Archives: 2015

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