In this episode of Ibec Voices we look at the social enterprise sector in Ireland, with a particular focus on the measurement of impact. We explore the challenges businesses in this sector face, the supports available, and also examine the National Social Enterprise Policy 2019-2022. Join our panel for a discussion on the importance of social enterprises in our communities, mainstreaming social enterprise entrepreneurship, and how Ibec is working to support inclusion in employment. You will hear expert insights on these issues from: Laura Dennehy, Enactus Country LeadFaith Savage, Anytime of the MonthMeadhbh Costello, Ibec Social Policy Executive

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Social Enterprise: Impact and Measurement

On this episode of Ibec Voices we discuss upcoming Hamilton Day celebrations and the fascinating story of William Rowan Hamilton, universally recognised as the greatest mathematician, and arguably the greatest scientist, that Ireland has produced to date.   Ibec is delighted to partner with the Royal Irish Academy once again on Hamilton Day, this year taking place on Friday 15th October, to promote the lasting legacy of an Irish man who made a seminal contribution to the world around us today. The discussion answers questions such as:Who was William Rowan Hamilton and what is his contribution to our lives today?Why does Ibec partner with the Royal Irish Academy for Hamilton Day?What is the programme of events for this year’s Hamilton Day?What can be expected from the 2021 Hamilton Lecture ‘Glimpses into Hyperbolic geometry’ presented by Professor Caroline Series?You will hear expert insights on William Rowan Hamilton and Hamilton Day 2021 from: Danny McCoy, CEO Ibec; Dr Mary Canning, Royal Irish Academy, President;Professor Caroline Series, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick.

Hamilton Day 2021: Celebrating Ireland's greatest mathematician

This episode of Work Talks features contributions from international thought leaders Tsedal Neeley, Harvard Business School and Noah Askin of INSEAD ahead of their keynote presentations at the Ibec HR Leadership Summit taking place on 21 October. The Ibec HR Leadership Summit is well established as one of the most significant thought leadership events in the corporate calendar.Tsedal and Noah join Maeve McElwee, Ibec Director of Employer Relations, to discuss the theme of this year’s Summit;  The evolving workplace – achieving a sustainable balance.The themes of organisation design and culture have never been more important as companies reconstruct their operations in a post pandemic environment.  The demands for remote and flexible models of working have accelerated tenfold.  The challenge for every leader is to design and create a culture and work environment that is sustainable, so that their organisations can thrive and succeed. Enjoy the episode and book your place at the Ibec HR Leadership Summit now at www.hrleadership.ie 

The evolving workplace- Achieving a sustainable balance

How can businesses support and promote women’s wellbeing and career development? This pivotal issue is the focus of the latest episode of the Work Talks podcast series, presented by broadcaster Kieran Cuddihy.How can we support and promote wellbeing in the workplace, particularly relating to issues like infertility, miscarriage and menopause?How do we support women who, in the majority of cases, have the main care giving responsibilities in their households?What more can business do to promote equality through Gender Pay Gap reporting and sufficient statutory leave entitlement? You will hear expert insights on these issues from: Maeve McElwee, Director of Employer Relations, Ibec;Ronan Collier, Corporate Safety, Health and Welfare Coordinator, ESB;Loretta Dignam, Founder of the Menopause Hub.

Women’s Wellbeing and Career Development

In a special bonus episode, Ibec Voices brings you insights from a recent virtual event that Ibec held with The Honourable Martin J Walsh, United States Secretary of Labour. In a wide-ranging conversation with Ibec CEO Danny McCoy, the episode explores President Joe Biden Administration’s labour priorities, the changing labour landscape in the US and the growing trend of collectivism in the US and its implications for businesses in Ireland, particularly those US multinationals that have a presence in Ireland.Subscribe to Ibec Voices wherever you get your podcasts for the latest insights about the people and priorities behind Irish business and the global climate that impacts it. Get behind-the-scenes access to what&apos;s top of mind for Ireland&apos;s business leaders, thought leaders, and the people working hard to reboot and reimagine a better Ireland. 

Tomorrow ready: trends that will shape society and business on both sides of the Atlantic

This episode of Ibec Voices will focus on the changing landscape for businesses in terms of their human rights obligations, both domestically and internationally.This includes a discussion between Jim Clarken, CEO, Oxfam Ireland, and Kara McGann, Head of Social Policy, Ibec, on how the dynamic between the private sector and NGOs is evolving. This conversation, moderated by Siobhan Masterson, Head of Corporate Affairs, Ibec, reflects on how the private sector is increasingly working with NGOs like Oxfam, who deliver a wide range of supports to businesses to help meet their human rights obligations. We also hear from Caoimhe Buckley, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Fyffes, who shares her insights about the development and rollout of Fyffes’s comprehensive sustainability strategy.

Human Rights: What Irish businesses need to know

Dispute resolution is topic relevant to every employer in Ireland, and is the focus of this episode of Work Talks. It will explore questions such as:How can employers maintain positive employment relationships in workplace?What are the effective conflict resolution mechanisms that companies use?Are we becoming more litigious as a society and how can we avoid this?Tune in now to hear expert insights on the crucial issues from; Maeve McElwee, Director of Employer Relations, Ibec; Dr Desmond Ryan, Barrister-at-Law, who specialises in Employment Law; and Liam Kelly, Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission. The episode is presented by broadcaster Kieran Cuddihy. 

Workplace dispute resolution – What you need to know

In this episode of Ibec Voices, we are focusing on the topic of sustainable finance. It will delve in to the following questions:What is sustainable finance?Why has it risen so high on the priority list of business leaders?What does it mean, in practical terms, for businesses large and small?You will hear expert insights on these issues from two business leaders who are heavily involved in the area; Alan Duffy, CEO and Head of Banking, HSBC Ireland, and Fiona Gallagher, CEO, Wells Fargo Bank International.Tune in and subscribe to Ibec Voices today, wherever you get your podcasts. 

HSBC and Wells Fargo on Sustainable Finance

This episode offers insights on the upcoming climate action and low carbon legislation and the action plan that is going to support Ireland’s transition to net zero and achieve a climate neutral economy by no later than 2050.Our guests on this episode of Ibec Voices are CEO of Ibec Danny McCoy and Marie Donnelly, the Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council. The Council is the body the Government has appointed to develop the policies to meet the major regulatory changes set out of the Climate Action Bill which is likely to become legislation in July. Marie Donnelly is also a former Director General of the European Commission with responsibility for Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Innovation. This conversation looks at what this legislation means for the private sector and how practically it is going to be operated and implemented.  This episode is compulsory listening for anyone who needs to understand the significant and wide-ranging implications of this legislation. 

Making Ireland a success in tackling climate change

Why is Diversity and Inclusion so important in workplaces and what role does it play in addressing societal issues? Join our panel of speakers Maeve McElwee, Director of Employer Relations, Oisín Ó’Gógáin HR Director Aon Ireland & Nordic Region and Fiona Mullan, Chief People Office, Ding who will discuss the importance of a diverse workplace culture as a key driver of workplace satisfaction, performance and engagement.

Work Talks: Diversity & Inclusion

With the lifting of Covid-related restrictions comes a renewed focus on the future of work and the workplace. How and where we will work in a post-Covid world is an issue that is currently top of mind for many employers and employees alike, and it is the topic of discussion in this episode of Ibec Voices.  Our guests are:·      Professor Alma McCarthy, Head of the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics and Professor of Public Sector Management at the National University of Ireland, Galway.·      Audrey O’Mahony , Managing Director for Talent & Organisation, Financial Services for Accenture in Ireland.And the conversation is chaired by Director of Employer Relations at Ibec, Maeve McElwee. The discussion covers: ·       Managing hybrid workplaces·       Multigenerational workplaces·       The right to disconnect·       Performance management·       Expectations and challenges about the return to office·       Upskilling senior leaders and people managers to thrive in the workplace of tomorrow. 

The Future of Work and the Workplace

This episode of Ibec Voices focuses on insights from thought leader Paul Polman, a former CEO of Unilever who went on to co-found Imagine, a social venture aimed at accelerating business leadership to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Paul addressed the 2021 Ibec Business Leaders Conference where he spoke about reimagining business models, a sustainable, inclusive economic recovery from the Covid crisis and the unique opportunity for business to lead on this agenda.He believes that while business leadership has a lot to do to address the many challenges that the world now faces, we have never been better equipped with so many tools to address these challenges and achieve great things. 

Business leadership on sustainability, with Paul Polman

Ireland’s government has a very important decision to make. CETA, a trade agreement between Canada and the EU, is currently awaiting ratification from the Oireachtas, and the clock is ticking. Many other EU member States have signed the deal, and the longer Ireland waits, the more negative the consequences.  Multilateralism has never been more important for the Irish economy and business model, particularly as the country faces the twin threats of Brexit and Covid. In this episode of Ibec Voices, Ibec CEO Danny McCoy outlines the significant economic and societal benefits that trade deals, such as CETA, can deliver; and he makes a strong case for why the Irish Government must ratify this deal as soon as possible. We also hear from John Riordan, Director of Customer Support and Chair of the Board at e-commerce platform Shopify International, a Canadian-based multinational with a substantial presence in Ireland. John outlines the Shopify story in Ireland, the unique business and cultural links between Ireland and Canada, and how CETA has been advancing the cause of connected business between Ireland and Canada since 2017. He also explains the importance of sustainability to Shopify’s current and future business strategy.  

Why Trade Agreements Matter: Ratifying CETA and the Shopify Story

Tesco is Ireland’s largest private sector employer, with 13,000 employees across the country. Kari Daniels has led the company since September 2018. However, as most CEOs will attest,  the style of leadership required for the role has evolved rapidly in recent months.  In this episode of Ibec Voices, Kari Daniels talks to Ibec’s Siobhan Masterson about leading Ireland’s largest private sector employer through a pandemic, balancing the twin roles of CEO and Mother to 13 and 11 year old boys, and Tesco Ireland’s future.  We also hear from Arnold Dillon, Director of Retail Ireland, about the retail sector’s current challenges, priorities, and asks of government. 

Leading through Lockdown, with Kari Daniels, Tesco Ireland

Covid strategies have two phases - the suppression and the release.  In the context of where Ireland and much of the northern hemisphere finds itself ten months into this pandemic, this episode of Ibec Voices examines Ireland’s strategy to date in its fight against Covid-19. Ireland’s National Covid Strategy proposes release through national levels 5 to 1 on activities and sectoral reopenings. The Zero Covid strategy is more zonal in release, advocating for reopening by areas that are green zones in conjunction with a robust test track and trace system.We take a look at an alternative strategy to crush the virus and restore greater social and economic activity while we await mass vaccination programmes to take effect.Our guest is Yaneer Bar-Yam, President of the New England Systems Institute. Yaneer’s work has concerned itself with global pandemics for over 15 years including contributing to the response protocols which successfully stopped the outbreak of Ebola in Africa in 2014.Yaneer is an MIT-trained physicist and complexity scientist and he has been following Ireland’s experience with the Covid pandemic and the response by Government and its stakeholders. He is also Founder of the endcoronavirus.org network. 

Understanding ‘Zero Covid’ and why it could work

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