Lyons Seafoods respects natural breeding conditions and is involved in ecological and social aid to producing nations. The company has created organic prawn farms in Ecuador and other Latin American countries. It has also participated in reforestation of Ecuador following illegal destruction of mangroves in 1994. Thanks to this reactivation of the ecosystem, the nutritive quality of drained water improved. Lyons Seafoods has also aided families and created prawn-breeding farms in Lampung, Indonesia, providing access to secured credit and support. This action enriched the local community to the point where it has become a true town with a school, a hospital, shops and mosques, and is continuing to develop.

Each of the group’s companies is taking action in regard to sustainability; below is an example of work in progress:

Lyons Seafoods is highly committed to a sustainable and ecologically sound seafood industry operating in harmony with the environment. Lyons Seafoods already sources over 70% in value of its raw material from ecologically sound and sustainable sources. All Lyons suppliers are regularly audited to ensure that they perform to and within the company’s written guidelines and policies. As part of Lyons’ long term commitment towards sourcing all of its raw material from sustainable sources the company works closely with its suppliers and organisations.

Lyons Seafoods respects natural breeding conditions and is involved in ecological and social aid to producing nations:

• Creation of organic prawn farms in Ecuador and other Latin American countries.
• Participation in reafforestation of Ecuador following illegal destruction of mangroves in 1994. Thanks to this reactivation of the ecosystem, the nutritive quality of drained water improved.
• Aid to families and creation of prawn-breeding farms in Lampung, Indonesia, providing access to secured credit and support. This action enriched the local community to the point where it has become a true town with a school, a hospital, shops and mosques, and is continuing to develop.

This year, the Human Resources department at Farne has been working with local schools, giving business advice and mentoring opportunities to local young people as part of the Enterprise in Education curriculum. Other schemes are planned to continue to work in partnership and provide support for the school, with local communities and for various projects.