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GOLD MEMBER CASE STUDY Annalitten Foods Annalitten Foods Ltd., is a privately Exemplary Performance Target Areas owned family business and one of Minimum Origin Green Targets Required Annually = 6 Ireland’s largest egg packing and distribution companies located Supplier Certifi cation 3 miles on the Dublin side of Primary Producer Sustainability Castleblayney, Co Monaghan. Annalitten Farm Eggs, at Sourcing Raw Material Raw Material Packaging same address, are an egg producer and supply to Annalitten Foods Ltd. The business was established in rural county Water Monaghan in the 1950’s by Patrick & Margaret O’Reilly who Waste began a small egg collection & delivery business to support their young family. Today the business is run by Michael & Process Energy/Emissions Manufacturing P.J O’Reilly and their sons, Damien, Keith & Matthew, the Biodiversity third generation of the family. Twenty individual farmers Employee Wellbeing from all over Ireland supply Annalitten Eggs every week with Bord Bia Quality Assured eggs. The O’Reilly family have Community Engagement never been afraid to invest in the latest production systems Social Health & Nutrition and egg grading equipment to ensure that their eggs reach Sustainability their customers with maximum freshness and quality. Two Diversity & Inclusion million eggs are processed per week to a ‘Class A’ quality on the most modern egg grading equipment on the market. Spotlight Target Area: Employee Wellbeing Prioritising Staff Health Annalitten Foods have been a In 2019 Annalitten Foods Annalitten’s ambition is to aim member of Origin Green since succeeded this target by for continuous sustainability 2017. The business employs implementing 8 initiatives with improvement across their twenty staff members. As a their staff ’s health and business and their other family run business, staff wellbeing being a priority, exemplary target performance wellbeing is highly valued and With this in mind, members of among these actions are: areas refl ects this. the company believes that its their Origin Green team Introducing a smoking strength is in its well-trained, Damien O’Reilly and Edmund • reduction programme healthy workforce. Ensuring its Morton, set a target to staff ’s physical and mental establish an employee wellness • Setting up an employee shop well-being is a vital part of its programme consisting of 3 where the eggs can be Human Resource function. initiatives throughout each purchased at a reduced rate year of their plan. • Donating eggs to staff when there is surplus stock The strength of our team is not the individual “ members, The strength of each member is what • Creating standing desks on site and introducing standing makes us a team. meetings Michael O’Reilly, CEO ” www.origingreen.ie GOLD MEMBER CASE STUDY Ashbourne Meat Processors Ashbourne Meat Processors Exemplary Performance Target Areas is one of Ireland’s leading Minimum Origin Green Targets Required Annually = 6 beef processors, exporting premium chilled Irish beef Supplier Certifi cation all over Europe and indeed the world since 1985 from Primary Producer Sustainability cattle sourced locally at their abattoir in Roscrea, Sourcing Raw Material Raw Material Packaging Co. Tipperary. The company was established by Jim McMahon and Danny Houlihan in 1985, which remains Water managed by the Houlihan and McMahon family today. Waste Focused on sustainable development, Ashbourne Meats aims to reduce waste,carbon emission and electricity & Process Energy/Emissions Manufacturing water usage, and will continue to promote community Biodiversity engagement in line with sustainable ambitions of the Employee Wellbeing company and Origin Green. Community Engagement Social Health & Nutrition Sustainability Diversity & Inclusion Spotlight Target Area: Water Reduction Water Effi ciency Across the Board Ashbourne Meats have served Led by Donal Houlihan, In 2019 they achieved a the world for the past 35 years Ashbourne’s cross-functional reduction from 2018 (m 3 per and would like to continue to sustainability team set a target tonne) of 13.3% in Roscrea and serve the world for the next 35 of reducing water by 5% in m3 12.3% in Naas. These reduc- years and beyond. To achieve /tonne for both sites from 2018 tions were achieved by an this business ambition they -end of 2023. This was a increased focus on water realised that they must embed considerable target given that effi ciency across the two sites sustainability at the heart of they were now on their second that allowed the team to spot their business strategy by plan and that they had already opportunities that led to the joining the Origin Green made signifi cant reductions in removal of unnecessary sinks programme 7 years ago. After the previous 5 years. and sterilisers from the boning successfully implementing their hall thus replacing the need for fi rst 5 year Origin Green plan a constant fl ow of water and that covered 2013-2018, the replacing the dip tank in Naas company is now on their which a more effi cient model. second Origin Green Plan focusing on 2019-2023 and it This is a fantastic recognition to our last 35 years covers their 2 sites at Roscrea “ achievements of sustainable production & devel- and Naas. opment. Huge eff orts has been put in by everyone at Ashbourne Meats to continue our drive to be- come carbon neutral by 2030. Danny Houlihan, MD ” www.origingreen.ie GOLD MEMBER CASE STUDY Butlers Chocolates Established in 1932, Butlers Exemplary Performance Target Areas Chocolates is Ireland’s premier Minimum Origin Green Targets Required Annually = 6 family-owned chocolatier. Butlers Chocolates are available in 30 Supplier Certification countries and 60 airports around Primary Producer Sustainability the globe, with a world-class reputation that continues Sourcing Raw Material Raw Material Packaging to grow. The company supplies a wide range of sustainably sourced chocolate products including; award-winning Water premium chocolate assortments, gourmet solid and filled Waste chocolate bars in various sizes, chocolate collections with alcohol, souvenir gifts and travel retail exclusives. Process Energy/Emissions Manufacturing Biodiversity Butlers is known and loved throughout Ireland and beyond Employee Wellbeing for their eponymous retail concept - Butlers Chocolate Café, an innovative experience personifying the Butlers Community Engagement brand, now open in over 30 locations worldwide including Social Health & Nutrition South Asia and Dubai. Butlers Chocolates have won over Sustainability 30 Great Taste Awards as well as numerous Irish Food Diversity & Inclusion Awards and Quality Irish Food Awards. Spotlight Target Area: Raw Material Sourcing Sustainability and Ethical Sourcing The environment and Butler’s Cocoa Horizons is an inde- Butlers also set out to source 80% impact upon it has always been pendently verified initiative 100% of its coffee beans from a Fair central to the company’s working to support the fairtrade Trade coffee supplier by 2022. thought process, striving to livelihoods of cocoa farmers The Butlers team met this target build sustainability into its and their families in West Butlers also pays a premium earlier than expected in 2019. business practices at every Africa. In 2019, the company which directly increases income Again, 100% of the coffee used in opportunity. This is reflected in surpassed this target by to farmers so they can invest in Butlers Chocolate Cafés now the strong performance from sourcing a total of 98% from their farms and communities. In comes from Fair Trade sources, a the company throughout 2019. Cocoa Horizons suppliers. 2019, the company paid towards well-known badge of sustainabil- the Cocoa Horizons foundation, ity and ethical sourcing. Within the area of Raw Butlers also supports Cocoa with this amount having Material Sourcing, Butlers Horizon Projects in the Ivory increased by over 16% since 2018. primary raw materials are Coast, Ghana and Tanzania. cocoa and coffee beans, The Cocoa Horizons An integral part of our philosophy is our underlying commodities which have Foundation helps to create complex supply chains. In thriving communities where “ commitment to all those with whom we engage – recognising this, Butlers farmers are trained in best our customers, suppliers, staff and the local com- established a target in 2018 to practice methods, enabling munity. At all levels of our company, we endeavour source 80% of its cocoa from them to grow cocoa sustain- to treat everyone with fairness and respect and to Cocoa Horizons suppliers ably and responsibly, increase consider and protect the environment. The future is by 2022. yields and improve farmer important to us and we are all going to play our part family livelihoods. in nurturing and safeguarding it. Mairead Sorensen, Chairman ” www.origingreen.ie GOLD MEMBER CASE STUDY Carbery Located in West Cork, Exemplary Performance Target Areas Carbery Group is owned by 4 Minimum Origin Green Targets Required Annually = 8 West Cork cooperatives – Bandon, Barryroe, Drinagh Supplier Certification & Lisavaird and is a leading Primary Producer Sustainability producer of food ingredients, Sourcing Raw Material Raw Material Packaging flavours, cheeses and alcohol. With a heritage stretching back over fifty years, Carbery is a leading international Water manufacturer of value-added ingredients, flavours and Waste cheese. Key brands include Dubliner Cheese, Optipep® hydrolysed whey protein and Isolac® Whey Protein Process Energy/Emissions Manufacturing Isolate. Carbery Group