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Business in the Community Ireland Leaders in Sustainability and Social Inclusion

At Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI), we bring together businesses, government, and communities to make a real difference in sustainability and social inclusion. Business in the Community Ireland, partnerships that help people and the planet.​​

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Lead, Innovate, Achieve: Championing Sustainability and Social Inclusion for 25 Years

A one-of-a-kind event

Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI), leaders in sustainability and social inclusion, proudly marked its 25th anniversary with a landmark conference in Croke Park, Dublin, on 11th September, 2025, bringing together business leaders, civil society, government, and academia.

Find out more about this one-of-a-kind event here

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Sustainability Services

Sustainable businesses are successful businesses. We work with over 120 of Ireland’s top businesses on their sustainability strategies.
Our theory of change is to work individually and collectively with members to drive, initiate and collaborate to embed sustainability across all aspects of their business.

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20 Years Strong: TUS & Thomond Driving Student Success NewsNewsroom

20 Years Strong: TUS & Thomond Driving Student Success

Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) congratulates Technological University Shannon (TUS) and Thomond College, Limerick for partnering for the past 20 years to deliver initially the Skills at Work programme and more recently our World of Work programme to 2nd year students.  The nationwide World of Work programme provides industry insights to 2nd year DEIS students through corporate volunteers from a local company. The volunteers […]
Materiality & Stakeholder Engagement: Building Strategic Insight for Sustainable Business BITCI NewsNewsNewsroom

Materiality & Stakeholder Engagement: Building Strategic Insight for Sustainable Business

After a year of regulatory uncertainty for European businesses around sustainability reporting rules, the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) has now been clarified – taking approximately 90% of companies initially subject to compliance out of scope and weakening the future outcomes of the directive. However, strong principles were reinforced, and many lessons and good practices emerged from the preparation for CSRD. Among these are the importance of materiality assessments and stakeholder dialogue as […]
Five Years On: BITCI challenges business to deliver on workplace inclusion NewsNewsroom

Five Years On: BITCI challenges business to deliver on workplace inclusion

Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) today marked five years of its Elevate: The Inclusive Workplace Pledge, highlighting progress made by businesses in advancing workplace inclusion while calling for renewed and sustained action to address persistent labour market inequalities.  This campaign was launched in 2021 in response to inequalities exposed and intensified by the Covid-19 pandemic. BITCI identified a gap between […]

Testimonials, read what others say about us!

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“The exchange of information and insights and access to experts in all fields of sustainability has helped us greatly over the years"

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“Being an Elevate signatory means we're part of a group of companies committed to making Ireland a more inclusive society where everybody can thrive and prosper.”

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“The Business Working Responsibly Mark allows us to have a really good sense of where we are in terms of our sustainability work through external accreditation.”

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"We are delighted to work with BITCI to deliver such fantastic programmes to young students. These initiatives are truly inspiring for employees, teachers, and students.”

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“The Elevate Pledge is fantastic. It gives us a reference point to other businesses. We would say we have an inclusive culture, but we always know we have more to do.”

Enterprise Mobility

“We aim to empower people through BITCI Education and Employment Programmes by equipping them with the skills and knowledge needed to achieve their ambitions.”

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We’re proud to be a signatory to Accelerate: The Business Pact for Climate and Nature because it’s about taking meaningful action to create a fairer, more sustainable future for everyone.

Statistics About Business in the Community

118

large national and multinational member companies

212K

employees across our member companies

75%

of Employment Programmes participants had positive outcomes (jobs, training or volunteering)

4826

students participated in education programmes for 2023.

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