ALDI plants over 13,000 trees to mark opening of new Mayo store

TO celebrate the upcoming opening of the new ALDI Ballyhaunis store this week, store staff have teamed up with Green Belt and local landowner Damien Corrigan to plant over 13,000 trees in Cloontrasna, Co. Roscommon.

ALDI is the first retailer in Ireland to commit to planting one million native Irish woodland trees by 2025 in partnership with Green Belt. The native trees will create a wildlife corridor for native species and enhance biodiversity, while also removing more than 160,000 tonnes of carbon emissions over their 100-year life span.

Pictured at the site of the tree planting in Cloontrasna is Ronan Gallagher, Green Belt forester, Charlene Kilgallon, ALDI Ballyhaunis store manager, and Damien Corrigan, landowner.

ALDI’s new store in Ballyhaunis will be situated on Upper Main Street and will open on June 22. It store has been designed to be environmentally friendly and will be powered by 100% electricity.

ALDI is the first retailer in Ireland to commit to this level of partnership with the Department of Agriculture’s Woodland Environment Fund (WEF), which is an initiative under which Irish businesses can partner with landowners and the department to help create new native woodlands in Ireland. It provides additional incentives to plant new native woodlands and supports the Government’s target to plant 22 million new trees a year until 2040.