Seven global organizations, including the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative – SAI Platform, have launched the world’s first practitioner’s guide to sustainable sourcing of agricultural raw materials. The guide is an open source innovation tool that captures, in a single document, real-life best practice and experiences from global corporations within a strategic, business logic focused framework. It … Read more
The SuperValu TidyTowns competition for 2013 has been officially launched by Phil Hogan, TD, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, and Martin Kelleher, Managing Director of SuperValu, main sponsor of the competition. Last year over 850 cities, towns and villages entered the competition. Minister Hogan comments: “TidyTowns has been improving the environment in which … Read more
The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has posted a reminder about the closed season for hedgerow cutting in Ireland on its Facebook page. The post went viral within a few hours, was shared over 1,700 times, and according to official Facebook insight, reached almost 140,000 people! The attention this simple post received, and the amount of comments … Read more
Plastic has become an unavoidable material in our modern world. Plastics are versatile and durable, but this durability can make disposal problematic. A Green Paper published by the European Commission aims to launch a structured discussion about how to make plastic products more sustainable throughout their life cycle and reduce the impact of plastic waste … Read more
As part of the annual Repak Easter campaign, Repak is calling on Irish consumers to beat their record of recycling 21,000 tonnes of mixed packaging from households over the Easter period in 2012. This accounted for over 50% of all used household packaging resulting in the equivalent of circa 19,000 tonnes of carbon equivalent saving. … Read more
The Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award in the Green Awards 2013. Now entering its fifth year, the awards scheme celebrates excellence in sustainability and encourages green best practice amongst Ireland’s business and tourism organisations. The Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience has been shortlisted in the Green Tourism … Read more
Fitzers Catering, the event catering specialists, has become the first catering company in Ireland to have been awarded the world-class sustainability standard ISO 20121, a specification for a Sustainability Management System for Events. Indeed, Fitzers is one of the first catering companies across the globe to have achieved the ISO 20121 certification to date. Fitzers … Read more
The EPA has launched its new Strategic Plan for 2013-2015, entitled ‘Working with others for a Better Environment’. Nine Strategic Priorities are identified in the new Strategic Plan – Clean Water, Better Regulation, Preventing Environmental Damage, Accessible Information, Evidence based decision making, Research Programme, Working with Others, Behavioural Change, and Human Health. The EPA’s previous … Read more
2012 was a year when the Carlsberg Group continued to build on the strong progress made in 2011, so that it has now already reached or nearly reached most of its ambitious three-year environmental targets set for the end of 2013. During 2012, Carlsberg’s energy consumption decreased to 29.1 kW/hl and its water consumption was … Read more
Irish Corporate Leaders on Climate Change have welcomed the publication of an outline climate bill but have expressed disappointment that the draft does not contain a 2050 target for Ireland’s emissions. Irish Corporate Leaders support the inclusion of the EU objective for 2050 of emissions reductions of at least 80%. The Irish Corporte Leaders on … Read more