Fmi ssc meeting powerpoint oct 2013

Welcome to FMI’s Sustainable Seafood Committee (SSC) Meeting

SSC Leadership Team:Carl Salamone, Wegmans Food Markets, SSC ChairmanGuy Pizzuti, Publix Super Markets, SSC Vice Chairman

Jeanne von Zastrow, Food Marketing Institute (FMI)

Special thanks to our hosts:Jeanne Collelouri, Carl Salamone, and the Wegmans Store Team

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Agenda-at-a-Glance

1. Breakfast and Sharing: – Question: Is your company more open to sustainable seafood now than in the

past?

2. Strategic Discussion – Review SSC Accomplishments and Identify Issues, Strategy, Actions for 2014)

3. Tour of Wegmans Store

4. NOAA Dialogue on Key

5. Working Lunch on Issues

6. NFI Update and Social Audits

7. On the Horizon: SSC What Keeps You Up at Night?

8. Next Steps, Meetings and Ongoing Collaboration

9. Shuttle at 4 PM to Dulles Airport

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FMI Sustainable Seafood Committee Mission

The FMI Sustainable Seafood Committee works in a pre-competitive manner for the good of the entire food retail industry to:

•Identify and prioritize issues for action•Develop tools and resources on seafood

sustainability for the industry•Facilitate collaboration and cooperation

within the supply chain•Make recommendations to FMI’s committees

and Board of Directors on policy and program development

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FMI’s Sustainable Seafood Committee Accomplishments and Highlights

From 2008 to today the SSC has:

• Initiated industry dialogue with multiple stakeholders• Developed FMI’s Sustainable Seafood Policy Statement Created

Sustainable Seafood Tools: Sustainable Seafood 101’s; Sustainable Seafood Toolkit

• Participated in educational sessions on behalf of FMI and the SSC at various seafood and food industry events

• Ongoing work with all stakeholders to move industry forward faster

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FMI’s Sustainable Seafood PolicyAdopted by the FMI Board 2009

FMI endorses and recommends the following for our membership:

Programs to promote a sustainable seafood supply

Learning about issues around sustainable seafood

Utilizing sustainable seafood resources from FMI and others

Considering sustainability of seafood supply in procurement policies

Exploring sustainable seafood certification programs

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Our Guides and Hosts:

Paul Mayer, Manager of Perishables

Paul Turner, Manager of Seafood

Jeanne Collelouri, Manager, Media Relations

Carl Salamone, VP of Sustainable Seafood

What You’ve Been Waiting For…

A Tour of !

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NOAA Key Issues and Activities

Representing NOAA:

Sam Rauch, Acting Assistant Administrator

Steven Wilson, Chief Quality Officer

Tracy Dunn, Deputy Special Agent, SE Law Enforcement

John Thibodeau, Communications, Law Enforcement

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GSSI Progress and Next Steps

Representing GSSI:

Herman Wisse, Consultant

Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI)

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NFI Key Issues and Updates

Representing NFI:

John Connelly, President and CEO

National Fisheries Institute (NFI)

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FMI SSC “Over the Horizon”

Final thoughts:

What keeps you up at night?

Next steps, next meeting ideas (i.e., dates, location, themes/topics, etc.)

Ongoing collaborative opportunities