We advocate for responsible production and consumption as we aim to minimise the environmental and social impacts of our products and services in our supply chain.
We believe that future generations have a right to live on an unspoilt planet. To leave a mark we can be proud of, we understand the importance of minimising the environmental and social impacts of the products and services throughout our supply chain. This guides how we work with hundreds of suppliers as we seek innovative and sustainable solutions to our needs.
In 2024 we achieved zero waste to landfill for a 7th consecutive year and achieved a primary recycling rate of 84%. We also introduced four new waste reduction initiatives—a paper reduction initiative, saving 1.35 tonnes of paper; food waste management, producting 385kg of compost at the DMC; a bottle deposit scheme, introduced in the employee restaurants; and an improvement in the recycled content in our pouches for business customers, with the recycled content rising from 40% to 80%.
With our national footprint, we have a responsibility to not only ensure that our ecological footprint is as small as possible, but to ensure we restore and enhance natural capital on our properties. Integral to our biodiversity strategy is our ambition to develop and implement a biodiversity strategy for 100% of buildings within An Post’s property portfolio by 2030. To find out more about what we are doing as part of our Biodiversity strategy click here
We are committed to making a positive impact on our communities by creating everyday opportunities to make sustainable living commonplace for everyone in Ireland. From holding pollinator workshops to raise biodiversity awareness and creating a more sustainable Christmas TV commercial using the AdGreen carbon calculator, which helped us to analyse the carbon footprint of the Christmas campaign and identify opportunities to reduce emissions.
An Post is on the journey to net zero carbon emissions from our own operations by 2030 and we are taking important steps within the Responsible Consumption and Production to reach this goal.
