Better Nutrition, Better World

Our sustainability strategy focuses on our people, our planet and our performance. We are tackling topics that are most material to our business and stakeholders, and translates our overall sustainability efforts into tangible results that enable us to improve the environmental, societal and economic impact of our products.

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People

We are dedicated to building an inclusive culture that empowers our employees and positively impacts people across all our activities.

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Planet

We will reduce our impact on the environment in the areas of emissions, water, packaging and waste.

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Performance

We foster sustainable growth through a culture of environmental and social responsibility, strong governance, and accountability, while striving for the highest standards of business ethics.

Our focus areas
Guided by our materiality assessments, we have developed a robust and ambitious approach to our ESG strategy. This strategy sets out our targets and actions focused on climate and environment; people and communities and our performance and value creation.
Carbon

Reducing our GHG emissions is the most urgent part of our strategy. Our targets are validated by SBTi and aligned to the Paris Agreement.

Carbon
Water

We aim to make best use of water by optimising our consumption, maximising water re-use and polishing as well as treating waste water as efficiently as possible.

Food Safety & Quality
Waste

Tackling waste is a key part of our strategy. We’re targeting TRUE Zero Waste certification by 2025 and a 50% reduction in food waste by 2030.

Waste
Packaging

We’ve committed to all consumer packaging materials being 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2030.

Packaging
Responsible Sourcing

Sustainability is embedded in our procurement processes. We partner with Ecovadis to develop our sourcing programmes.

Responsible Sourcing
Food Safety & Quality

We operate to stringent quality, food and safety standards, ensuring all our sites maintain a globally recognised certification programme.

Food Safety & Quality

Find out how we're driving positive change

UN Sustainable Development Goals

At Glanbia, we’re focusing on the SDGs that are most relevant to our business, working on meeting them in the best way we can, and measuring our progress along the way.

Sustainable Development Goals infographic

More Sustainability

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Purpose & values

Our purpose is to deliver better nutrition for every step of life's journey. Find out more about what drives us to fulfill our 'why'. 

OUR PURPOSE
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Sustainability reporting

If you have a passion for nutrition, ours is a journey you'll want to share. 

Sustainability Reporting