Taking responsibility

Demand for seafood is growing steadily and already exceeds what is available in the oceans. In view of this, we are working hard to supplement our range with farmed fish, where quality and growing conditions permit.

Lobster Seafood is fishing for the future - we have a great responsibility towards future generations that requires us to work daily to actively protect ocean stocks.

Caring for the oceans, fish and shellfish

Lobster Seafood import seafood products from many of the world´s oceans and lakes. Accountability and responsiveness are key words in our daily work with fish, shellfish and their habitats.

Our ongoing work and approach are made possible by well-informed, experienced management, and skilled and dedicated employees. We all have a great deal of respect for fisheries and the marine enviroment.

To ensure that our impact on the environment is kept to a minimum, we actively work with businesses whose goal is to implement environmental labelling and certification programmes to contribute to a healthier ocean. We maintain a close dialogue with industry bodies such as the MSC (Marine Stewardship Council), WWF (World Wide Fund), Naturland, and others.

Keeping track of supplies and caring for the environment

We at Lobster are certified by Bureau Veritas för Chain of Custody, which means that all our operations are fully traceable as far as is practical in the value chain.

Computer logistics give us control over each pallet and each package. We can see what kind of customer recieved a particular product, as well as the date and time. We can also trace the product back in time, e.g. a certain lot of seafood from our store in Norrköping can be traced back to the port where the catch was landed. Labelling and traceability is one of the seven enduring pillars of our environmental work.

Wherever our produce is located, we work hard to ensure efficiency in our logistics so that the distance from the ocean to the customer is minimised in terms of time and space. This type of optimisation project has been run by infuential actors in Swedish supermarkets and major processing companies such as Marine Harvest.

All packaging used is recyclable, and the crates, pallets and packaging Lobster uses are ergonomically designed.

Presence

A close dialogue and an on-site presence mean that the products are processed according to specifications and that legislation, professional standards, and managment and control system are complied with. We encorage our suppliers to continuously make improvements that benefit the marine ecosystem.

We anually visit leading suppliers and processing plants around the world. Through our office in Shanghai, China, we are able to build close relationships with our partners in Asia, which means that we have control of the entire production chain, from catching the fish to shipping the packed boxes from Asia.

We have clear specifications regarding glazing, and we frequently visit plants. We also have our own team of experts in certain products, such as breaded products and crayfish.