Scottish
Chilled & frozen Seafoods
Manufacturer
Our Products
Sustainabilty
Capability
Thistle Seafoods is a highly innovative, private label manufacturer of chilled and frozen coated and value added seafood products whose origins date back to 1947.
We pride ourselves on the quality of fish products, service level, flexibility and reliability. In addition we have a very proactive and highly successful development department, which monitors market trends, creating fish products to meet consumer
and customer needs.
Thistle Seafoods is a highly innovative, private label manufacturer of chilled and frozen coated and value added seafood products whose origins date back to 1947.
We pride ourselves on the quality of fish products, service level, flexibility and reliability. In addition we have a very proactive and highly successful development department, which monitors market trends, creating fish products to meet consumer
and customer needs.
Reel & Cleaver
Coated
Fishcakes
Value Added
Our Production Capability
We have a dynamic & evolving product range that reflects our collaborative & agile culture.
Sustainability & Responsible Sourcing
Thistle Seafoods 5 Pillars of Corporate Social Responsibility
CARBON
Oversight
Environmental Working Group – An environmental working group, comprised of department heads and CSR, convenesquarterly.
On Site
On-site carbon neutrality goal of 2030.
100% of our electricityis from a green / renewable source.
CDP
Thistle submits annually to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
Environment
Waste
Food Waste
Thistle are engaged with WRAP’s Food Waste Reduction Roadmap to reduce our food waste by 50%by 2030.
General Waste
100% of our general waste now goes to an energy from waste (EFW) incineration plant, avoiding landfill.
Recycling
We recycle wherever possible on site, including cardboard, plastics, scrap metal & IT hardware.
Water
Thistle are in the process of measuring water usage and aim to reduce where possible.
Raw Material
MSC Database
Thistle, where possible, sources wild-caught fish from an MSC certified fishery.
Data we collect includes MSC fishery, client group countries, CAB, fishery certificate,expiry date, gear type, ALDFG risk rating and HRRI score, progress against conditions.
Farmed Seafood Database
We also generate an ASC/farmed seafood database.
Ethical
Oversight
Thistle has an Ethical Working Group; comprised of representatives from all departments and meet 3 to 4 times per year.
On Site
Every employee is given modern slavery awareness training at induction.
Stronger Together modern slavery training courses completed by CSR and members of the Ethical Working Group.
Thistle are members of SEDEX and are SMETA audited annually.
Supply Chain
Scotland Against Modern Slavery (SAMS) – Thistle are corporate partners of this initiative & attend all round table webinars.
Thistle incorporate the use of Human Rights Risk Indicator (HRRI) via SFP. This provides country level index of MS risk mapped to our raw material sourcing.
RFVS -we are engaged with and advocate thescheme.
GDST Tracability
GDST – Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability
Thistle are endorsers of GDST.
Thistle have recognised the requirement to have full traceability i.e., back to farm or fishing vessel.
We view GDST as a “game changer’ for the sector – will need to be implemented via phased /incremental implementation.
We are presently reviewing a short-list of potential service providers and awaiting the results of compliance testing from GDST which will also assess the interoperability of the software providers.
Responsible Sourcing
