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Can VAT Accelerate Ireland's Green Transition? Can VAT Accelerate Ireland's Green Transition?

How VAT incentives could support Ireland's green transition in Budget 2027.

01 Oct 2026
Article PPWR: Why the EU's New Packaging Rules Reach Further Than Many Companies Realise

PPWR obligations, timelines and compliance considerations for businesses across the EU.

Catherine McQuaid
| 20 Jul 2026
Article With €460m invested, Rinn Network's real test starts now

How Rinn can convert research investment into innovation and economic impact.

14 Jul 2026
Article SBTi Version 2.0: turning ambition into results to unlock a resilient business

SBTi 2.0 updates: transition plans, dynamic baselines and category-based targets.

Catherine McQuaid
| 16 Jun 2026
Article Evolving Expectations: Integrating Social Risk into ESG Frameworks

How to integrate social risk into ESG under new EBA Guidelines.

Janice Daly
| 31 Mar 2026
Article Climate risk in County Louth

Louth’s climate risk assessment and adaptation model using CLIMAAX.

06 Feb 2026
Article Thinking beyond compliance: Decarbonisation as a business imperative

Decarbonisation is no longer optional. Discover how climate action drives business value, trust and long-term advantage.

Janice Daly
Catherine Duggan
Catherine McQuaid
| 4 min read | 13 Oct 2025
Article Moving to Net Zero: Your next step in decarbonisation

Ready for Net Zero? Learn how to turn early climate action into a credible, future-proof strategy that drives long-term value.

Janice Daly
Catherine Duggan
Catherine McQuaid
| 4 min read | 13 Oct 2025
Article Getting started with decarbonisation: From strategy to action

Turn climate ambition into action. Learn how to build a credible decarbonisation strategy that delivers measurable business impact.

Janice Daly
Catherine Duggan
Catherine McQuaid
| 4 min read | 13 Oct 2025
Sustainability VSME: EFRAG’s new sustainability standard for SMEs

The Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard is intended to allow entities that are not in the scope of the CSRD to support SMEs in accessing sustainable finance.

1 min read | 23 Jan 2025
Sustainability Advisory Four non-negotiable and practical steps for CSRD implementation

Discover four essential steps for CSRD compliance, from governance to resource allocation, ensuring your sustainability reporting meets regulatory standards.

Janice Daly
Catherine Duggan
| 5 min read | 17 Oct 2024
Sustainability What are sustainability scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions?

Green House Gas (GHG) emissions are classified into categories of Scope 1, Scope 2 or Scope 3. This is a way of grouping emissions between those created by the company and those created by its wider value chain.

Sarah Carroll
Amanda Ward
| 2 min read | 20 Sep 2023
Financial Services Advisory Guidance for (Re)Insurance Undertakings on Climate Change Risk

Following stakeholder consultation, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has published ‘Guidance for (Re)Insurance Undertakings on Climate Change Risk’. The following are the key areas outlined for re(insurers) to integrate climate change risk: Appropriate Governance, Materiality Assessment, Scenario Analysis, Strategy & Business Model, Risk Appetite & Risk Management and Reporting.

Amanda Ward
Catherine Duggan
| 5 min read | 05 Apr 2023
Article The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive or “CSRD”

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) introduces detailed reporting requirements on companies’ impact on the environment, human rights and social standards.

Amanda Ward
Anne Marie Flynn
Catherine Duggan
| 3 min read | 20 Mar 2023
Article Integrating sustainability risks in insurance governance

In line with the EU’s ‘Financing Sustainable Growth’ Action Plan 2018, the European Commission adopted a number of delegated acts which will impact (re)insurance undertakings and insurance distributors. These changes will apply from 2 August 2022.

Anne Marie Flynn
| 4 min read | 15 Jul 2022
Article UCITS firms face new risk rules

Effective from 1st August 2022, Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1270 (“new regulation”) requires all UCITS Management Companies (“UCITS Mancos”) to integrate sustainability risks into the management of UCITS.

Dwayne Price
Catherine Duggan
| 4 min read | 30 Mar 2022
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