Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion
Ms Deirdre Ryan:
It is frustrating that there is no one methodology across the board for carbon footprinting.
There is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change approach and the land-use change approach, and people report things in different ways. We know that what we do is extremely accurate and evolving as we work with Teagasc and the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, ICBF, in partnership. Our customers recognise that. Procurement professionals across the world are getting closer to their sustainability teams. There is a greater understanding of carbon footprint and how things are calculated.