Carbery Group has launched a new phase in it's farm sustainability programme. To build on the work already underway on sustainability on the farms of its suppliers, Carbery is set to offer a total €6m annual bonus fund for suppliers who meet four sustainability criteria under the FutureProof initiative.
Carbery are a West Cork based international dairy and ingredients producer that employ almost 900 people, with 1215 local farmer suppliers.
Jason Hawkins, CEO of Carbery, stated:
“Carbery is a company with a commitment to sustainability since our foundation, and this ethos has come from the attitude of our 1,220 farmer suppliers. We have a long record of pioneering sustainable approaches and promoting sustainability on our farms. Whether through our Carbery Trees program under which 100,000 trees have been planted on West Cork farms, our Carbery Greener Dairy farmers programme, underway since 2012, or our Farm Zero C project, we have always prioritised sustainable approaches."
From 2023, Carbery suppliers who meet the following measures will receive a bonus of 1c per litre of milk: milk recording at least four times a year, using a percentage of protected urea as part of their total fertiliser use and commiting to an ASSAP assessment, as well as meeting certain EBI thresholds.
