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Topics: Water/Ocean environment

Henrik Duesund, Cermaq, with Emma Milne, Compassion in World Farming

Cermaq awarded for leading animal welfare

The NGO Compassion in World Farming has awarded Cermaq with their Special Recognition Prize for Cermaq’s welfare practices for humane slaughter of its salmon.

CEOs of world’s leading seafood companies commit to time-bound goals for a healthy ocean

CEOs of world’s leading seafood companies commit to time-bound goals for a healthy ocean

For the first time in the history of seafood production, ten of the largest seafood companies in the world have committed to a set of time-bound and measurable goals that will ensure the industry becomes more sustainable. The goals are the result of four years of dialogues through the science-industry initiative Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS).

Oksøy site in Nordland (photo by Ander Furuseth/Intrafish.no)

More ASC-certified sites

Cermaq aims at certifying all its sites to the ambitious ASC standard. Today, two sites in Norway received the certification. The two sites, Veggfjell and Oksøya are both located in Nordland, North of the Arctic Circle.

Cermaq's CEO Geir Molvik (sitting number two from left) at the launch of the report Future of Spaceship Earth

Cermaq at the frontier of progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Report to UN: Cermaq is driving extraordinary progress to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals. The DNV GL report Future of Spaceship Earth presents Cermaq as a leader when it comes to meeting the Sustainability Goal (SDG) Life below water. The report is presented to the UN Global Compact in New York today.

iFarm – Cermaq towards individual-based farming

iFarm can solve many of the challenges that currently restrict growth in salmon farming. Today's group based registration and execution of measures will be replaced by individual registration and treatment. Cermaq applies for 10 development licenses to take iFarm concept from the research phase up to an industrial product.