Origin Green is Ireland's pioneering food and drink sustainability programme, operating on a national scale, uniting government, the private sector and the full supply chain from farmers to food producers and right through to the foodservice and retail sectors. The programme is the worlds only national food and drink sustainability programme, and enables the industry to set and achieve measurable sustainability targets that respect the environment and serve local communities more effectively.
Since the launch of Origin Green, the Irish food, drink and horticulture sectors have made important progress in driving sustainable food production.
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Origin Green collaborates with over 350 leading Irish food and drink companies to prove and improve the sustainability of the food they produce to meet the evolving needs of global customers and consumers.
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The benefits of Origin Green are more environmentally aware farms, an important focus on community and more sustainable food and drink production which ultimately contribute to sustainable livelihoods.
Bringing Sustainability to Customers
77,000 Irish food producers
350+ verified members,
15 of the 17 UN SDGs
The Origin Green Progress Report highlights that manufacturing members achieved an average 12% reduction in both emissions and energy use per unit of output, along with an 11% reduction in water use per unit of output (% change per plan).
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Over 11 of the largest foodservice companies and retailers in Ireland are verified members of Origin Green. There has been good progress since the pilot launch in 2016, and Bord Bia aims to grow this number. 4 of the 5 biggest retailers are on board to drive their sustainability agenda forward as part of the Origin Green Retail & Foodservice Charter.
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Over 11 of the largest foodservice companies and retailers in Ireland are verified members of Origin Green. There has been good progress since the pilot launch in 2016, and Bord Bia aims to grow this number. 4 of the 5 biggest retailers are on board to drive their sustainability agenda forward as part of the Origin Green Retail & Foodservice Charter.
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We took part in Foodworks in 2016 - a multi-agency programme run by Bord Bia, Teagasc and Enterprise Ireland to find food manufacturing companies with global ambition.We successfully completed the programme and went on to achieve High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) status with Enterprise Ireland.Our modern factory is equipped with the latest technology and thanks to our ongoing investment, we have an innovative production system that allows us to produce high-quality, regular products. Our managing system integrates a traceability system that allows us to know the features of every product at any time.
East Coast Bakehouse, established in 2015 by Alison Cowzer and Michael Carey, manufactures biscuits for the domestic and export markets from its factory in Drogheda, Co. Louth. "Baking Better Biscuits", the factory features one of the largest biscuit ovens and the longest single production line in Europe, manufacturing and packing 90,000 biscuits per hour. The company's products are available in 26 countries including the UK, Kenya, Portugal and Australia.
The Happy Pear is a movement to create happier, healthier lifestyles. David and Stephen Flynn started The Happy Pear in Ireland in 2004 to inspire community to create a happier, healthier world, and to make healthy food and living accessible to everybody. Today they're renowned wholefood and plant-based chefs, award-winning and bestselling authors, YouTube stars, and regular media contributors.The Happy Pear now employs around 170 people and it has grown into one of the most vibrant and renowned businesses on the Irish food scene, with several award-winning products and a vegan range distributed across the UK.The business now comprises: three wholefood cafés/food stores; a sprout farm producing wheatgrass and healthy living sprouts and microgreens; a Happy Pear branded food manufacturing and distribution business producing award-winning products, including pestos, hummus, soups, meals, side dishes, granola, Nuts about Choc, snack bars, and smoothies; a coffee roastery producing hand roasted Happy Pear coffee, using the best speciality coffee available.
Tesco is one of Ireland's leading retailers with 151 stores and two distribution centres nationwide. As a leading food retailer, Tesco is one of the biggest private sector employers in Ireland employing over 13,000 colleagues across the country. We are committed to achieving maximum sustainability in all our operations and we continue to work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business. Being a sustainable business is very important to us and we're proud to support the communities in which we serve. In becoming a member of Origin Green, Tesco has set out a sustainability plan that targets key operational, sourcing, health and nutrition and social responsibility targets. In committing to the Origin Green sustainability charter the structure provides meaningful goals which are independently verified on an ongoing basis.
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A family business since 1876, Musgrave has always had a strong commitment to sustainability. More recently we have led the way in being the first company in Ireland to embed the UN's Sustainable Development Goals into our sustainability strategy and the first food retail and wholesale group to become a verified member of the Origin Green sustainability programme. Sustainability for us is about running our business in a way that considers people, planet and prosperity.Our participation in Origin Green brings valuable credibility to our wider sustainability activities published for the first time in 'Taking Care of Our World', our sustainability strategy available, to download at www.musgravegroup.com
East Coast Bakehouse, established in 2015 by Alison Cowzer and Michael Carey, manufactures biscuits for the domestic and export markets from its factory in Drogheda, Co. Louth. "Baking Better Biscuits", the factory features one of the largest biscuit ovens and the longest single production line in Europe, manufacturing and packing 90,000 biscuits per hour. The company's products are available in 26 countries including the UK, Kenya, Portugal and Australia.
Greenhilll Fruit Farm is a family-run farm near Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford led by Eamonn and Deirdre Crean. The team combines three generations worth of fruit growing knowledge within their operations, ensuring the continuity of the region's fruit growing heritage. Across Ireland, Greenhill Fruit Farm are well known for their high-quality strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries.Through a combination of traditional and modern growing techniques and staggered planting schedules, Greenhill Fruit Farm maximise taste and the length of their growing season. Their products can be found at numerous roadside stalls across Ireland, where customers can buy them directly from the farm. Additionally, the business supplies well-known local and national supermarket and wholesale chains.
From their family farm in Lobinstown, County Meath, Meade Potato Company have now been growing, packing and distributing premium quality potatoes, fruit, vegetables, salads and organics over the past five decades.Philip Meade Sr. first began selling potatoes in the towns around Meath and Louth in 1977 and soon extended to Irish vegetables, and later, to Irish and other fruit. They were the first company to export Irish potatoes abroad by the boatload, and have since initiated shipments abroad of Irish product whenever export market conditions were suitable.Nestled in the drumlins of the Boyne Valley, the Meade farm and food production facility bears little resemblance to their original family farm. It has grown from a single packing store to include 150,000 sq. feet of packing facilities housing numerous state of the art production lines, with over 500,000sq. ft of loading and distribution space, all of which serve to make the journey from farm to fork as efficient as possible. The next generation of Meades now lead a team of over 240 people.
Bord Bia works with numerous domestic and international partners to deliver the Origin Green programme, from verficiation, accreditation, education and training. Collaborating will be cornerstone of this next stage of Origin Green’s strategic development .
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