A bakery, a bus company and a brewery were among the companies honoured at the second annual PwC/Business Post Sustainable Business Awards.
The award for sustainable small business of the year went to Bread 41 in Dublin, while Cool Planet in Co Wicklow was named sustainable medium business of the year. An Post was the winner in the large sustainable business category. Ballykilcavan Brewery in Co Laois emerged as winner in the sustainable agrifood category, while Eddie O’Connor, the well-known entrepreneur who now runs the renewal energy firm Supernode, was named sustainable business leader of the year.
“The quality of this year's entries was very high, showing the broad range of sustainability efforts underway across the Irish business landscape,” Daniel Murray, political and environmental correspondent of the Business Post and chairman of the judging panel, said. “Backing the principles of ESG involves investment – it requires businesses to commit resources to both delivering and monitoring progress so others can follow the example being set,” he said.