The only real way that our earth's resources will be there for the next generation is if consumers demand that corporations make sustainable purchases. When the corporations that run our lives make policy changes like The Compass Group announced a few months ago, you can bet that change will occur much more rapidly:

16 February, 2006 - COMPASS Group USA today announced a major policy to shift the company's purchases away from threatened fish species and toward sustainably sourced supplies. The new policy will impact approximately one million pounds of fish purchased annually by Compass Group. Under the policy, scheduled to begin implementation on March 1, Compass Group will replace Atlantic cod, a species which leading conservationists have recommended consumers avoid, with the more environmentally-sound Pacific cod, pollock and other alternatives. Compass Group also plans to seek ways to decrease its use of shrimp and salmon that are farmed in an unsustainable manner. These two species are extremely popular with consumers but are of concern to environmentalists. The company will eliminate all other 'avoid' species from the Monterey Bay Aquarium's 'Seafood Watch list', and increase its use of 'Best Choices.' Compass Group is the largest food service company ever to introduce sustainable seafood purchasing as policy on this scale.

The implementation of the sustainable seafood programme within Compass Group, including the development of purchasing standards, internal compliance mechanisms, and chef training, will be managed by the Packard Foundation-funded Making Waves Project, a non-profit partnership between the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Program and the Bon Appetit Management Company Foundation.

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