Join our Global Partnership

GSSI welcomes any company or organization active within the seafood sector to join the Global Partnership (excluded from this are certification schemes, standards and ratings bodies). To learn more about becoming a GSSI Partner, please contact
GSSI’s Partnership Officer, Katrina Clem: katrina.clem@ourgssi.org.

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Benefits of becoming a GSSI Partner

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“In 2018, GSSI proudly celebrated five years. Looking back, it has been a remarkable journey to becoming the leading benchmark organization on credible seafood certification. I cannot stress enough to our partners and those considering partnership with GSSI how important GSSI efforts are to our industry, our oceans and our planet.”

Bill DiMento, Chair, GSSI Steering Board

Leadership on a worldwide scale
- Join a 90+ strong global partnership across 21 countries and 5 continents working to address seafood sustainability challenges.
- Build connections with leading actors across the seafood value chain, NGOs, governments and international organizations – including the FAO.

Shape the sustainability debate
- Drive global alignment in seafood certification and take part in GSSI Expert Working Groups to develop
  v.2 of the Global Benchmark Tool.
- Champion social labor standards and join GSSI/SSCI Technical Working Groups to develop criteria for SSCI’s seafood-specific social benchmark.

Share expertise with global networks
- Exchange ideas and experiences from across the seafood value chain at GSSI’s 2019 flagship Partner Event and partner-only webinars.
- Shape GSSI’s future direction on seafood sustainability and be eligible for nomination to GSSI’s Steering Board.

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Vice President Product Integrity, Ahold Delhaize

Hugo Byrnes joined Ahold in 2006 and was subsequently appointed to the position of Vice President Product Integrity. He is responsible for Ahold Delhaize’s food and non-food product policies, which cover product safety and responsible products. This includes social compliance, animal welfare and environmental issues. Hugo Byrnes has a Dutch Law degree from the State University Leiden, the Netherlands. He is a food lawyer whose career has focused on the food business and in particular on quality management and standardization.

Director of Partnerships, Aqua-Spark

Flavio has spent more than two decades working in responsible aquaculture globally for non-profit, intergovernmental, and for-profit organizations. As Aqua-Spark’s Director of Partnerships, he is responsible for driving the development and execution of a robust partner ecosystem that aligns all stakeholders behind a core vision, while supporting Aqua-Spark’s portfolio, network, and goals.

Prior to joining Aqua-Spark, Flavio worked for IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, overseeing their Aquaculture Program. He was also IDH Vietnam Country Director, establishing groundbreaking public-private partnerships in coffee, tea, and apparel. He founded and ran the sustainability arm of the Vietnam association of farmers and fishers (VINAFIS). He has worked as an expert for over 20 international organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Flavio holds an M.Sc. in Aquaculture from the University of Stirling and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology, the study of diseases in populations, from the University of Liverpool.

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Global Partnership

Join our Global Partnership

Benefits of becoming a GSSI Partner

Bill DiMento, Chair, GSSI Steering Board

Leadership on a worldwide scale

Shape the sustainability debate

Share expertise with global networks