Thai Union testing new program to address limitations of third-party sustainability certifications

The new Partnership Assurance Model, a collaboration between multiple organizations and companies including seafood giant Thai Union, is being launched to make sustainability assessments suitable for small-scale farmers.

“The concept is that we take a regional approach rather than the traditional certification method, which focuses on going site by site for aquaculture certifications,” Global Director of Corporate Affairs & Sustainability for Thai Union, Darian McBain, told IntraFish.

According to the official document released by the collaborators, third-party aquaculture certification schemes addressed only 6 percent of the global supply in 2015.