ESG Advisory Group
Having worked on a number of innovative ESG projects, and with years of experience advising in this area, our partners understand the pace at which dynamics are changing. Through enhancing our ESG offering by bringing it into one combined advisory platform, Matheson's ESG Group provides an integrated approach to supporting our clients in responding to legislative and regulatory change; delivering on their own ESG goals; and meeting the challenges and opportunities in doing so.
Chaired by Garret Farrelly, our dedicated group of 12 partners combines a strong collaborative focus with deep industry knowledge, providing ESG expertise in the areas of sustainable finance; governance; climate action; energy, natural resources and utilities; waste and the circular economy; employment practices; supply chain management; investment funds; environmental and planning; data privacy; sustainable construction; and sustainable commercial real estate. You can read more about our experience in each of these areas below.
As a business, Matheson is committed to environmental, social and governance standards. Our cross-firm Sustainability Committee is tasked with implementing initiatives and setting targets to ensure that the firm meets its sustainability objectives, further information on which is here. We are a founding signatory to Pro Bono Pledge Ireland, an initiative which calls on legal professionals in Ireland to commit to promoting access to justice by providing free legal assistance to those in need; and our Diversity and Inclusion programmes have been recognised by the Irish Centre for Diversity. Matheson is the only law firm in Ireland to receive Gold Standard accreditation from the Irish Centre for Diversity for D&I practices.
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ESG Thought Leadership, News and Events
Ireland Publishes New Sustainability Regulations
24/07/2024. The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) introduced a new mandatory sustainability reporting regime that will apply to many Irish companies. Read More>
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive - Latest Updates
05/03/24. EU institutions have provisionally agreed on a draft amendment to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive which would see the timeline for adopting standards for specific sectors and third country companies pushed out by two years. Our Corporate M&A group tells us more. Read More>
CSDDD Delayed
04/03/24. Following years of intense legislative effort, much political debate, trilogue negotiations between EU co-legislators and a provisional agreement, the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (the "CSDDD") on which we have previously reported has received quite the setback, having fallen short of final approval by a qualified majority of the European Council at a meeting on 28 February. Read More>
CSRD: Proposed Deadline Extensions Explained
27/10/23. News of potential delays to key deadlines under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will be met with relief in some quarters but leaves important issues to be resolved. Read More>
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Matheson ESG Contacts
With years of experience of incorporating ESG considerations into the legal advice that we provide to our clients, our ESG Advisory Group comprises a team of lawyers drawn from our practice areas across the firm. Please contact one of the partners below for more information.
Garret Farrelly
Chair of ESG Advisory Group
Tara Doyle
Asset Management and Investment Funds
Sally Anne Stone
Commercial Real Estate
Susanne McMenamin
Corporate M&A
David O'Mahony
Finance and Capital Markets
Alan Keating
Finance
and Capital Markets
Nicola Dunleavy
Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Anne-Marie Bohan
Technology and Innovation
Louise Dobbyn
Financial Institutions