The Sustainability Report

AGRICULTURE: Pastures green –sustaining cows, consumers and carbon storage

By Ann Meaney

academic partner University College Cork will deliver an accredited and fully-funded Diploma in Environment, Sustainability and Climate to 20 farmer suppliers each year. The diploma is designed to fit in with each farmer’s full-time, on-farm responsibilities.

lands for our people and animals. By working together with farmers to develop sustainable farming practices we can continue to deliver the highest quality products to our global customers in a manner that will support their sustainability goals.

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Tirlán has set an ambitious new target of delivering 450,000 native trees and hedgerow plants to enhance the Irish countryside through the Operation Biodiversity programme. Just last year, the initiative reached its original 100,000 tree and hedgerow target twelve months ahead of schedule. To celebrate, Tirlán donated 10,000 native Irish trees to its farm-family suppliers, customers and community groups. Similar free tree donations are now planned for when each annual target between now and 2025 is met. Tirlán attributes the success of the programme to the enthusiasm and willingness of farm families to work to enhance and protect the land for themselves and the generations to come. Operation Biodiversity has helped enrich our landscape and provide much-needed food and shelter for our native wildlife since its launch in 2020. Every native Irish tree and hedgerow planted builds on the ongoing biodiversity work that farm families are already doing as custodians of the land. As part of our partnership approach, we are pledging to work with our suppliers to build on our initial target of over 100,000 trees and hedging plants to deliver 450,000 trees and hedgerow plants by 2025. This initiative is just one of many actions we are undertaking across our co-operative. We have set out an ambitious series of targets as part of our comprehensive sustainability programme, Living Proof. While our natural environment gives us an advantage in sustainable farming, we are cognisant of the need to continue to do more to ensure the security of our

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Ann Meaney

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Ann has 20 years of experience in the food industry, working with major multinational companies in both marketing and commercial roles. Prior to joining Glanbia in 2019, Ann worked with ARYZTA in several business units globally. Ann is currently the Head of Ingredients Marketing with Tirlán (formally Glanbia Ireland), a role she has held since 2019. Ann holds a degree in International Business with French and German from Dublin City University.

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