Archives: 2016

Merck Publishes 2015/2016 Global Corporate Responsibility Report

Report Highlights Company’s Long-Standing Commitment to Discovering Innovative and Sustainable Solutions to the World’s Greatest Health and Development Challenges KENILWORTH, N.J., Sept. 13, 2016 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today issued its 2015/2016 global corporate responsibility report. The report reflects the company’s performance in the areas of

Gender Equality at work

Gender equality at work – we’ve been talking about this for decades and yet progress is slow.  Why? We hardly need another report on the business case for diversity.  Added to this, developing and retaining employees are perennial priorities, employee engagement is high on the agenda and businesses are spending time and money on building

Announcing our new board member: Chris Martin

Chris Martin is the CEO of Musgrave Group, Ireland’s largest grocery and food distributor. Founded in Cork in 1876, in 2016 Musgrave celebrates 140 years in family business, supporting thousands of other family businesses.

Abbott Recognised for Protecting the Environment by Chambers Ireland

  Abbott won the Excellence In Environment Award at the Chambers Ireland Corporate Social Responsibility Awards, which was held on the evening of 1 Sept. 2016 in Dublin. The award recognizes Abbott’s sustained excellence in the execution of programmes across its six manufacturing sites in Ireland aimed at improving the environmental efficiency and sustainability of

Women Wanted: STEM Careers open to women since 1906

Estelle Brachlianoff, Senior Executive Vice-President at Veolia UK & Ireland, discusses women in STEM careers and how to get more women on-board In 1906 it’s understood that Alice Perry was the first woman to graduate with a degree in engineering in the UK and Ireland. She graduated with a first class honours degree in Civil Engineering