Social Investment Strategy

In recent years, the following trends and priorities have been emerging to influence the roll out of a business Social Investment Strategy.

1. Shift towards greater Social Impact Measurement with companies implementing greater methods of measuring what might be the long-term societal impacts of the community initiatives they have supported.
2. More member companies seeking to establish longer-term strategic partnerships with Irish charities that address a particular cause or social issue (such as mental health, diversity & inclusion, financial literacy, etc.)
3. Companies increasingly shifting towards more skills-based forms of volunteering which fully utilise the skillsets of their employees. Charities are also increasingly requesting skills-sharing and project support from the corporate sector.

Accordingly, BITCI supports our member companies to develop their Social Investment Strategy through:

Using our Business Working Responsibly Mark as a framework, support member companies to design approaches, partnerships and initiatives that are more strategic, meaningful, and impactful.

Our own Social Investment Model supports companies in developing a Social Investment Strategy that is aligned with their core business strategy.

Broker long-term, multi-layered strategic partnerships between member companies and charities through our Flagship Charity Partnership process.

Facilitate engagement of member companies in BITCI’s Education and Employment programmes which are superb ways for our member companies to deliver positive social impact and build strong relationships in their local communities.