AgNav Takes Top Sustainability Honours at Prestigious UK Industry Awards
AgNav, the online sustainability platform for Irish farmers, has been awarded Sustainability Initiative of the Year at the Grocer Gold Awards in London, UK, beating six other finalists in the sustainable products and services category.
Host Naga Munchetty with (front row, l-r), Siobhan Jordan, Teagasc, Edel McEvoy, Bord Bia, Natasha Browne, Teagasc, Mick Houlihan, Bord Bia, Chris Tyas, Chair, GS1 UK (award sponsors). Back row: Seán Deane, Bord Bia, Adam Leyland, Editor -in-Chief, The Grocer.
This win marks AgNav’s second UK award this year, following earlier success in winning the Sustainability Award at the British Culinary Federation Awards on 11th June.
Mick Houlihan, Acting Director of Origin Green and Sustainable Quality Assurance with Bord Bia, commented: “Winning both these awards is a strong endorsement from our industry peers, and helps to increase the visibility and credibility of AgNav as a leading sustainability platform. On behalf of our AgNav partners, Teagasc and ICBF, I’d like to thank the thousands of Irish farmers who are using AgNav and implementing important sustainability actions on their farms.”
Developed through a partnership between Bord Bia, Teagasc, and the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), and supported by Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, AgNav is a free, easy-to-use online tool designed specifically for Irish farmers. It provides reliable, science-based insights to support farmers’ environmental and economic goals. Using AgNav, farmers can create customised farm sustainability action plans helping to reduce emissions, improve water quality, and enhance farmland biodiversity.
Sean Deane, UK Market Specialist with Bord Bia added, “While AgNav is principally a tool for farmers, it is a useful platform in my conversations with key UK retail and foodservice operators, who are placing increasing value on verifiable sustainability action at farm level. With over 16,000 farmers signed-up to AgNav, it helps us to demonstrate Ireland’s ambitions and ongoing efforts in agricultural sustainability under Origin Green in the UK and beyond.”
The Grocer Gold Awards are organised annually by The Grocer, a UK trade magazine for the grocery and FMCG sector. They celebrate outstanding performance, innovation, and excellence across a wide range of categories – from suppliers and product innovation to retailers and sustainability.
In awarding AgNav, the judges commented that “The demand for this couldn’t be clearer,” and cited “significant benefits that go far beyond the farmgate and all the way up the value chain.” Other winners on the night included Tesco, awarded Britain’s Favourite Supermarket, and Lidl GB, who won ‘Grocer of the Year.’
The British Culinary Federation Awards are administered and run by the British Culinary Federation (BCF) – Britain’s national chefs’ body. The awards recognise and celebrate culinary excellence and innovation among chefs and hospitality professionals across the UK foodservice sector, while also highlighting leadership in sustainability and broader environmental goals within the industry.
When presenting AgNav with the Sustainability Award 2025, the judges highlighted that “Sustainability in hospitality begins at the source, with farmers, producers and suppliers who prioritise responsible practices from the ground up.”
In addition to these two UK awards, AgNav was also highly commended in the Best Dairy Sustainability Initiative at the Irish National Dairy Awards on 19th June.
AgNav is available to all beef, dairy and tillage farmers through the free Teagasc Signpost Advisory Service. Beef and dairy farmers can also join through an affiliated processor sustainability scheme. AgNav Tillage launched on 25th June 2025 and tillage farmers can also sign-up directly on the AgNav website.
Farmers can learn more about AgNav at the Sustainable Livestock Village at the Tullamore Show on 10th August.