Become a Member
Origin Green is a national food and drink sustainability programme with a global ambition: to make Irish food and drink the first choice internationally because it is trusted as sustainably produced by people who care.
Registration
Origin Green is a voluntary programme that provides a framework and support to help drive sustainability improvements across the whole food and drink supply chain. To register your company's interest to join the Origin Green programme click the button below
Origin Green Eligibility Criteria - Manufacturers
Where ingredients are sourced from outside the Irish supply chain the food processing undertaken in Ireland must represent a significant element of the total manufacturing footprint. Where seafood is exported without further processing the producers involved are required to be members of a recognised Quality Assurance programme and which incorporates a sustainability element.
- Applicants must produce or handle food for human consumption.
- Companies must have a minimum turnover of >€100,000 per annum to participate in the Origin Green Charter.
- Applicants must have a ROI based production facility(ies) to be eligible to participate in the Origin Green Charter.
- All manufacturing as it relates to inclusion in the Origin Green plan must be ROI based.
- Applicants must be in production for a minimum of one full calendar year prior to applying for the Origin Green charter. This will ensure baseline data to develop sustainability targets is available from the outset.
- Applicants must ensure they are formally registered as a Bord Bia client.
- Primary meat processor with a turnover >€50 million (Tier 1 & 2) or operations defined by Bord Bia as high risk (any Tier) must be a member of the Bord Bia Food Processor Standard (FPS).
How do I sign up to the Origin Green programme and what will it cost?
Costs associated with the Origin Green programme are kept to a minimum and subsidised wherever possible.
Annual Review Costs:
*For those Origin Green Members who receive grant support under the Marketing Assistance Programme (MAP) may receive a grant covering 60% of Annual Review costs. This will bring Annual Review costs to €140.
New Plan Development Costs:
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Supports
Origin Green is here to help you with your Sustainability Plan. Bord Bia hold a series of workshops that will guide you through the Origin Green sustainability plan template, giving you practical advice and examples of how you can finalise your sustainability plan so that it is ready for submission. The Origin Green Academy also offers valuable supports to members. The Origin Green Academy provides a suite of supports to Origin Green members on a one-to-one, sector-specific, and programmes level basis