Carbery to pay suppliers 1c per litre sustainability bonus

It is expected that the average Carbery supplier will benefit to the tune of an additional €5,000 a year from the bonus alone, in addition to savings and gains made through efficiencies and increased productivity

Carbery supplier John Buttimer from Paddock, Coppeen, West Cork, with father John Snr, wife Eunice, and children Catelyn, 10, Euan, 8, and Eliza Mae, 5. Picture: Andy Gibson

Carbery Group has launched a new €6m bonus for its 1,220 suppliers in a bid to support actions which improve farm sustainability.

The bonus marks the start of a new phase in the group's longstanding 'FutureProof' farm sustainability programme.