Greenpeace and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall launch John West tuna protest
by Guardian Staff from on (#RWG5)
Art installation accuses Britain's largest tuna importer of broken sustainability promises and human rights abuses by parent company
Greenpeace and the TV presenter and environmental campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall have launched a protest targeting Britain's largest tuna importer John West and its parent company Thai Union Frozen Products over the firm's alleged backtracking on promises to source its fish more sustainably.
A group of around 30 people erected a sculpture of a talking can of tuna fish outside John West's headquarters in Liverpool early on Wednesday.
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