in Ghana and Seychelles. Thai Union Europe is also the owner of several market-leading consumer brands such as John West, Petit Navire, Mareblu, King Oscar, and Rügen Fisch. Our European brands focus on tuna and added value tuna, but we also sell a comprehensive range of salmon, mackerel, sardines, seafood spreads, and other seafood products across Europe.
EU Legislative Interests
1. Sustainability • EU Circular Economy (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation; Circular Economy Act etc.) • Sustainability labeling • Food Waste 2. Trade • IUU • Trade agreements: i. Thailand, ii. ECOWAS, iii. Seychelles, iv. Ecuador (Mercosur) • Rules of origin EU / UK • EU/US tariffs • CBAM 3. Fisheries/Oceans/Maritime • EU fisheries policies (the European Ocean Pact; Common Fisheries Policy etc.) 4. Nutrition, health & food systems • Contaminants (e.g., EFSA limits on mercury and arsenic, PFAS, microplastics) 5. Other • Consumer Policies (incl. Green Claims Directive)
Communication Activities
None yet and none planned yet at the moment.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
- AIPCE (European Fish Processors Association) & CEP: https://www.aipce-cep.org/ - ISSA (International Seafood Sustainability Trade Association) - https://iss-association.org/join-issa/ - ISSF (International Seafood Sustainability Foundation) - https://www.iss-foundation.org/about-issf/who-we-are/participating-companies/thai-union-europe/ - SEAA (Seafood Ethics Action Alliance) - https://seaa.org/members/thai-union/ National associations such as - Pactalim (les PME & ETI Françaises de l'alimentation) in France - https://www.pactalim.fr/ - FIAC (Fédération des Industries d’Aliments Conservés) in France - https://www.wikimer.org/contributeurs/federation-des-industries-daliments-conserves-fiac/ - ETF (Entreprises du Traiteur Frais) in France - ILEC (Institut de Liaisons des Entreprises de Consommation) in France - https://www.ilec.asso.fr/ - ANCIT (Associazione Nazionale dei Conservieri Ittici e delle Tonnare) in Italy - https://www.tonno360.it/chi-siamo/ - ANICP (Associação Nacional Indústria Conservas Pescado) in Portugal - https://anicp.pt/ - Kulinaria Deutschland e. V. in Germany - https://www.kulinaria.org/ - Bundesverband der deutschen Fischindustrie und des Fischgroßhandels e.V. in Germany - https://www.fischverband.de/startseite - PSPR (Polskie Stowarzyszenie Przetwórców Ryb) in Poland - www.pspr.pl
Organisation Members
For its sustainability plan SeaChange® 2030, Thai Union is collaborating with players in global sustainability and eco-leadership. These partners include: - Sustainable Fisheries Partnership - https://sustainablefish.org/ - Aquaculture Stewardship Council - https://asc-aqua.org/ - The Nature Conservancy - https://www.nature.org/en-us/ - IDH – the Sustainable Trade Initiative - https://www.idhsustainabletrade.com/ - The Global Ghost Gear Initiative - https://www.ghostgear.org/ See Thai Union website: https://www.thaiunion.com/en/newsroom/press-release/1629/thai-union-launches-seachange-2030-committing-thb-72-billion-usd-200-million-to-advance-sustainability-goals
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.