2024 has been busy commercially and operationally for SL Controls, and it has also been busy for our ESG (environmental, social, and governance) leaders and facilitators. Throughout the year they organised a range of initiatives and activities focused on our five sustainable development goals:
- Good health and wellbeing
- Quality education
- Gender equality
- Decent work and economic growth
- Responsible consumption and production
Raising Funds for the Irish Cancer Society
At the start of the year, we asked employees to vote for the SL Controls’ charity of the year. The team selected the Irish Cancer Society. We have organised a range of fundraising initiatives throughout 2024, including staff participating in Movember recently.
Workplace Wellbeing
We marked Workplace Wellbeing Week in April with a series of initiatives, including providing a healthy lunch for staff who came into the office on our April anchor day.
Cultural Diversity
To celebrate World Day for Cultural Diversity in May, we asked the SL Controls team to share details about their country and culture. We created a video highlighting the responses which you can view here.
Pride Month
We celebrated Pride Month throughout the month of June, including during a staff anchor day when employees who typically work from home came into the office.
Fitness Month
June was Fitness Month at SL Controls, with participating employees splitting up into teams to compete in a summer activity challenge. The Le(g)s Misérables team walked, cycled, ran, and swam further than anyone else.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We marked National Diversity and Inclusion Day in July by launching unconscious bias training for all employees and reinforcing our commitment to making positive changes.
Women’s Group
Our Women’s Group continued to meet throughout the year with a number of virtual get-togethers. Our industry continues to be male-dominated, so the discussions enable our female employees to connect with each other, build relationships, and discuss a range of topics.
Book Club
We launched a book club in 2024 for employees. Get-togethers started virtually but we have also had in-person meetings to discuss the books we are reading. It has proven to be a popular initiative that we are looking forward to continuing in 2025.
Mental Wellbeing Champions
Our Mental Wellbeing Champions ran a number of initiatives throughout the year, including Lunch and Learn sessions about workplace mental health. They also promoted good mental health at work with a pizza lunch as part of World Mental Health Day in October.
Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers
We continued our relationship with STEAM during 2024, with two 10-week programmes where SL Controls engineers went into primary schools to teach the children about the core principles of engineering. The schools were in County Tipperary and County Sligo in Ireland.
