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Lee Valley Foods Ltd

Sustainability Report

Prepared in accordance with the Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard for small and medium-sized undertakings (VSME), released by the European Commission on 30 July 2025.

2025

Document Information

Entity Name
Lee Valley Foods Ltd
Entity Identifier
IECRO.SAMPLE-4810
Entity Identifier Scheme
https://e-justice.europa.eu/topics/registers-business-insolvency-land/business-registers-search-company-eu_en
Report currency
EUR
Report period
2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31
Decimal separator
. (FULL STOP)
Report generated
2026-10-06 14:07:34 +0000

All disclosures are related to the reporting period above unless specified otherwise.

Table of contents

  1. B1 - General information
  2. C1 - General information
  3. B3 - Environment
  4. B6 - Environment
  5. B7 - Environment
  6. C3 - Environment
  7. B8 - Social
  8. B9 - Social
  9. B10 - Social
  10. C6 - Social
  11. C7 - Social
  12. B11 - Governance
  13. C8 - Governance

B1 - General information - Basis for Preparation ⮌

Option B (Basic Module and Comprehensive Module)
Basis for preparation (Basic Module Only or Basic & Comprehensive Module)
Sustainability report prepared on an individual basis
Basis for reporting (consolidated or individual basis)
NO
Report contains disclosures from the previous reporting period that remain unchanged
private limited liability undertaking
Undertakings legal form
NACE C - 10.71 Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
NACE sector classification codes
€ 4,600,000.00
Size of balance sheet (total assets)
€ 8,400,000.00
Turnover
48.00
Number of employees
At the end of the reporting period
Employee counting methodology
Headcount
Type of number of employees
Ireland
Country of primary operations and location of significant assets

B1 - General information - List of sites ⮌

Identifier of site 2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31
Address of site Postal code of site City of site Country of site
1 Unit 7, Riverside Business Park T12 Cork Ireland

C1 - General information - Strategy: Business Model and Sustainability – Related Initiatives ⮌

Bread, cakes and chilled savoury foods for Irish supermarkets and food service.
Description of significant groups of products and/or services offered
Ireland, and Northern Ireland through one distributor.
Description of significant market(s) the undertaking operates in e.g. B2B, wholesale, retail, countries
Two supermarket groups take 70% of sales; flour and dairy from four Irish suppliers.
Description of main business relationships (e.g. key suppliers, customers distribution channels) e.g. key suppliers, customers distribution channels and consumers

B3 - Environment - Total Energy Consumption ⮌

1,550.20 MWh
Total energy consumption

B3 - Environment - Estimated Greenhouse Gas Emissions ⮌

2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31
tCO2e
Currently stated
Gross Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions 229.46
Gross location-based Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions 84.51
Total (gross) location-based Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions 313.97
Gross Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions 124.48
Total (gross) location-based GHG emissions 438.45

B3 - Environment - Greenhouse Gas Emissions intensity ⮌

0.0000374 tCO2e per €
Location-based Scope 1 and Scope 2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions intensity Calculation: (Scope 1 + Scope 2 GHG emissions location-based) / turnover
0.0000522 tCO2e per €
Total location-based Greenhouse Gas Emissions intensity Calculation: (Scope 1 + Scope 2 + Scope 3 GHG emissions location-based) / turnover

B6 - Environment - Water Withdrawal ⮌

9,800.00 m³
Total amount of water withdrawn from all sites

B7 - Environment - Description of circular economy principles ⮌

NO
Undertaking applies circular economy principles

B7 - Environment - Breakdown of waste by type ⮌

Type of waste 2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31
t
Waste diverted to recycle or reuse (mass) Waste directed to disposal (mass) Total waste recycled, reused and directed to disposal (mass)
02 06 01 - Non-Hazardous - Materials unsuitable for consumption or processing 18.40 3.10 21.50
15 01 01 - Non-Hazardous - Paper and cardboard packaging 22.60 0.00 22.60
20 03 01 - Non-Hazardous - Mixed municipal waste 0.00 14.20 14.20

B7 - Environment - Total Hazardous and Non-Hazardous waste ⮌

0.00 t
Total Hazardous waste generated (mass)
58.30 t
Total Non-Hazardous waste generated (mass)
58.30 t
Total waste generated (mass) Calculation: total Hazardous waste generated + total Non-Hazardous waste generated (mass)

C3 - Environment - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Baseline and Target Year ⮌

2023
Greenhouse gas emission reduction target base year
2030
Greenhouse gas emission reduction target year

C3 - Environment - Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets ⮌

tCO2e
Baseline year Target year
2023 2030
Gross Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions 260.00 170.00
Gross location-based Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions 110.00 45.00
Total (gross) location-based Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions 370.00 215.00
Gross Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions 150.00 125.00
Total (gross) location-based GHG emissions 520.00 340.00

C3 - Environment - Disclosure of list of main actions the entity seeks to achieve its targets ⮌

Electric ovens on the second line from 2027; a green tariff from 2026.
Disclosure of list of main actions the entity seeks in order to achieve its targets

B8 - Social - Workforce - General characteristics: type of contract ⮌

44.00
Number of permanent contact employees
4.00
Number of temporary contract employees

B8 - Social - Workforce - General characteristics: gender ⮌

22.00
Number of male employees
26.00
Number of female employees

B9 - Social - Workforce - Health and safety ⮌

2.00
Number of recordable work related accidents in the reporting period
4.84
Rate of recordable work related accidents in the reporting period Calculation: (number of recordable work-related accidents in the reporting year / total number of hours worked in a year by all employees) * 200000. The amount of 200000 hours represents the total annual working hours of 100 employees (40 hours per week for 50 weeks per year) and serves as the standard base for calculating the incidence rate over a year, applicable to undertakings with up to 250 employees
0.00
Number of fatalities as a result of work-related injuries and work-related ill health

B10 - Social - Workforce - Remuneration, collective bargaining and training ⮌

YES
Employees receive pay equal or above minimum wage determined by national law or collective bargaining agreement
0.00 %
Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements Calculation: (number of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements / total number of employees) * 100
10.00
Average number of annual training hours per male employee
12.00
Average number of annual training hours per female employee

C6 - Social - Additional own workforce information - Human rights policies and processes ⮌

YES
Undertaking has a code of conduct or human rights policy for its own workforce
Child labour
Forced labour
Discrimination
Accident prevention
Type of content covered by the code of conduct or human rights policy for its own workforce
YES
Undertaking has a complaint handling mechanism for its own workforce

C7 - Social - Severe negative human rights incidents ⮌

NO
Undertaking has confirmed human rights incidents in its own workforce
NO
Undertaking aware of any confirmed incidents involving workers in the value chain, affected communities, consumers and end-users

B11 - Governance - Convictions and fines for corruption and bribery ⮌

0.00
Total number of convictions for the violation of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws
€ 0.00
Total amount of fines for the violation of anticorruption and antibribery laws

C8 - Governance - Exclusion from EU benchmarks ⮌

NO
Undertakings are excluded from any EU reference benchmarks that are aligned with the Paris Agreement