The management of the Wholefoods Market retail chain came to Matís recently and got to know the company's operations.
The fishing company Cumbrian Seafoods took over almost two years ago a new fish processing house in Seatham on the east coast of Britain. The building is particularly technologically advanced by British standards, but this 250-person company supplies many of the UK's largest retailers with seafood.
Cumbrian seafood leggur mikið upp úr því að framleiðsla þeirra samræmist sem best kröfum nútímans um sustainability alls lífferils vörunnar sem þeir framleiða og því hafa þeir nú ákveðið að setja upp vindmillur sem muni sjá fiskvinnsluhúsinu fyrir öllu því rafmagni sem það þarf. Á þennan hátt sjá þeir fram á að geta því sem næst máð út „sótspor“ (carbon footprint) vinnslunnar.
The demand from retailers and consumers in the UK for an improved flow of information regarding carbon production in the production of various products has increased enormously in recent months, and Cumbrian Seafoods has decided to make this investment, even though they believe that their electricity costs will increase as a result.
Subsequently, the question is whether we should not, to a greater extent than has been done so far, implement the thinking of life cycle analysis (LCA) in the production and labeling of seafood. This is an issue that Matís has been very interested in in recent months and the company is interested in promoting the introduction of life cycle analysis in the production of Icelandic food.