The Green Food & Beverage Award

This award is open to food and beverage producers throughout the island of Ireland with 50+ full time employees who distribute their products and who can demonstrate commitment, innovation, and action in evolving Irish food production toward sustainability. Please explain your overall sustainability/environmental strategy and what it has achieved to date. Make sure you explain the targets you have set, and how far you have gone in achieving them and if possible, please show hard statistics demonstrating year-on-year comparisons. Entry is by a 5-page A4 PDF submission; the judges will be looking for a clear plan and evidence that it is delivering on core objectives, paying particular attention to the criteria listed below.

• Sustainability Strategy: Summarise your sustainability strategy, including how it was developed and its main objectives. Explain how it guides your environmental practices in food and beverage production.
• Resource Management: Describe how you manage energy, water, and waste to reduce environmental impact. Provide measurable results, including year-on-year improvements.
• Sustainable Sourcing: Detail your approach to sourcing ingredients sustainably and ensuring transparency in your supply chain. Highlight any efforts to make your supply chain greener.
• Innovation: Highlight any innovations that enhance sustainability, such as new technologies, processes, or packaging improvements that reduce environmental impact.
• Culture & Leadership: Explain how sustainability is part of your organisation’s culture. Describe the role of leadership in driving sustainability and how employees are involved and trained.
• Community Impact: Outline how your sustainability efforts benefit the local community. Include any outreach programs or contributions to social and environmental initiatives.