Oriel Marine Extracts

Exemplary Performance Target Areas

Minimum Origin Green Targets Required Annually = 4

Spotlight Target Area: Packaging

Oriel Marine Extract has been a member of the Origin Green programme since 2014 and have since been committed to building their business in a sustainable manner. The raw material that Oriel uses is Ireland’s largest renewable resource, the sea.  The company has developed an eco-friendly and energy efficient means of extracting and harvesting the powerful nutrients present in sea water.

At Oriel Marine Extract, the company’s general waste levels are very low, as in the process of making their sea salt products they do not generate operational waste. Their waste is therefore limited to office and packaging waste items which are recycled through the local waste collection service.  Nevertheless, Oriel continues to focus on reducing packaging waste for their downstream customers, and have set sustainability targets in this area as follows:

• Maintain recyclable packaging as demand for their products grow
• Reduce product packaging by 7.5% reduction in kg packaging per kg of output over 3 years. 

Decreased Packaging Increasing Sales

They achieved exemplary performance in 2019 exceeding their packaging reduction target by 62.7%. Packaging produced (kg/kg of output) was 0.027 versus the 7.5% reduction target of 0.0823 kg/kg. 

The member has linked the decrease in packaging to driving sales of larger 10 kg bags. 90% of all packaging used in their Sea Salt products is recyclable. Going forward, Oriel’s ambition is to continue minimal waste production and keep their strong contract of working in harmony with nature.

“Oriel’s ethos is based on having sustainable production. Receiving Gold Member status for Sustainability endorses our core  beliefs and is seen by our clients as satisfying the rapidly changing needs of today’s consumer.”

John Delaney, MD