Category: Uncategorized

On the 20 May 2024, we celebrated our third IPB Sustainability Awareness Week by organising a number of events to support our employees in understanding more about sustainability and ESG and how we can all make a positive change in our daily lives both at work and at home.  It also provided us with an opportunity to learn more about IPB’s sustainability journey and all the great work our Members are doing on climate action, active travel and biodiversity.  In summary, some our key activities included:

• A panel discussion with some of our Members on ‘Taking Climate Action’, chaired by our Head of Sustainability, Laura Smith
• An employee panel discussion on ‘Sustainability: Making a Difference – through the lens of our work in Underwriting and Investments’, chaired by our Company Secretary, Director of Legal & Sustainability, Evelyn Savage
• Launch of the IPB Mutual Marketplace – a freecycle page for our employees which supports the circular economy
• Updating employees on our GHG emission data and our Sustainability Strategy KPIs as well as an update on our CSRD implementation project
• Provided two volunteering opportunities – Docklands Business Forum clean up and Ringsend & Irishtown TidyTowns clean up
• Garden Gastronomy cookery evening course – to learn how to cook with plant-based ingredients and have zero waste

IPB Insurance was delighted to sponsor the inaugural Mary Robinson Climate Conference in Ballina from the 5-7 July 2023.  The conference was part of a number of events taking place for the Ballina 2023 Festival. On the 5 July, as part of the conference programme, IPB hosted a Local Authority Climate Action Staff networking event. This was the Network’s first face-to-face event and IPB were delighted to provide a forum for networking and sharing of ideas with presentations from industry experts.  This was followed by a Bike Buffet hosted by Mayo County Council and organised by Ballina Chamber of Commerce.

On the 6 July, IPB hosted a panel discussion entitled ‘Creating Community Leadership in Climate Action – the Local Authority Role’ which was chaired by Laura Smith, Head of Sustainability, and featured expert panellists such as John McLaughlin, CEO of Donegal County Council and Chair of the CCMA Climate Action, Waste Management, Transport and Networks Committee, John Clendennen, Chair of the IPB Board Sustainability Committee, Laura Dixon Climate Officer Mayo County Council and Sinéad Dooley Head of Public Engagement, Eirgrid. This event helps to deliver on key aspects of the IPB sustainability strategy such as our ‘Commitment to Members’.  As a mutual insurer, IPB provides insurance to our Members, who, as Local Authorities, are dedicated to supporting their respective communities. Our commitment to supporting our Members during this transformative period, as they lead the way in climate transition, is important to us and such events help guide us to ensure the products we provide are appropriate to their needs.