Food retailer and distributor, the Musgrave Group, has announced it has signed an agreement with Airtricity to supply green electricity to its network of depots and sites across the island of Ireland.

Under the terms of the contract, Airtricity will supply green electricity to all Musgrave Group owned facilities on the island of Ireland, both North and South and via an affinity scheme to its SuperValu, Centra and Daybreak stores in the Republic of Ireland and SuperValu, Centra and Mace stores in Northern Ireland. The overall deal is worth in the region of €25 million and the agreement is the largest all-island green electricity deal of its kind.

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Musgrave Group has made significant progress in improving the energy efficiency of its business and continues to focus on reducing its carbon emissions and associated costs. The new 'green' electricity contract with Airtricity extends Musgrave’s current use of electricity generated from renewables into Northern Ireland. The Airtricity deal will allow Musgrave displace more than 130,000 tonnes of CO2, which is the equivalent of taking more than 60,000 family cars off Irish roads annually.

John Curran, Environmental Executive Musgrave Group, said: "Mitigating climate change impacts and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels are crucial sustainability issues.

"As well as lowering emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, this agreement with Airtricity will also result in reduced energy costs for Musgrave and our retail partners and underscores the value of continuing to focus on driving our sustainability strategy even in times of recession."

(CD/BMcC)