The 13th OECD Rural Development Conference was held in Cavan, Ireland on 28-30 September 2022 under the theme "Building Sustainable, Resilient and Thriving Rural Places". These are the presentations from the Pre-conference session "Exploring the Opportunities for Rural Development when taking a FoodSystem view on Agricultural Policy". For more information visit https://www.oecd.org/rural/rural-development-conference/.

1. Origin Green
Declan Fennell
Director EU Promotions

2. 154
Staff
15
Overseas Offices
€13.5B
Export value
1400+
Client companies
180+
Markets
Our Purpose
To Bring Ireland’s outstanding food, drink and
horticulture produce to the world, thus enabling the
growth and sustainability of producers.
Bord Bia

3. The sustainability
agenda is
accelerating
quickly..
75%
of consumers globally have made an
effort to buy more sustainably-produced
food and drink in the last 12 months.
43%
Say sustainable production of food
and drink is very important or
essential when grocery shopping.

4. Majority want suppliers with strong
sustainability credentials
(Base: Buyer Barometer Survey n=189)
Importance of having
suppliers with strong
sustainability credentials
72%
Higher amongst
European businesses
As such, just over 4 in 10
(41%) claim that all or the
majority of suppliers they work
with have sustainability
programmes
The Opportunity Gap

5. Our Vision
A thriving Agri-food sector that
is responsive to the future
needs of people and our
planet
Our Purpose
To power and prove the
sustainability
food, drink and horticulture
sector

6. Origin Green - Powered by Partnership

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Sustainable Assurance Schemes
National Coverage
Multi-stakeholder Development
Audited every 18 months
At the farm level, there are over 55,000 members of Bord Bia’s Sustainable Assurance Schemes for beef, lamb, dairy, horticulture and eggs. This
infrastructure sees more than 100 auditors undertake over 650 independent farm audits each week.

8. 8 | Bord Bia | Date 2019
Farmer Feedback Reports
Bord Bia to generate a farmer feedback report which demonstrates to members how their farm inputs and activities
contribute to GHG production and will contain advice and feedback on how to mitigate against these
300,000
Carbon
assessments on
beef and dairy
farms

9. Introduction to GHGs
and the Teagasc MACC
Introduction to
Farmland Biodiversity
Soil Health & Water
Quality
Responsible Use of
Antibiotics
SEAI Energy in
Agriculture
Farm Sustainability Learning Hub

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Company Membership
Multi-Annual Sustainability Plan
Set 4-8 Sustainability Targets
Progress independently audited
annually
300 food and drink companies are members of Origin Green, representing over 90% of food and drink exports. To date, members have set
over 2,700 sustainability targets demonstrating their commitment to improving the sustainability of their businesses.
Raw Material
Scouring
• Raw Material
Certification
• Supplier Certification
• Packaging
Manufacturing Social
• Energy/ Emission
• Water
• Waste
• Health & Nutrition
• Community
Initiatives
• Employee Wellbeing
• Diversity & Inclusion
Optional
• Biodiversity • Sector Specific Target

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MEMBER One-to-One
SUPPORTS
Origin Green programme provides support to member
companies in order for them to develop credible and robust
sustainability plans inclusive of material sustainability
targets.
One-to-One Mentors
Industry Partnerships
Target Guidance

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A Decade into the Origin Green Programme
90%
300
companies
Origin Green has
supported members
in providing a
framework to
measure and report
on sustainability
71%
Origin Green
companies believe
that membership
provides a
competitive
advantage for their
business
55,000
farms
2800
targets
13,600
initiatives
(2012- 2021)
90%
exports

13. www.origingreen.ie