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Mannok announced as one of Ireland’s best managed companies 2021
Mannok has recently been named one of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies at a virtual awards ceremony. The prestigious awards programme, led by Deloitte Ireland in association with Bank of Ireland, are renowned as the premier business management awards across the island of Ireland and are part of the global Best Managed standard.
Mannok was recognised for the first time at this year’s awards, having demonstrated superior business performance, strong leadership and resilience, organisational excellence, and an entrepreneurial approach.
Ireland’s Best Managed Companies Awards programme promotes and recognises excellence in Irish/Northern Irish owned and managed companies and is the only awards scheme on the island of Ireland that considers a business’ performance from every perspective. Entrants to the programme compete for the designation in a rigorous process that evaluates the calibre of their management abilities and practices in addition to the strategy, capability, innovation, culture and financial performance of their companies.
Commenting on the award, Liam McCaffrey, Mannok CEO said:
“We are very proud to be recognised as one of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies, particularly given the unprecedented challenges of Covid and Brexit over the last eighteen months. Our agility in dealing with such trials has undoubtedly contributed to our awards success, and this is down to the excellence of our team of 830. With their resilience and innovative spirit, they continually demonstrate that our people are our greatest strength, and we are extremely thankful to each and every one of them.”
Mannok has also been awarded silver accreditation in the Business and Biodiversity Charter, a biodiversity engagement programme from Business in the Community NI (BITCNI) in partnership with Ulster Wildlife. The company received the award in recognition of its responsible business practice and commitment to improve biodiversity conservation, benefiting people, nature, and animals in the local area.
Mannok’s Environmental Team were commended for their many biodiversity initiatives, in particular the company’s recently launched biodiversity roadmap, its Natural Assets Action Plan (NAAP). Presenting the award, BITCNI’s Deputy MD, Dr Lisa McIlveen, recognised the widely available evidence to demonstrate Mannok as a responsible and sustainable business committed to biodiversity.
Mannok`s forward thinking biodiversity report, its Natural Assets Action Plan (NAAP), was completed by Ulster Wildlife in partnership with the Mannok Environmental Team. The report, which has taken over 12 months to complete, examines every area of Mannok’s landholdings, which spans almost 2,000 acres in 47 separate locations both north and south. The aim was to measure and record the environmental status and biodiversity of each area. It also provides a roadmap for the conservation, restoration and enhancement of every piece of land to help meet Mannok’s ambitious sustainability targets.
Mannok commissioned the report in order to understand its natural assets to provide a baseline for the enhancement of the local environment and varieties of wildlife in the short, medium, and long term.
Mannok CEO Liam McCaffrey, Operations Director Kevin Lunney and Chief Financial Director Dara O’Reilly.
