NSAI donates key food hygiene standard to FoodCloud charities
The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has announced a link-up with FoodCloud, providing copies of a key food hygiene standard to 303 charities, community groups and local causes in the surplus food distributor’s network. One in eight people in Ireland currently experiences food poverty, according to figures from the Department of Social Protection, and demand...
READ ARTICLE >EU rules will force firms to report on environmental and social issues
An Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Frances Fitzgerald T.D., has announced that new EU regulations, which introduce new non-financial reporting requirements for some of Ireland’s largest companies, took effect from Monday, 21 August 2017. Under the European Union (Disclosure of non-financial and diversity Information by certain large undertakings and groups) Regulations 2017, large companies will...
READ ARTICLE >Ireland “positioned” to be a global leader in wave and tidal energy
Ireland is “ideally positioned” to become a global leader in wave and tidal energy production, according to the organiser of an international conference being held in Cork at the end of this month. More than 400 experts, entrepreneurs and researchers will attend the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2017) in Cork this month....
READ ARTICLE >First National Mitigation Plan on Climate Change Published
The first National Mitigation Plan on climate change was published on the 19th July this year and represents a huge initial step to set Ireland on a pathway to achieve the level of decarbonisation required and transition to a low carbon, climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050. This is a very important first step by this Government...
READ ARTICLE >Heineken Ireland launches urban greening community initiative
Heineken Ireland has announced an initiative which aims to bring communities together to create urban growing spaces that have a positive impact – socially, environmentally and economically. Entitled ‘Growing with Our Communities‘, the initiative is “rooted” internally with HEINEKEN Ireland employees and in collaboration with GIY (Grow it Yourself), through a bespoke GIY@Work programme called #StarGrowers. Ten Community...
READ ARTICLE >Overview of GreenStart Funding Support
GreenStart provides an introduction to environmental best practice and helps in the preparation of a formalised environmental management structure. This can help your company achieve competitive advantage through greater resource efficiency (energy/water/waste costs) and greater market share through enhanced credentials in a short, focused engagement. The initiative is designed for companies that are unfamiliar with...
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