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Simplify Sustainability Reporting and Compliance with Origin Green

Succeeding as a Category Director means striking a balance between sourcing high-quality food and beverage products at competitive prices, and ensuring suppliers have the required ESG data to help you meet market and policy requirements.

Bord Bia

April 2026

Clear, verifiable evidence of how suppliers set and achieve their targets is essential. Without easy access to that data, reporting on progress becomes a real challenge. The Origin Green initiative, launched by Bord Bia (the Irish food board), is the world’s only national food and drink sustainability programme. Since 2012, it has been collecting supplier-specific and aggregated industry data points across a diverse range of ESG metrics.

Over 350 Origin Green member companies have developed multi-year continuous improvement targets in areas such as raw material sourcing, emissions, packaging, and food waste, with annual performance against these targets reported and verified independently.

Origin Green by Numbers: 350+ companies 61,000+ farmers 77,000+ members 51,000+ audits in 2024 16% CO2 reduction per unit of beef 13% CO2 reduction per unit of milk 12% reduction in energy and emissions

Work with innovative suppliers

Our Origin Green programme helps you identify ambitious suppliers who are setting targets well beyond 2030.

In addition, the Origin Green Academy provides in-depth training to help suppliers meet key customer and regulatory requests.

 

Get a clear picture of sustainability

Origin Green member companies have access to verified sustainability data from Irish primary producers.

By partnering with these members, you can obtain clear, credible supplier data — helping you set targets within your supply chain that can drive real change.

For Category Directors who rely on verified Irish producer sustainability data:

Origin Green helps by efficiently capturing sustainability metrics across 61,000 Irish farms with robust third-party verification.

For Category Directors who need to confirm supplier credibility:

Origin Green helps by ensuring verified sustainability credentials, helping mitigate risk during sourcing.

For Category Directors who need to deliver on ESG commitments:

Origin Green helps by enabling Irish food and drink suppliers to align targets and metrics with customers’ requirements.

For Category Directors who need to meet shifting consumer expectations:

Origin Green helps by demonstrating sustained action on sustainability from Irish suppliers, supported by verified data.

For Category Directors who need to collaborate with innovators:

Origin Green helps by offering a framework for collaborating with Irish suppliers that have deep sustainability expertise.

For Category Directors who need to find the suppliers that are actively developing their capabilities:

Origin Green helps by training members through the Origin Green Academy, helping them to upskill and meet sustainability regulatory and marketplace requests.

What do our customers say about Origin Green?

Listen to Beth Hart, Chief Sustainability and Social Impact Officer at McDonald’s

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Interview met Beth Hart, voormalige chief sustainability and social impact officer bij McDonald's

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