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Environmental Hat Trick for Dale Farm
Leading NI dairy business, Dale Farm, has scored an impressive hat-trick in the environmental arena with all three of its NI production sites now awarded ISO 14001 accreditation.
Dale Farm had already secured the internationally recognized ISO 14001 standard at its Dunmanbridge plant near Cookstown where it makes Dromona cheese and at its Dromona Creamery near Cullybackey which churns butter and spreads products. The same feat has now been achieved by its Pennybridge Dairy at Ballymena, where the company produces Dale Farm fresh milk and cream products.
The achievement reinforces the company’s strong environmental credentials, building on its success at the 2009 NI Environment Agency Sustainable Ireland Awards where Dale Farm won the Energy Efficiency Award. The company also gained ‘Quintile One’ status in the latest NI Arena Network Environment Benchmarking survey.
“We are delighted that all three of our NI manufacturing sites have now achieved accreditation to the ISO 14001 standard,” said Mike Mullan, Dale Farm HR and Business Improvement Director. “The ISO standard provides a framework to manage each site’s environmental performance in areas such as energy, water and waste reduction.
“The accreditation process requires a long term commitment to environmental management and improvement, and this has not only improved our use of natural resources, but also helped us to reduce costs and increase our competitiveness,” concluded Mike.
Gary Shields, Dale Farm Energy Manager, checking a new low energy chilled water plant.
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