GREEN IN stands out at Vietfish 2025 with an in-depth analysis of ESG trends for the Seafood industry
On August 22, at Vietfish 2025 organized by VASEP at SSEC Ho Chi Minh City, GREEN IN participated as a speaker in the seminar “ESG - The door to access the international market”. Here, Ms. Nguy Thi Giang – Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of GREEN IN, also an ESG expert gave an important presentation on the topic “ESG Practice – Right on Point, Easy to Start” bring many practical suggestions for the Vietnamese seafood business community.
In an increasingly demanding international market, Europe is exporting a wide range of standards globally, especially with requirements on traceability, information transparency, emission reduction and sustainable developmentESG is not only a trend, but has become a "passport" for Vietnamese seafood to affirm its position and increase its value on the global export map.
Through the sharing of knowledge and easy-to-start practices, GREEN IN hopes to bring a sustainable development orientation to Vietnamese seafood enterprises. Thereby, helping businesses take timely action to create a set of tools to support businesses to increase competitiveness, maintain their position and brand in the global supply chain.
ESG – Right on target, easy to get started
“ESG is not something luxurious but easy to do and our businesses can do it right away or have been doing it without us knowing that it is ESG practice”, we need to be Green to grow, not grow to be Green - Ms. Nguy Thi Giang, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, ESG Expert GREEN IN
ESG focus that Seafood businesses need to pay attention to:
With environment (E):
- Use & manage water effectively, minimize wastewater pollution to improve community quality of life, increase long-term resilience.
- Protecting and restoring biodiversity helps ensure stable fisheries resources, expanding the potential for sustainable economic development for coastal communities and businesses in the industry.
- Greenhouse gas emissions: applying fuel-saving technology in exploitation, optimizing energy and feed consumption in farming... to reduce CO2, CH4, N2O emissions, improve production efficiency, and increase competitiveness.
- Waste management, especially plastic and organic waste, helps improve business image, maintain aquatic resources and sustainable livelihoods.
With society (S):
- Ensure occupational safety and health for workers.
- Workers' rights and benefits.
- Ensuring food safety is a vital factor in export.
- Concern for animal welfare
- Build good relationships, support livelihoods, respect local community culture.
With admin (G):
- Supply chain traceability, information transparency.
- Practice fair competition, enhance reputation in the market.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Ha - Director of Net Zero GREEN IN Program spoke at the event
Small steps, big results
One of the highlights of the post is how Businesses can start ESG with very specific and readily available actions.Instead of focusing on theory, ESG itself encourages businesses to proactively make green transitions in their business and production activities.
- Statistics and optimization of electricity, water and waste during operation and production.
- Regular maintenance of machinery, replacement of refrigerant from R22 to R32, 410a
- Implement waste classification at source.
- Reuse water, packaging
- Pay attention to workers' welfare, improve the mechanism of information exchange and reception with workers and the community.
- Comply with relevant legal regulations
- Building a code of business ethics
- Build risk management and troubleshooting processes
- Training and spreading ESG culture to officers and employees.
- Assess your ESG performance to identify key issues.
- Step by step spreading to supply chain, partners.
In the current supply chain, each partner and business is an indispensable link, so the "Big Guys" always have a strict perspective on sustainable development from partners and suppliers. Clear statistics will help businesses optimize production costs, fit meet international market standards, especially in demanding markets such as the EU, US, and Japan.
A systematic ESG roadmap for Vietnamese seafood
GREEN IN also introduces 4-Step ESG Roadmap:
- ESG Status Assessment
- Building a strategy
- Set up an action plan
- ESG reporting
Businesses can start from scratch. basic and step by step improve Advanced – Comprehensive, depending on resources and market requirements.
GREEN IN – Accompanying seafood businesses
VIETFISH 2025 - Innovation and Sustainability Not only is it an opportunity for GREEN IN to accompany VASEP, but it also affirms GREEN IN's commitment to Accompanying Vietnamese Seafood on the path to sustainable transformationWe believe that, ESG is the passport, the strategic door. so that Vietnamese seafood not only meets international market requirements, but also improves competitiveness, reduces risks and aims for sustainable development.
The ESG journey is not a short-term race. It is a long road, requiring perseverance and determination. GREEN IN is always ready to become a reliable companion, helping seafood businesses easy to start, focused and more sustainable every day.
If you are interested in ESG assessment, emissions reduction planning and sustainability reporting, connect with GREEN IN for consultation and together create a Green future.