Zacari Edwards

As Social Responsibility Director for the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) Zacari oversees IPNLF work implementing social responsibility improvements in tuna supply chains. In this role, Zacari also provides social responsibility guidance to market actor NGOs and advocacy groups that duly consider social equity issues and challenges faced by small-scale fisheries. Social research is at the heart of this work whereby Zacari drives IPNLFs efforts to iteratively assess the social risks and social benefits associated with the fisheries it works with. Zacari also leads IPNLFs’ socially focused advocacy work to hold poor-performing fleets to greater accountability.