By refusing to adopt responsible sourcing policies with minimum requirements for its purchases of tropical tuna products, supermarkets bear a major responsibility not only for the collapse of marine biodiversity but also for the countless human rights violations documented throughout the tuna “value” chain, from capture to marketing.

This is why BLOOM has sent a formal notice to Carrefour, the 7th largest supermarket chain in the world, for flagrant breach of its duty of vigilance...

... the ground-breaking “Willful Ignorance” ranking published today by BLOOM shows that the tuna sourcing policies of European supermarkets are totally inadequate when it comes to the crucial issues of protecting workers and marine species... 

... Carrefour markets tuna-based products from destructive practices that the retailer does not hesitate to describe as “sustainable” or “responsible”, and does so on a massive scale...

What’s more... Carrefour buys its supplies from the world’s largest industrial shipowners..., which regularly buy from fisheries identified as illegal or illicit...

In accordance with the French Duty of Vigilance law, Carrefour has three months to comply with the obligations imposed by this legislative framework by implementing actions to put an end to the disastrous impacts of tropical tuna fishing...