Five Wicklow Companies Awarded Origin Green Gold Membership for 2025

Gold Membership is awarded for significant improvements in sustainability.

Five Wicklow companies are among 136 Irish food and drink companies awarded Origin Green Gold Membership for 2025. The Bord Bia accolade is awarded to verified companies for significant improvements in their sustainability target areas. Target areas can include raw material sourcing, water and energy efficiency, emissions, waste reductions, packaging, and social sustainability. 

The Wicklow businesses selected underscore the huge strength of the sector in the county. 

The Origin Green Gold Members 2025 in Wicklow are: 

• Glendalough Irish Whiskey
• McCabes Coffee 
• Miena's Handmade Nougat
• Janet's Country Fayre
• O'Hanlon Herbs

This year’s Gold Membership companies come from 26 counties across Ireland and represent sectors including dairy, meat, seafood and aquaculture, grocery, bakery and confectionary, beverages, and horticulture. Just over three-quarters of the overall Gold Member companies are small or medium-sized enterprises, while one quarter are large firms. This year, 17% of the companies were first time recipients of Gold Membership. 

 Martin Hofler, Senior Sustainability Manager, Origin Green at Bord Bia, said: 

“Every year, Origin Green raises the threshold to meet Gold Membership status in order to help drive continuous change and improvement across the Irish food sector ... By formally acknowledging the efforts and performance of these 136 outstanding food and drink companies, we are not just rewarding sustainability, but also fundamental business changes and improvements that will be a key driver to their long-term success.I would like to congratulate all 136 Gold Members and I look forward to seeing them continue to prosper and to champion sustainability in the coming years.” 

Addressing the Sustainability Seminar, Jim O’Toole, CEO of Bord Bia, said:  

“I’m delighted to see a record number of companies achieving Gold Membership today, as it shows their strongly-held commitment to setting and meeting key sustainability targets. But it is also important to remember that these efforts are not just about meeting targets, they are about creating real value. Value for customers, value for employees and value for suppliers. Sustainability is non-negotiable, it should be embedded into the DNA of every Irish food and drink business. 

Origin Green, introduced 13 years ago, has provided a robust framework for companies to measure, improve, and report on their sustainability performance. The Origin Green Sustainability Seminar, which was held at the Killashee Hotel in Naas, Co Kildare, featured morning and afternoon panel discussions featuring members, and guest speakers sustainability experts.