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March is Guaranteed Irish Month MARCH 2021 is Guaranteed Irish Irish Month, a month-long celebration of the 1,500 Guaranteed Irish member businesses and all locally based businesses across all sectors throughout the country. The launch of Guaranteed Irish Month is supported by various marketing & PR activity across the month, to include the launch of the Guaranteed Irish Business Index, the launch of a new GuaranteedIrish.ie website, the launch of ‘Guaranteed Irish,’ the second series of the successful 6-part show on TG4, the launch of the Guaranteed Irish ‘Ones To Watch’ initiative in association with KPMG and Grant Thornton, the launch of a full events calendar of webinars & eLearning workshops across the year and much more. In recent consumer sentiment survey carried out by RedC Research and Market Dynamics:
• 95% of consumers believe that by purchasing from firms with the Guaranteed Irish brand they are ‘helping the local economy’; • 81% of Irish consumers agree that the Guaranteed Irish brand portrays an image of trust; • 82% of Irish consumers agree that the Guaranteed Irish brand stands out from others in its genuine support of Irish jobs, communities, and the circular economy; • 93% of consumers believe that by purchasing from firms with the Guaranteed Irish brand they are supporting local employment. Guaranteed Irish members expect to increase employment by 7.4% this year as we move towards recovery in 2021. 87 % felt that Guaranteed Irish was important in
Nestlé’s Wyeth Nutrition achieves Platinum Cert for Water Stewardship NESTLÉ’S Wyeth Nutrition facility in Askeaton, Co. Limerick, is the first factory in Ireland, and the company’s first food manufacturing factory in Europe, to achieve the prestigious Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Standard Platinum Certification, in recognition of its water stewardship initiatives. The Platinum standard is provided where it has been proven that responsible water policies and initiatives, which lead to water preservation and reduction, are in place throughout a factory at a highest standard possible, and there is demonstrable engagement with stakeholders in the local catchment area. The Platinum Certification was awarded to Wyeth Nutritional Ireland Ltd after a rigorous independent assessment, which showed water stewardship throughout the factory being undertaken by its management and staff. The AWS Standard is the global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship across social, cultural, environmental and economic criteria, with the Platinum rating being the highest level of certification available. “We are delighted to be the first AWS Platinum-certified site here in Ireland, it is reflective of our continued commitment to meet the highest standards of water stewardship,” noted Antonio Prochilo, Factory Manager, who Antonio Prochilo, Managing explained that the Director; Patrick O’Grady, Water team placed significant Treatment Plant Operator; and focus to improve water Ian Ryan, Utilities Manager; sustainability on site as part of Nestlé’s wider pictured at Nestlé’s Wyeth global prioritisation of Nutrition facility in Askeaton, water sustainability. Co. Limerick.
Brid O’Connell, CEO, Guaranteed Irish. promoting their goods or services during the pandemic in 2020.
Resilient performance for Glanbia in 2020 results GLANBIA plc has announced its preliminary results for the 2020 financial year ended January 2, 2021. The group navigated Covid-19 well with the business portfolio delivering a resilient performance in 2020, with revenue Siobhán Talbot, Glanbia of €3,823.1m (2019: Group Managing Director. €3,875.7m), up 0.6% constant currency on prior year (down 1.4% reported). Like-for-like revenue grew 1.8% constant currency on the prior year. There was a robust performance from Glanbia Nutritionals, which drove likefor-like revenue growth of 10% constant currency on the prior year, while Glanbia Performance Nutrition was impacted by Covid-19 restrictions, in particular in Q2, and delivered like-for-like revenue decline of 13.3%, constant currency. “I am exceptionally proud of how our people responded to the many challenges of Covid-19,” noted Siobhán Talbot, Group Managing Director. “Throughout the pandemic, we lived our purpose and our values, delivering essential, nutritious food during the most challenging of circumstances and proving the resilience of our business. We delivered on our priorities of protecting our people, continuing the supply of food and maintaining our strong financial position. We kept our operations running safely with the aid of enhanced health and safety measures. Our business portfolio delivered a robust operating performance supported by our swift and decisive actions, which resulted in improving trends across the Group in the second half of the year.” Glanbia outlined the evolution of its sustainability strategy, ‘Pure Food + Pure Planet’. “As part of this strategy, we are signing up to Science Based Targets and aiming to reduce manufacturing emissions by 30% and supply chain emission intensity by 25% by 2030, while achieving net zero carbon emissions no later than 2050,” said Talbot.
