Generating value for all our shareholders
At the heart of Glanbia's business model is our focus on delivering better nutrition for every stage of life's journey. Through our core activities and unique capabilities we work to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders. Those unique capabilities include disciplined capital management, operational efficiency, and the delivery of world-class brands and ingredients, our business model creates value for all of society.
Our business model
We focus on delivering our purpose
Our purpose to deliver better nutrition for every step of life's journey connects us with the passion our consumers and customers have for our brands and ingredients.
Through our core activities
Adding value through customer-focused innovation and collaboration is central to our approach. It ensures that we can influence and drive market trends rather than simply respond to them.
How we add value
The power of our brands and ingredients coupled with our unrivalled expertise in protein have made us the #1 sports nutrition company in the world, #1 global supplier of whey protein isolate and #2 global premix supplier.
To create value for stakeholders
The impact of our purpose is demonstrated through the delivery of sustainable growth and value creation for all of society.
The pillars of our business model
Find out how we drive our mission to deliver better nutrition through the three pillars in our business model: our core activities, adding value and delivering value for stakeholders.
Our portfolio of brands and ingredients
Glanbia Performance Nutrition is the world's number one sports nutrition company with an unrivalled product offering and key channel and category leadership. As an ingredient supplier in the B2B arena, Glanbia Nutritionals stands for quality, integrity, innovation and sustainability.
Our markets
Glanbia’s brands and ingredients are positioned at the centre of large and growing sports nutrition and ingredients markets. Our portfolio of products meets key consumer needs and enables people to achieve their healthy lifestyles goals.
Our culture and talent
- Committed, adaptive and resilient
- Passion for delivering better nutrition
- Curious and innovative
- Respectful and inclusive
Sourcing
We work with our suppliers to procure high-quality raw materials and services, with social impact and environmental sustainability in mind.
Manufacturing
Our operational excellence enables us to manufacture brands and ingredients that meet the highest standards of food safety and quality. All our facilities operate with full regulatory compliance and good environmental stewardship.
Innovating
Using our deep understanding of nutritional trends and behaviours we focus on driving sustainable innovation that delivers innovative branded products and patented nutritional ingredient solutions.
Marketing and brand building
We continually evolve our data analytical skills to understand consumers attitudes and motivations. We invest in world-class marketing tools to build GPN's brands and sustain our leadership positions in GN.
Selling
In GPN our global and local sales teams use data, digital tools and insights to extend our sales and channel reach and improve our execution. In GN we work in collaboration with our customers to deliver bespoke ingredient solutions that enable them to grow their business.
Our brands and ingredients
We actively manage our portfolio of brands and nutritional ingredients to ensure we offer a broad range of products across regions, categories and price points. Read more about Glanbia’s brands.
Protein expertise and know-how
We have a deep understanding of protein and its applications across nutritional sports brands and ingredient solutions. Read more about our performance and lifestyle brands.
Capital management
Glanbia has a strong track record of efficient capital allocation and reallocation to where we see optimum opportunity for growth. Read our full financial results.
Global talent management
As a global business, excellence in human resources and talent management is key to the Group’s future success and this was a particular area of focus in 2022. Find out more about our people and culture.
Delivery of our business strategy
Having achieved all our 2018-2022 financial metric targets, we have defined a clear set of strategic priorities to help us achieve our 2025 ambitions: grow the core; optimise our business; disciplined capital allocation. To support these priorities and harness Glanbia’s global growth potential, we will continue to develop our key enablers, our world class strategic capabilities and our strong assets. Read our full business strategy.
People
We invest in our people and their careers, providing development opportunities, competitive rewards and benefits.
72 points Employee engagement score 2023.
Suppliers
We partner with suppliers to ensure long-term, mutually beneficial relationships. We have an active programme in place to risk assess our suppliers.
Environment
We continue to focus on climate initiatives and have committed to a 50% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 carbon emissions by 2030.
15.9% Scope 1 & 2 carbon emissions reduction in 2023.
Communities
We contributed and donated time and money to support causes in our local communities.
€1.2m Raised to support charitable donations in 2023.
Consumers and customers
Optimum Nutrition enjoys strong brand loyalty as a $1bn brand that continues to grow.
$1.1bn Optimum Nutrition brand revenue.
Our business strategy
We have defined a clear set of strategic priorities to help us achieve our 2025 ambitions: grow the core; optimise our business; disciplined capital allocation.
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