Welcome to the latest edition of the Alumni Digest.
You've let us know that you want to hear more from EY about a number of topics, including sustainability. With that and the launch of COP26, this edition of Alumni Connect focuses on Sustainability. EY has a strong delegation of attendees at COP26, including Head of Sustainability for EY Ireland, Stephen Prendiville. Keep an eye out on the EY Ireland Alumni LinkedIn for updates from COP26. We also hear from 2021 EY Alumnus, Siobhán McHugh, CEO, Demand Response Association of Ireland discussing the burgeoning energy crisis facing the country.
I am delighted to let you know that EY has achieved our goal of being Carbon Neutral by year-end. The first professional services firm to do so, this achievement puts us in a paramount position to achieve Net Zero status by 2025. EY has made a conscious decision to continue to maintain factors as a result of the pandemic that contributed to reduction in carbon emissions of our people as well as introducing new policies to bolster our carbon off-set even more through our new work and people policy, EY Hybrid.
As EY Partner Sponsor of our Alumni community, I’m interested in hearing your feedback on this newsletter, on the topics you’d like us to cover and whether you would like to feature in our interview section. Please get in touch here.
Read our alumni spotlight story
EY Sustainability Maturity Assessment Tool
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When "doing enough" on sustainability is not enough
Other news from EY Ireland
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Introducing EY Law Ireland
On 01 October, EY Law Ireland was launched. A unique proposition for the Irish market as Ireland's only global professional services firm to offer a law firm as part of client offerings across Digital, Tech and Commercial, Corporate M&A, Employment and Real Estate in the Irish market, EY Law Ireland is connected to an eco-system of 92 other countries offering EY Law making offering great depth of local industry expertise with global scale. Click here to learn more and meet the EY Law Ireland team.
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816 new jobs at EY Ireland
In September, EY Ireland Managing Partner Frank O'Keeffe, announced that 816 new jobs are being created in EY over the next 12 months. We are incredibly excited for what is to come for EY and to witness our growth across all sectors. If you are interested in coming back to EY, please do reach out or click here to view open roles. Referral rewards are also available to Alumni. If you would like more information on referrals, reach out here.
Meet your Alumni Service Line Leads
Assurance partner specialising in the Technology Sector and Audit Compliance Principal at EY Ireland. Click here to connect.