Greenpeace & Trader Joe’s Throw Down
July 6, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Green Living
In case you’ve missed the recent eco-fish controversy between Greenpeace and Trader Joe’s, here’s the scoop…
Greenpeace recently released their latest version of their seafood sustainability scorecard, Carting Away the Oceans, and once again ranked Trader Joe’s as the worst of the national supermarket chains surveyed (three regional stores were below Trader Joe’s).
Two days after the release of the seafood scorecard Greenpeace visited Trader Joe’s stores in San Francisco where activists protested the company’s lack of sustainable seafood policies and purchasing practices.
Greenpeace has also launched a fake website – Traitor Joe’s in order to inform consumers about this problem.
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