Archives: 2016

Ulster Bank and Young Social Innovators project gets underway and Ulster Bank Academy wins at the Irish Institute of Training and Development Awards

Ulster Bank launched its new three year partnership with Young Social Innovators(YSI) in January. Through its support the bank will be helping to ensure the continued success of Ireland’s largest social innovation programme where young people tackle the social issues facing them locally, nationally and globally. As the programme gets underway, twenty teams of students from around Ireland

Accenture Women on Walls Campaign

Accenture are delighted to announce the launch of Women on Walls.   The genesis of the idea came to Eithne Harley and Michelle Cullen during a visit to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), one of Ireland’s foremost institutions for learning and academic excellence. Not a single portrait of a woman adorns the walls of the

On our CSR radar this month

To help you stay informed on all things CSR please find below a collection of recent national and international news items and reports that we have tracked and shared on social media during the month of March. CSR Europe launches Blueprint For Embedding Human Rights in Key Company Functions  (CSR Europe) The publication breaks down the embedding process into six different elements, describes trends for each and

Will your business stand up for biodiversity?

We’re launching a new infographic that calls on organisations to raise awareness of Ireland’s threatened biodiversity and take action to protect and enhance it. Whether you work for a tech giant, professional services consultancy, food manufacturer, public utility or pharmaceutical company, your organisation relies on the ‘ecosystem services’ we get from the natural world. Ecosystem