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Currents of Change

Seafood has incredible power.

When sourced and stewarded responsibly, it can transform how we live, eat, and work. We honour this responsibility by delivering high-quality seafood while investing in our people, our communities, and the planet.

Download our 2025 Sustainability Report here

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Our Sustainability Pillars

Currents of Change is our sustainability platform, bringing together our actions and commitments to ensure seafood continues to nourish generations to come.

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Caring Through Our Product

Seafood has the power to change how we nourish people, and work with our partners. We're promoting nourishing and sustainable diets by providing high-quality, responsibly sourced seafood. Through innovation and transparency, we ensure our products meet the highest standards of taste, safety, and environmental stewardship.

FY25 Highlight:

We acquired iconic U.S. seafood brands

Mrs. Paul's and Van de Kamp's,

expanding our portfolio of responsibly sourced, high-quality seafood meals for people to enjoy at home

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Caring for Our Planet

Seafood has the power to change the health of our oceans and the ecosystems that sustain us. We're committed to advancing sustainable fishing, responsible packaging, waste reduction, and environmental stewardship that protect our natural resources.

FY25 Highlight:

We completed our first TCFD-aligned

Climate Risk & Opportunity Report,

strengthening how we assess, manage, and disclose climate-related risks and opportunities.

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Caring for Our People & Communities

Seafood has the power to change the health of our communities. We're building them strong by using seafood to nourish our people and those around us, and create opportunities for growth, wellbeing, and belonging

FY25 Highlight:

We reached

44%

women representation in leadership, a meaningful milestone on our journey toward greater equity and inclusion.

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Our Goals

Our sustainability goals are designed to hold us accountable for reducing our footprint. The targets we've set allow us to measure and track our progress over time

Climate Impact:

Reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030, compared to our 2021 baseline.

FY25 Progress: We reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 6% this year, moving us closer to our 2030 target.

Explore our emissions data in the 2025 Sustainability Report.

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Food Waste:

Cut food waste intensity by 50%, compared to our 2018 baseline.

FY25 Progress: We've already reduced food waste by 17%, with our Continuous Improvement team actively advancing new solutions to drive further reductions.

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Fishing boats in a Nova Scotia harbour

Discover Our Impact

17%

food waste intensity reduction (compared to 2018)

6%

reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions (compared to 2021)

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98%

responsible seafood sources

100%

of our products are traceable to the country of origin

100%

of raw materials sourced from an audited supplier

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100%

of employees signed our employee code of conduct

2.9M

pounds of foodwaste diverted from landfill

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33%

of board members who are women

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33%

of senior managers who are women

$289K

donated to communities

Employees volunteering

1,090

of volunteer hours

22,000

hours of e-learning provided to our employees

Responsible Sourcing

Our strict Responsibly Sourced criteria was developed with input from our NGO partner, SFP, and industry experts to ensure any seafood products labeled as Responsibly Sourced were harvested using methods that minimize impacts on species, stocks and the environment. We prioritize seafood certified by schemes recognized by the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) benchmark or sourced from credible and publicly-documented fishery improvement projects (FIPS) or aquaculture improvement projects (AIPs).

Responsible Sourcing Criteria
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Why Aquaculture

Responsible aquaculture helps meet growing seafood demand while reducing pressure on wild fisheries. When done right, it supports food security, innovation, and healthier oceans—today and for the future.

Learn more about our Aquaculture partners

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The High Liner
Foods Ecosystem

Offices & HQ

HQ: Lunenburg and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Offices: Mississauga, Ontario, and Portsmouth, NH.

Production facilities: Lunenburg, NS, Newport News, VA, Peabody, MA, and Portsmouth, NH.

Where We Source

  • Barents Sea (near Greenland)
  • Bering Sea (near Alaska)
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Our Aquaculture Investments

Norcod AS, HQ Trondheim, Norway (10% stake)
Andfjord (4.5%) Salmon Group AS, Dverberg, Norway

Latest Insights

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A People-first Culture

Investments in our people creates opportunities for long-term career growth and development.

March 2025
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Fish 4 Thought: Maintaining Market Share in the Face of Inflation

Paul Jewer, CEO of High Liner Foods, discusses how they position themselves to different consumers to maintain market share in the face of inflation.

June 2025
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Corporate Giving:

We dedicate a portion of our pre-tax income to causes that align with our values and help improve the communities where we operate.

November 2025

Report Download

Read our latest report to learn more about the progress we've made on our sustainability journey.

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Paul Jewer, CEO of High Liner Foods

Innovation paves the way for growth, inspiring more people to discover and enjoy the benefits of sustainable seafood"

Paul Jewer, CEO

Partners and Recognition

Sustainability is a collaborative effort; that's why we partner with organizations, peers, and experts to drive meaningful progress. Below are some of our key recognitions, partnerships and memberships:

Partnerships

Memberships

Recognitions

Governance & Ethics

Historical Sustainability Reports

Explore our past annual sustainability reports