Mark Kaplan

Mark is Chief Sustainability Officer of Wholechain, an FDA-Award Winning Traceability System that is verified capable by Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability and a GS1 Premier Solution partner for interoperable data sharing. Mark leads Wholechain’s Better Food Future initiative in support of the UN Global Compact Ocean Stewardship Coalition. Prior to creating Wholechain, Mark was Co-Founder and CEO of Envisible; a sustainable seafood sourcing company responsible for winning the 2021 Store Brands Gold Award for the top rated meat of 2021, the 2022 and 2023 Store Brands Impact Award for Ethical Sourcing and Supply Chain Transparency. Envisible powers full traceable, sustainable sourcing for Topco Full Circle Market, Associated Food Stores 40 Knots Brand and Giant Eagle Nature’s Basket brand of frozen fish fillets. Envisible was recently sold to Arkk Food. Prior to Envisible, Mark was Global VP of Sustainable Solutions for Unilever. At Unilever, Mark was responsible for integrating technology across the Chief Sustainability Office’s initiatives, expanding existing digital partnerships and establishing new digital partnerships. Prior to Unilever, Mark was CEO of Tone, a start-up that led the mFish Initiative with the U.S. State Department to enable mobile services for small-scale fishers. mFish won the 2016 D&AD Wood Pencil, Hollywood A-List Bronze for Most Innovative Use of Mobile Technology, OneShow and Cannes Lions Awards for mobile technology.