New Salesforce Tower to be one of Ireland's most sustainable office
campuses
Salesforce.org announces $1
million grant to Educate Together, Ireland's Equality-based School
Provider
DUBLIN, Jan. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce
(NYSE:CRM), the global leader in CRM, today announced Salesforce
Tower Dublin, significantly expanding the company's regional
headquarters in Ireland. As part of the expansion, Salesforce
plans to add 1,500 new local jobs over the next five years.
Salesforce.org, the philanthropic arm of Salesforce, also announced
a $1 million grant to Educate
Together, supporting the opening and running of schools in
Ireland. Today's announcements
were made with the Irish Prime Minister, An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD at an event in the Convention
Centre Dublin where nearly 1,000 Salesforce employees were present
to hear details of the new plans.
Salesforce Tower Dublin will be an urban campus of four
interconnected buildings located on North Wall Quay within
Dublin's vibrant Silicon Docks,
overlooking the River Liffey. Salesforce employees are due to start
moving into the 430,000 Sq ft campus in mid-2021. Salesforce Tower
Dublin is being developed by Ronan Group Real Estate and Colony
Capital.
Plans for Salesforce Tower Dublin will include an immersive
video lobby experience; riverside paths connecting the campus to
the cultural city hub; and an "Ohana
Floor", an open hospitality space for Salesforce employees,
customers and partners, which will also be available for
not-for-profit organisations and local community groups to use on
weeknights and weekends at no cost.
New Campus Supports Salesforce's Continued Growth in
Ireland
Salesforce has been named one of Ireland's Best Places to Work for three years
and the Best Workplace in Europe
in 2018. Salesforce Tower Dublin will be a regional hub for
employees across sales, customer service, technical and business
operations delivering new innovations to its more than 150,000
customers around the world. Salesforce has over 1,400 employees in
Dublin and more than 34,000
employees worldwide. With plans to add 1,500 new jobs over the next
five years, the company is actively recruiting for roles across all
functions including engineering, customer support, sales and
business services. Ireland is home
to many Salesforce customers including Brown Thomas Arnotts, Icon
PLC, Property Button and Ulster Bank.
Comments on the News
"Today we are announcing the location of Salesforce Tower Dublin
and the creation of 1,500 new jobs over the next five years.
This is one of the largest jobs announcements in Ireland in recent years," said An Taoiseach,
Leo Varadkar TD welcoming the news.
"Salesforce is an important part of our technology sector, helping
Ireland become the tech capital of
Europe and one of the most
globalised and open economies in the world. Ireland is open to investment, to capital, to
trade, to talent and to creativity. I particularly welcome
Salesforce's €1 million grant to Educate Together, and the
hospitality space being set aside for local community groups. Well
done to the entire team in Dublin
on your success."
"Europe is Salesforce's fastest
growing region, and Ireland has
been a significant part of our success. We are excited to be
announcing our continued commitment with this investment in
Dublin as we grow our team in the
coming years," said Miguel Milano,
President, International, Salesforce. "Salesforce Tower Dublin will
be an iconic campus and a beautiful space for our employees,
customers, partners and the wider community in Dublin to enjoy."
"We were one of the first digital companies to locate in
Dublin, and since opening here we
have seen the city flourish into one of the world's leading
technology hubs," said Dr. David
Dempsey, Country Leader for Salesforce in Ireland. "We are proud to be part of this
story and look forward to taking up residence in the very heart of
Dublin's Silicon Docks."
New Innovations in Sustainability
Salesforce Tower Dublin will be one of the most sustainable
office campuses in Ireland and one
of Salesforce's most sustainable building projects to date. The
building will be LEED v4 Core and Shell Platinum Certified. Also,
Salesforce is pursuing LEED v4 Commercial Interiors Platinum
Certification and ILFI Net Zero Carbon Certification. The all
electric building will be one of the first commercial occupied nZEB
(nearly Net Zero Energy Building) in Dublin and will source 100% renewable energy
with some onsite solar and innovative battery storage to meet the
company's commitment to low carbon buildings. In addition, its
innovative green roof with rainwater capture will sequester carbon
and filter water while providing accessible green space in the
heart of the city.
Supporting Ireland Education with $1
Million Grant for Ireland's
Educate Together
Salesforce is also committed to giving back to the community and
today Salesforce.org, the philanthropic arm of Salesforce,
announced a grant of $1 million to
Educate Together, an educational charity that operates
equality-based schools in Ireland
with 84 primary schools and 13 second-level schools, providing
education for over 28,000 pupils. The grant, which is
Salesforce.org's largest European grant to date, will support the
opening of new equality-based schools in Ireland, the development of a Quality
Framework for existing schools in the network, support professional
development programmes for teachers, and the further development of
the organisation's unique Ethical Education curriculum.
Ebony Frelix, EVP & Chief
Philanthropy Officer of Salesforce.org said, "As the patron body
for almost 100 schools in Ireland,
we were impressed by Educate Together's commitment to equality and
human rights-based education. The democratic and culturally
inclusive ethos of Educate Together as well as their focus on
student engagement, community involvement, and the equality of
access are all reasons we are excited to be supporting Educate
Together."
Paul Rowe, CEO of Educate
Together thanked Salesforce.org for their grant saying, "The
generosity of Salesforce.org will have a wonderful impact on the
work of Educate Together. It will directly benefit our students,
the efforts of our teachers and the many families that are seeking
our model of education. We are particularly excited that the grant
will allow us to develop our important 'Quality Framework' which we
hope will increase participation and innovation in all our schools.
We also are enthused with the alignment of our Ethical Education
curriculum and its focus on education for local, national and
global sustainability with Salesforce.org's philanthropic
goals."
The initiatives from Educate Together further build on
Salesforce.org's commitment to improve the quality of schools and
opportunities in the communities where Salesforce employees live
and work. As part of its model of giving time, technology and
resources back to the community, Salesforce.org has given more than
$1.6 million in grants to support
"Future Ready" organisations in Ireland including Bridge21, Citywise
Education, Educate Together, St. Dominic's School in Ballyfermot
and St. Peter's School in Bray. In
addition, Salesforce employees in Ireland are committing to deliver 38,000 total
employee volunteer hours to community programmes in 2019.
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About Educate Together
Educate Together is an
educational charity that operates equality-based schools in
Ireland, providing education for
over 28,000 pupils. A founding principle of Educate Together's
approach to education is that all children are treated with equal
respect, regardless of social, cultural or religious backgrounds.
Educate Together schools are committed to four key principles - the
schools are equality-based, learner centred, democratically run and
co-educational. Educate Together schools teach the national
curriculum alongside its unique Ethical Education curriculum.
Further information can be found on www.educatetogether.ie.
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