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Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) is celebrating the graduation of its EPIC programme participants for 2024. The EPIC programme empowers unemployed refugees and asylum seekers in their job search providing training on CV preparation, mock interviews, advice on navigating the Irish job market and one-to-one career counselling support.   The EPIC programme is predominantly […]

“Every time you spend money, you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want”.     Corporate gifting is a great opportunity for a company to put its sustainability values into practice. By choosing sustainable gifts, businesses can inspire their employees, build a positive brand image, and contribute to a better world. Ireland has […]

Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) is delighted to share the outcomes of its All-Ireland Climate Action Pilot Programme, a collaborative effort aimed at supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in reducing carbon emissions. This programme highlighted the crucial role of supply chain decarbonisation through uniting, upskilling and empowering some BITCI member companies and a […]

COP 16 is now into its second week. Talks and negotiations have focused on resource mobilisation and a proposal for a new global instrument for biodiversity finance. Also being addressed are the scientific and technical needs to support GBF implementation. Reflecting the scale of the challenge to halt and reverse nature loss, it’s disappointing to […]

A study, published in April this year, by the journal Science entitled The positive impact of conservation action found that ‘in two-thirds of cases, conservation either improved the state of biodiversity or at least slowed the decline’. Furthermore, efforts targeted at habitat loss reduction and restoration and sustainable management among others are highly effective but […]

BITCI launch new Business Pact to drive action on net zero and nature positive Three in five Irish consumers are more likely to support businesses committed to climate and nature. That’s according to Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI), who surveyed consumers ahead of the launch of their new collective action campaign today – Accelerate, […]

Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) today celebrated the successful completion of a first-of-its-kind collaborative supply chain decarbonisation pilot for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The closing ceremony, hosted at the historic House of Lords building by Bank of Ireland, brought together 22 businesses from across Ireland. During the event, participants were awarded carbon literacy […]

Business in the Community Ireland’s (BITCI) latest Munster Members Network meeting focused on how businesses can be more proactive to enhance and protect the natural environment. With our nature, biodiversity and ecosystems all being adversely affected by climate change, the event was an opportunity to share and upskill on how local businesses are responding. The […]

In 2023, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) entered into force and a first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) was adopted by way of delegated act.   While the first companies are expected to comply from 2024, EU Member States have now transposed the CSRD into their national law and Efrag, the independent technical […]