Archives: 2015

Tesco Community Fund announces donation of €500,000 to local good causes across the country

Tesco Community Fund has donated over €500,000 to local good causes across the country since its launch in July 2014. It is now halfway to sharing a total of €1million to community causes, selected and voted for by Tesco customers. Since launching, customers have helped share the fund with almost 2,000 causes including animal shelters,

Vital Signs 2015 Survey reveals public transport services as top priority

Public Transport Services ranks as top priority Ireland maintains an overall C+ grade The areas that people are most satisfied with are Arts and Culture and Learning The areas that decreased in grade were Housing, Inclusive Society and Older People The 75+ age group are the most satisfied with life in Ireland with the least

FBD launches Champions for Change Farm Safety Campaign

A long-standing supporter of farm safety initiatives, FBD is now calling out to all agri organisations and farmers to stand up and become a Champion for Change. With farm deaths doubling in the last year to 30, FBD is now urging farmers nationwide to stop taking risks and become a champion for change. FBD has

Business and Human Rights in Ireland – Update

In February, Business in the Community Ireland attended a workshop on business and human rights organised by Chambers Ireland and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Allianz Expands Student Mentoring Programme

Allianz Worldwide Care has been involved in the Schools’ Business Partnership since 2007 and has worked with St. Dominic’s SS, Ballyfermot which is an all-girls school on both the Skills @ Work and the Mentoring programmes. The mentoring programme with St. Dominic’s has been a great success and Allianz Worldwide Care very much wanted to give the opportunity

Engineers Week celebrated with local students

Students from St. Brendan’s College in Belmullet took time out from their studies last week to sample life as an engineer on the Corrib Gas Project. Twenty-one students met with engineers from Shell as part of Engineers Week, which aims to celebrate engineering in Ireland and to promote the profession as a career option for

BAM’s social and environmental considerations key to construction of new free-flow junction

BAM Group Ireland completed and officially opened the new free-flow junction at Newlands Cross on the 18th November 2014. The new flyover, which facilitates nationwide travel from the North to the South of Ireland without any traffic lights, was officially opened by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD. The construction of the

Diageo extends its Learning for Life programme on 2014 success and adds green space to Dublin 8

Diageo extends its Learning for Life programme on 2014 success Diageo has extended its Learning for Life ’s Learning for Life programme to a second area of Dublin, and into Dundalk and also Belfast in 2015. Learning for Life is all about empowering young people and finding sustainable solutions to youth unemployment. Participants take part

Upcoming National Workplace Wellbeing Day

The first National Workplace Wellbeing Day will take place on March 27th and we are delighted to participate in this initiative. Supported by IBEC, Workplace Wellbeing Day aims to improve employee health through promoting effective wellbeing initiatives. A week of health awareness related activities and talks have been planned in Business in the Community Ireland

In Conversation with Pauline McKiernan, Sustainability & Community Affairs Manager Ulster Bank

Please describe your role and responsibilities, how many years you have been in the company? I’m Sustainability & Community Affairs Manager at Ulster Bank – we’re an all-island bank employing around 5000 people. I work with colleagues across the business to help us achieve a positive impact on our society and communities – whether that’s

Responsible Business for SMEs is now live

Responsible Business for SMEs is a new service offering of Business in the Community Ireland aimed at supporting Irish SMEs with their responsible and sustainable business practices.

Happy Ending to Lionbridge’s Time to Read Story

In February, the Western People, a regional newspaper in Mayo, featured the Time to Read partnership between Lionbridge Technologies and Scoil Íosa, Ballina. Representatives from the newspaper went along to the workplace visit in the Emmet St premises where students from Scoil Íosa were invited to visit their volunteer readers at work. The workplace visit

Saving Lives in Galway with Alere

Life size photos of customers on the walls are the first thing you notice when you walk into the offices of Alere International Ltd based in Parkmore East, Business Park, Ballybrit, Co. Galway. The powerful message of the Galway office values “Focused”, “Open” and “Bright ” are visible in all areas of the office and

Ericsson Ireland host Seeing Is Believing event to support local STEM teachers

Ericsson Ireland hosted a Seeing Is Believing event in their Athlone Software Campus for 15 science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) teachers and career guidance counsellors from the midlands region to create a greater awareness of STEM careers that exist for students. Seeing Is Believing is a new BITCI initiative which also supports ‘Smart Futures’, a

CSR Europe calls for the new EU CSR strategy 2015 – 2019 to support a move from CSR compliance to innovation

Please find the latest update from CSR Europe: The plenary meeting of the European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on CSR held today brought together CSR Europe and stakeholders to present a strong voice to the European Commission by outlining expectations for the future shape of Europe’s CSR strategy 2015-2019. Interactive sessions with CSR Europe members, BBVA, L’Oréal,

BITCI announces milestone of 200 schools partnered with companies

4/02/2015 Yesterday Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) announced a milestone of 200 schools across Ireland

Collaborating to deliver social impact in Dublin 1

During 2014, BITCI received funding from the Department of Environment, Community & Local Government to conduct a comprehensive Community Mapping exercise in the Dublin 1 area.