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 […]

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 […]

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 […]