Watch Now: Mary Whitelaw, Director of Corporate Affairs, AIB, speaks about winning Business & Finance ESG Award – Business & Finance
The Business & Finance Awards, in association with KPMG Ireland, celebrated a ‘New Era of Excellence’ at Dublin’s Convention Centre on 12th April, with 1,000 of Ireland’s business, political and social leaders in attendance at the celebrations.
The Business & Finance Awards, in association with KPMG Ireland, celebrated a ‘New Era of Excellence’ at Dublin’s Convention Centre on 12th April, with 1,000 of Ireland’s business, political and social leaders in attendance at the celebrations.
AIB walked away winners of the ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Award, sponsored by Coillte, the state owned forestry business. Mary Whitelaw, Director of Corporate Affairs, Strategy and Sustainability, AIB, was overjoyed with the win and thanked them for recognising AIB’s achievements.
The ESG award means a huge amount to us in AIB. We place ESG at the heart of our business strategy, and this award represents the work of a number of years, our sustainability team and the collaboration for teams all across the bank.
The awards were the first to be hosted in person since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The night was a huge success with several familiar faces in attendance such as former Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The Business & Finance Awards celebrated its 47th year this year.
Business & Finance was launched in 1964 as Ireland’s first business magazine with the Awards programme established a decade later. The Business & Finance Awards is Ireland’s premier business awards programme and includes among its previous honorees outstanding leaders of our time across business, politics and wider society.This includes former United States President Bill Clinton, former British Prime Minister Sir John Major, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, President Michael D. Higgins, former ECB President Mario Draghi, former Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Senator George Mitchell, and Sir Bob Geldof, among others.
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