Excellence in Environment - MNC
1. Abbott Ireland
Abbott’s journey to achieving 2020 environment goals
Abbott in Ireland is committed to reducing their global environmental impacts across the business. The Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) teams across the six manufacturing sites continue to lead a wide range of best practice projects that positively impact the environment, the business, communities and employees. Abbott has a strong tradition of environmental stewardship and their sites in Ireland continue to implement excellent projects to ensure we continue on their journey to achieving their 2020 environment goals.
2. IBM Ireland
IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Dublin
IBM’s Smarter Cities Challenge is a philanthropic grant that aims to help cities around the world deal with pressing municipal problems. Through the grant, IBM experts provide consulting services valued at $500,000 over a three-week period. The Smarter Cities Challenge took place in October 2014, after Dublin successfully competed to be one of only 16 cities selected globally from over 100 applications. The IBM Team made a series of recommendations to Dublin City Council regarding the harvestable energy potential of the City’s assets, promoting greater use of solar energy by harnessing solar energy to save on its own costs Solar panels have been installed at the Civic Offices, Wood Quay, at Cabra, Raheny and Coolock Libraries and Irishtown Stadium Leisure Centre. Dublin City Council continue to work on additional recommendations.
3. Tesco Ireland
Reducing carbon emissions and helping those in need through food waste donations at Tesco Ireland
Tesco Ireland is proud to partner with FoodCloud to deliver a ground-breaking, innovative way for retailers and food business to donate their surplus food to those in need. Since 2014, Tesco Ireland has worked with FoodCloud to implement a new process of food waste donations, maximising the amount of surplus food donated and as a result minimising their carbon emissions. Embedded in each Tesco store’s operational process, colleagues are key to its success by processing food waste every evening and working with the FoodCloud app to reach out to local groups and organisations who collect it from stores nationwide. Tesco Ireland has donated 1.7 million meals to those in need across Ireland whilst simultaneously saving 2,590 tonnes of carbon emissions through less waste processing and transport.
