Written answers

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Origin Green Programme

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the food producers that have been included in the Origin Green Programme while being investigated by his Department or other State agencies for breaches of statutory requirements. [16839/18]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Origin Green is the national sustainability programme for the Irish food and drink industry. It is a Bord Bia initiative and operated by that State Body.

Participating companies within the programme sign up on a voluntary basis. As part of the membership requirements, companies must develop a multi-annual sustainability plan with time-bound targets. This plan is then independently assessed and verified by a third party auditing and conformance body. It is then reassessed annually to ensure minimum performance requirements are being met. Should a company fail to meet these minimum standards, membership of Origin Green is revoked.

All members of Origin Green must comply with legislative requirements and evidence is sought from the independent programme auditors to ensure compliance.

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