Sustainability

We are committed to making great food in a safe and sustainable manner. Under our four pillars of Product, Planet, Place and People we strive to grow our business while reducing our impact on the environment.

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Product

Benefits of Frozen

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Convenient
No preparation and ready in minutes
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Nutritionally more reliable
as freezing prevents sensitive vitamins and nutrients from being lost
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No limitations
Enjoy seasonal ingredients all year round
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Reduce Food Waste
Helps reduce food waste as you use only what you need
Green Isle Clean Label Products
Clean Label:
No artificial preservatives
All our products have a clean label
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Sustainable
Palm Oil
All our palm oil is RSPO certified, reduced by 50% since 2020
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No GMOs
Free from genetically modified organisms

Packaging

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of non-recyclable packaging since 2019
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Packaging
Increased recyclability of all packaging from by 50% in 2020 to 94% in 2024

Planet

Sustainable Agriculture

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Certification
100% of our vegetable growers are Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) silver or gold certified
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Sun
All our vegetables and fruit are grown outside, under the sun
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Water
Our growers turn wastewater into energy, recycling as much as possible and using remaining water to irrigate the fields
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Energy
Stalks and carrot tops are ploughed back into the fields by our growers for nutrients and vegetable skins go to a biodigester to create energy

Food Waste

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Food waste costs Irish households nearly €1 billion every year – approximately €700 could be saved by every family in Ireland if they reduced their food waste. At Green Isle, we believe in limiting your food waste, so we’ve done all the prepping, slicing, and chopping for you. You can use exactly as much as you need, when you need it, before putting the rest back into the freezer for the next mealtime. Enjoy all the nutrition and taste with none of the food waste.

At Green Isle we believe frozen is a great way to help reduce food waste, in Ireland we waste one million tones of food each year, enough to fill Croke Park 2.5 times. This costs households €700 on average per year. Click here to follow our simple steps to reduce your household food waste.

 

 

See Our Simple Steps to Reduce Food Waste

Place

Community

At Green Isle we believe in being good neighbours

Fighting Food Waste with FoodCloud

Since partnering with FoodCloud in March 2020, Green Isle Foods has donated over 25.8 tonnes of surplus food, the equivalent of 61,471 meals and a saving of 49.1 tonnes of CO₂ emissions.

Naas AFC Training Day with Derval O’Rourke

As part of our sponsorship of Naas AFC, we recently hosted a skills training day with our Brand Ambassador Derval O’Rourke.

Green Isle’s 2022 FoodCloud Donation

This year we have donated 5.40 tonnes of food which has been redistributed to 89 charities, this equates to approximately 12,857 meals.

Charity Partnerships

People

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Suppliers

All our growers and suppliers will operate to high ethical standards. It is our policy to ensure that these ethical standards are applied and adhered to throughout our supply chain. These
standards are based on the requirements of national law, including The Modern Slavery Act, The Ethical Trading Initiative code of conduct and other national standards where applicable.

Wellbeing

At Green Isle Foods, we are passionate about supporting the overall wellbeing of our people.
We’re committed to promoting both physical and mental health, and we strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace for all employees.

To help achieve this, we have the following support teams in place:

Naas Engagement Team

Gurteen Staff Representative Group

Mental Health First Aiders

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