Aldin Hilbrands

Since 2006, Aldin works for Royal Ahold, one of the largest food retail companies present in Europe and the USA. His responsibilities include the development and enforcement of group policies in the fields of product safety and sustainability. For this purpose he is actively involved in industry wide standard setting organisations in the fields of food safety, product safety, environmental and social compliance as well as animal welfare. Examples include: GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative), BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative), GlobalG.A.P. (Global Partnership for Good Agricultural Practices), EAWP (European Animal Welfare Platform), MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) and the ASC (Aquaculture Stewardship Council).

Aldin Hilbrands holds a Master of Science degree in Animal Husbandry and the Environment from Wageningen University, The Netherlands. His theses focused on aquaculture and fisheries management. After graduating in 1996, Aldin worked for Agro Eco Consultancy focusing on the development and implementation of sustainability standards in the aquaculture and fisheries industry.. One of his key activities was market development for sustainably produced seafood products. In 2000, he became the Seafood Certification Director with SGS, one of the world’s largest inspection, auditing, and testing companies. He was responsible for managing the certification programmes for MSC (Marine Stewardship Council), MAC (Marine Aquarium Council) and GlobalGAP. Besides environmental audits, he was also involved in food safety auditing in the international seafood industry.

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