HEINEKEN Ireland published its 2016 Sustainability Report outlining its ongoing commitment to sustainability. It provides an update on the significant progress made in meeting the ambitious sustainability targets as part of its ‘Brewing a Better World’ strategy. HEINEKEN’S global sustainability efforts are focused on six core areas where they and their stakeholders believe the biggest impact can
10/05/2017 – Customer Experience and Products The culmination of this year’s Young Social Innovators programme, supported by Ulster Bank, happens tomorrow as the 11 finalists present their ideas to the judges to determine the ultimate winner. With teams from around the country competing, it’s an action packed day, focused on finding the Gold Award winning
A common barrier to volunteering in the workplace is the shortage of time. This problem can be even more acute for senior business leaders. However, short-term volunteering opportunities that match people’s professional skills and experience to specific needs in community organisations and schools are a way to engage employees in a time-efficient way for positive
At the Smarter Travel Awards 2017, Northern Trust won the overall Smarter Travel Workplaces award along with the Car-sharing and Workplace Coordinator awards. What can we learn from Northern Trust’s experience of building a culture of Smarter Travel?
New report captures the history of biodiversity protection, enhancement, restoration and habitat creation on the Intel Ireland campus as well as broader environmental engagements and plans for the coming years. Intel Ireland has a long history of supporting biodiversity and since first arriving at our campus in Leixlip in 1989 we have worked to enhance,
Applications for this year’s Dublin Bus Community Spirit Awards are now open. Voluntary or community groups located within the Dublin Bus network are encouraged to apply. Entrants must complete an application form, which includes a proposal with details about their organisation and the project which they wish to have funded. Since 2003, Dublin Bus has
Last month, Ulster Bank in Ireland published its 2016 Sustainability Report. The Report captures the bank’s activities and achievements in 2016, and its progress in building a more sustainable bank – one that is agile in responding to the changing needs of customers, becoming a great place to work and continuing to support its local
Three Ireland and An Cosán Virtual Community College (VCC), in partnership with Limerick Youth Service , announce a new fully funded online community development programme for Limerick’s young adults. Beginning in early May, the ‘Introduction to Community Development’ programme is a six-week programme and is aimed at young people (18+) who are interested in gaining skills in digital literacy, social action and youth leadership while
Ricoh Ireland announced that it has donated print and document management devices worth more than €175,000 to Temple Street Children’s University Hospital , allowing the hospital to make significant savings. The savings will now be redistributed within the overall hospital budget and can be used to fund medical devices and equipment. Ricoh donated the suite of 44 nearly-new print and
Volunteers teamed up with Pupils from Holycross National School and Scoil Ursula to build the roller coasters and in the process learn about working together and taking advantage of different skills to create innovative inventions.
To mark international’s Women’s Day, PwC published a report following a major international piece of research amongst nearly 4,000 professionals (women and men) in 70 countries including Ireland entitled “Winning the fight for female talent”. The report found that opportunities for career progression is among the top three most attractive employer traits for both women
A&L Goodbody (A&LG) marked International Women’s Day on March 8th by organising two events for their employees. On the morning of International Women’s Day, the firm organised complimentary tea/coffee and pastries in the Restaurant for everyone to celebrate the contribution that women make to the success of the firm. In the evening, A&LG hosted a panel
World Book Day was on 2 March and KPMG used this opportunity to formally launch and celebrate the KPMG Families For Literacy (KFFL) initiative and all the work we do as a firm as part of our commitment to lifelong learning and more specifically literacy.
In this month of our In Conversation with series we are delighted to talk to Leslee O’Loughlin, Group HR Manager for Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
Bank of Ireland has recently launched its third Responsible Business Report which provides a comprehensive picture of the Group’s 2016 activities under five pillars – customers, communities, colleagues, environment and governance.
To help highlight the positive impacts that volunteering has on lives across Ireland, Abbott is lending its support to the European Volunteering Capital Programme as the official corporate partner 2017. Sligo was named European Volunteering Capital 2017 by the European Volunteer Centre, which promotes volunteering across the European Union and is supported by the European
In this month of our In Conversation with series we are delighted to talk to Sandy Boundy, Communications and CSR Manager at Heineken Ireland.
As part of thier focus on Gender Diversity, KPMG is one of the main corporate sponsors of Going for Growth in 2017 and again joins Enterprise Ireland in supporting this very successful initiative.
Unless you know where to look, you won’t notice the vibrant, multicultural national school cloistered behind the red brick walls at St. Finbarr’s in Cork city centre. Sixteen dedicated professionals from nearby AIB offices now navigate their weekly walk from the Mall to St. Marie’s of the Isle with familiar confidence since they became part of
Symantec’s first annual Global Service Week took place in October 2016, with an impressive uptake of employee volunteers and social impact in local communities around the world. #GivingTuesday also provided generous cash donations, so combined, employees contributed more than 6,200 hours of service over the course of one week, and more than $195,000 in donations
For almost five years Bank of Ireland has partnered with Business in the Community Ireland in an innovative community partnership – offering places on its one-day training courses through its ‘LearningZone’ to community groups and charities in Ireland. In December a milestone was reached in this partnership when the 1000th participant from the community
Rio Ferdinand and BT encourage young people to ‘Dream it, Do it’ at a special event at BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition BT, Active Communities Network (ACN) and the Rio Ferdinand Foundation (RFF) joined forces last month at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) to announce BT’s support for a programme designed
Phase Four of the Access to Education, Bridge to Employment initiative Janssen recently launched ‘Vision 2020’, the next phase of the supported programme ‘Access to Education, Bridge to Employment’. Now in its 12th year, The programme, aims to encourage and assist students in Cork City in staying in school and progress to further and higher level education, with a particular focus
Intel this year for the fourth time has come together with the Centre for Talented Youth Ireland (CTYI) to deliver a programme which invited female students aged between 14 and 17 to participate in weekly engineering-based classes which were facilitated through the Centre’s existing structure.
BAM Ireland, one of the country’s largest construction businesses, is making a positive impact on local communities through its “Enhancing lives” programme. The programme, which is part of BAM’s strategy for 2016 to 2020, aims to add real value to communities through partnership. This year has seen the company collaborate with Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Through Happy heart appeal, Abbott reaches more than 1,000 students nationwide Abbott in Ireland, has reached out to educate and inspire more than 1,000 students nationwide to keep their hearts healthy, as part of its partnership with the Irish Heart Foundation’s Happy Heart Appeal. According to the Irish Heart Foundation, more than 1,000 lives are
Ulster Bank recently launched its annual Sustainability Report reflecting on their collective determination as a business to continue to add value to customers, colleagues, communities and corporate stakeholders. The key highlights from the report are as follows Giving customers access to the services they need when and where they need them: – Ulster Bank’s mobile
At the heart of every community in Dublin there are people and groups that drive it, make it thrive and create opportunities to connect the people that live there together. Each year since 2004, Dublin Bus has celebrated and supported these groups that are a lifeline to their local neighbours and families through its
Boots’ award-winning partnership with the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) has been going strong since 2012. The long-term nature of the partnership means that we have been able to build a strategic, collaborative relationship but it also means that Boots needs to constantly innovate to keep the partnership fresh and staff engaged. While fundraising has always