Agri-food firms take climate change lead, says ABP manager

Agri-food companies are already playing a lead role in reducing Ireland’s carbon footprint, said John Durkan, sustainability and environmental manager with ABP Food Group.

The leading meat processor was the first food processing company in Ireland to be fully ISO 50001 accredited due to its energy efficiency initiatives in all six sites in Ireland.

This initiative was accompanied by an energy reduction of 1,500MWh and an associated carbon emission reduction of nearly 600 tCO2e across the six sites.