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.