Business in the community awards 2008

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Business in the Community’s third annual Regional Recognition Awards, in association with resource have been launched.

These Awards are open only to companies from Northern Ireland and demonstrate that local companies are not only committed to corporate responsibility, but are happy to be recognised and rewarded for it – something which Business in the Community believes can only serve to inspire better business behaviour in others.

New categories this year include awards for Health and Wellbeing (sponsored by Carecall, in association with Action Cancer), Diversity (sponsored by Royal Mail) and Supporting Economic Growth (sponsored by BT Ireland).

Another new award, the Women in Local Councils Award, in association with the Local Government Staff Commission, is also up for grabs and the Marks and Spencer Sieff Award for Community Endeavour will be presented to an outstanding community activist.

The top accolade of Responsible Company of the Year will be passed on by last year’s winners, Musgrave Retail Partners, who are sponsoring the category in 2008.

Competition will also be fierce in other categories, including Environmental Improvement (sponsored by Phoenix Natural Gas), Developing People (sponsored by Foyle Food Group) and Local Community Impact (sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers).

Terence Brannigan, Chief Executive of resource, official sponsor of the awards, said:

“As one of Northern Ireland’s largest employers resource is committed to operating as a responsible business and we are constantly looking at how to best manage our impact on employees, the environment, local community and our customers.

The closing date for entries is Friday 14 March 2008.

The winners will be announced at a Gala Awards dinner in the Waterfront Hall on 29 May 2008.

Businesses can apply for the awards by downloading an application pack from the Business in the Community website at www.bitcni.org.uk For additional information, call Business in the Community on (028) 9046 0606


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