The partnership, which was announced at the recent Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions conference, will focus on engaging with SFP’s Supply Chain Roundtables. These events bring together major seafood buyers and importers to advocate for progressive fisheries policy and management and, as a result of this new partnership, will provide them with the knowledge and resources they need to address gender inequality in their respective sectors.
This engagement will introduce SR member companies to SAGE’s flagship Gender Equality Dialogues (GED) programme, which promotes innovation and workforce development in the sector by co-creating space for industry leaders to develop actionable solutions to address gender inequalities.
“The SRs have a singular purpose – to drive significant and measurable change to fisheries sustainability. We are excited to work with SFP and the SRs to explore the incorporation of a gender component to this work, as it has been shown that, by empowering women and historically excluded groups, we can achieve our goals around environmental improvements faster and at scale,” said Julie Kuchepatov, founder of SAGE, in a press release.
Another key focus of this partnership is to pilot SAGE’s gender equity index tool to assess SFP’s internal operations.
“Diverse workforces attract top talent and reduce employee turnover, and research shows that gender diversity in leadership is linked to higher profitability,” commented Jim Cannon, chief executive officer of SFP.
“I am keen to assess our own operations and apply what we learn from SAGE’s assessment because we owe it to our current and future workforce to periodically reflect on and adapt our policies to foster inclusivity and, thereby, innovation,” he added.
More information on SAGE’s GED programme, for which it is currently recruiting participant companies, can be found here.
