As well as being the largest specialist nutrition company in Europe, Nutricia is the market leader in Ireland and the UK.

Committed to reducing its environmental impacts, Nutricia, a Danone company, wanted to ensure that its EnMS was a robust system that provided continual improvement. The international standard ISO 50001 provides a framework and guidance for putting such a system in place.

Lucideon’s GHG lead auditor, Tony Summers, carried out assessments at Danone’s Macroom County Cork site, which is the largest unit in the group worldwide. This included a review of the production process, energy usage and how Danone intend to improve energy efficiency on site.

Following the assessment, Danone was presented with a certificate of registration which shows that their Energy Management System is in compliance with ISO 50001.

Shaun Bainbridge, assurance director at Lucideon, said:
“I was pleased to be invited to the Danone “Nature Day” to present the company with its ISO 50001 certificate. The event was attended by all staff, a local school and an Irish business associated with environmental awareness. I was delighted to deliver a brief talk about the great achievement they had made and how their staff had showed great enthusiasm throughout the process.”

Michael Herlihy, EHS manager at Danone says:
“Danone Macroom is delighted to achieve certification to ISO 50001. Macroom is the first spray drier plant in the Danone network to receive this registration. Danone has a very ambitious Nature program. It has a target of being carbon neutral by 2050. Energy reduction is a key part of this program. Macroom, as a large energy user will be central to Danone achieving this target. ISO 50001 will give us the systems and processes to help us on this journey.”