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Protecting and enhancing the environment requires a combination of practical action, employee engagement and long-term thinking.
Across the construction sector, CIF members are driving initiatives that support biodiversity, improve resource management and strengthen environmental awareness both on-site and in local communities. From clean-up campaigns and water stewardship to sustainability education and conservation projects, these efforts demonstrate a growing commitment to creating positive environmental outcomes alongside successful project delivery.
Highlights include:
🌿Castlethorn highlighted a World Clean Up Day event involving residents at Ballymakenny Park. The activity brought neighbours together to improve shared spaces and take pride in their community.
🌿Clancy’s Sustainability Champions met to review first-half energy consumption and progress across projects. The session also prepared teams to introduce water monitoring and management across all sites, with initial readings planned for July.
🌿Designer Group launched Greener Together across its Irish sites and offices to strengthen environmental awareness. Toolbox talks, guidance and activities covered resource conservation, air pollution, waste segregation and chemical spill prevention.
🌿Kirby teams across Ireland, the UK and Europe participated in World Cleanup Day, removing waste in the communities where they live and work. The initiative highlighted collective action to improve local environments and strengthen community connections.
🌿Walls ran a companywide Sustainability Awareness Campaign featuring pollinator education, a Portmarnock beach clean-up and a visit to its Cavan forest project. Activities and webinars also covered embodied carbon, circular practices, neurodiversity and suicide awareness.