SOFINA EUROPE APPOINTS NEW GROUP CSR MANAGER

Sofina Europe appoints new Group CSR Manager. Sofina Europe, owners of Young’s Seafood and Greenland Seafood, has announced the appointment of William Davies as its new Group CSR Manager.

William brings over 18 years of experience in the seafood industry to the role, having started his career in the catching sector working on his father’s Langoustine trawler in Northwest Scotland.

Being keen to learn more about the wider supply chain, he undertook a Master’s degree in Marine Conservation before moving into roles focused on the global supply chain, aquaculture and primary processing factories, including 10 years at Hilton Seafoods and most recently, The Big Prawn Co.

His new role will be to build on Young’s’ commitment to seafood sustainability and to continue to develop the brand’s leading Fish For Life initiative, which focuses on sourcing fish in a responsible manner to protect the environment and the planet.

His role will also encompass Sofina Europe’s Greenland Seafood, with William focused on leading on Sofina’s responsible practices across seafood sustainability, as well as carbon footprint, biodiversity, plastics and human rights due diligence across the wider Sofina Europe group.

William Davies, Group CSR Manager at Sofina Europe, said:

“As an industry we have a responsibility to source fish in a way that ensures it can be enjoyed for generations to come, so I’m looking forward to playing a key part at Sofina Europe in delivering its seafood sustainability strategy.

“From working on a langoustine trawler in Scotland to undertaking positions across every major seafood production area, I’ve been lucky enough to have had a very varied career and to experience the good practice, passionate people and innovation that make the seafood industry such a rewarding place to work. I’m excited to continue my career at Sofina Europe and build on the work of Young’s Seafood and its Fish For Life initiative, ensuring we source fish in a sustainable way and respect the people and communities that fish and process for us.”

Scott Johnston, Technical and CSR Director at Sofina Europe, said:

“As a leading processor and supplier of seafood, at Sofina Europe we know we have a responsibility to ensure we act in a way that has a positive impact on the environment and the communities we operate in. At Young’s, we have already demonstrated this through our industry leading Fish For Life initiative, but we know there is always more we can do to ensure the sustainability of fish for many years to come.

“We are already playing our part through proactively contributing to global initiatives in sustainable farming, production and supply driving fisheries sustainability through a number of Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs). William will be instrumental in helping us to play an industry leading role in our CSR commitments, and we are looking forward to having his extensive knowledge and experience in our team as we look to achieve our sustainability goals.”

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