Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Challenges Facing Businesses in Relation to Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Discussion
Mr. Tim Griffiths:
I agree. There are something like 4,300 enterprises that identify as social enterprises in Ireland today. It is a huge number.
The Senator made a point on how far we have come. I totally agree. Twenty years ago when Social Entrepreneurs Ireland was founded, I do not think anyone had heard of the expression "social entrepreneur". If they had, they certainly did not know what it meant. We have great examples of people we have worked with over the years, people like FoodCloud, GIY and AsIAm.