Chris Shearlock becomes Thai Union’s Sustainability Director for Europe
PARIS – May 11, 2023 – This week, Chris Shearlock has joined Thai Union as their new Sustainability Director for Europe. He follows Tracy Murai in this role, who has been promoted to Assistant Director, Global Fisheries – Sustainability.
Chris Shearlock
Tracy Murai
“Chris’ appointment comes at an important moment in the group’s sustainability journey as we will soon announce a major update to our sustainability strategy SeaChange® with new and expanded goals and commitments through 2030,” said Adam Brennan, Group Director, Sustainability at Thai Union.
He will play a key role across Europe and Africa in the roll-out of SeaChange® 2030 and will be working closely with the group’s commercial teams to ensure Thai Union supports its customers in achieving their sustainability commitments in the best ways possible. Chris brings with him a wealth of experience joining Thai Union from Princes in the UK, where he worked as Senior Sustainable Sourcing Manager.
Thai Union promoted Tracy Murai, who held this role previously, to Assistant Director, Global Fisheries – Sustainability. “I am excited to take my skills to a global level and focus working more with our suppliers and in the regions where we source fish from around the world to create leading sustainability programs for people and planet,” she said.
Thai Union will further build its global sustainability team as SeaChange® 2030 will introduce aggressive goals, which will be the broadest reaching in the industry and establish new standards on a global scale.
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About Thai Union
Thai Union Group PCL is the world's seafood leader, bringing high quality, healthy, tasty and innovative seafood products to customers across the world for 46 years.
Today, Thai Union is regarded as one of the world's leading seafood producers and is one of the largest producers of shelf-stable tuna products with annual sales exceeding THB 155.6 billion (US$ 4.4 billion) and a global workforce of more than 44,000 people who are dedicated to pioneering sustainable, innovative seafood products.
The company’s global brand portfolio includes market-leading international brands such as Chicken of the Sea, John West, Petit Navire, Parmentier, Mareblu, King Oscar, Hawesta, and Rügen Fisch, Thai-leading brands SEALECT, Fisho, Qfresh, Monori, OMG Meat, Bellotta and Marvo, and ingredient and supplement brands UniQ®BONE, UniQ®DHA and ZEAvita.
As a company committed to “Healthy Living, Healthy Oceans,” Thai Union is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a founding participating company of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), and current Chair of Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS). Thai Union's ongoing work through its SeaChange® sustainability strategy was recognized when the company was listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for the ninth consecutive year in 2022. The company was ranked number one on the Food Products Industry Index of the DJSI, a position it previously held in 2018 and 2019. Thai Union was also named to the FTSE4Good Emerging Index for the sixth straight year in 2021. Find out more about the Group’s sustainability at seachangesustainability.org.