Social pictures from our ‘Sustainability: Making it Pay’ networking event

On Tuesday 9 April, team IMAGE hosted a networking event in The Westbury where guests heard from three experts on how to futureproof their organisation, as well as our planet.

What if doing the right thing could also enhance your bottom line? What if supporting the environment ties in with better commercial success? What’s soon going to be essential compliance? For whom? And what brings a grant, and/or a tax benefit with it?

As the role of environmental social governance becomes a non-negotiable in Irish business, we wanted to dedicate an evening to enlightening IMAGE Business Club members on how and where the advantages lie and how to take the first – or next steps – in futureproofing our organisations, as well as our planet.

We brought together a panel of experts from the worlds of tax, media and consultancy, who endeavoured to demystify, inform and present strategic options that are sustainable, ethical, and commercially advantageous.

The panel featured Jo Linehan, editor of the CLIMATE supplement at The Sunday Times Ireland; Sinead Kelly, tax director at PwC with a focus on ESG; and Aisling Connaughton, sustainability solutionist and co-founder with Cyd Connects, in a series of conversations and presentations, moderated by IMAGE contributing editor, Melanie Morris.

The evening included discussion about everything from EU reporting and Irish governmental subsidies, to looking into the future and seeing what could be put in place now for some smart, financially-positive, ESG-compliant outcomes.

As always, the evening began with Malfy Gin and Fever Tree cocktails, and a chance to catch up with the IMAGE Business Club community. There were plenty of opportunities to meet our speakers, plus a prize on the night and a gift bag for everyone on departure.

To see more social pictures from the ‘Sustainability: Making it Pay’ networking event, browse through the gallery below…

Photography by Dora Kazmierak