As readers will be aware, any fund which has been classified as an "Article 8" fund or an "Article 9" fund under the SFDR1 has been subject to certain high level and principles-based disclosure obligations set down in the SFDR since 10 March 2021.

The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance (the "Platform") published its final report on a social taxonomy on Monday (28 February).

There are a number of green building rating systems which are used in the construction industry to evaluate (commercial) buildings according to the efficiency with which they use natural resources, and their overall impact on human health ...

The pre-legislative scrutiny process for the proposed Marine Planning and Development Management Bill commenced at the end of November 2020, at the same time that a revised FAQ document...

The final qualification decision date is scheduled for 1 September 2023, with bidding opening on 8 September 2023 and final auction results anticipated on 9 October 2023.

Green Public Procurement ("GPP") is a process whereby public bodies seek to procure goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life-cycle...

EIOPA has published its report on "impact underwriting", i.e. the ability of insurers to contribute to climate change adaptation by means of underwriting practices, thereby incentivising policyholders to take climate-related adaptation measures.

Over the last 10 weeks or so, the ESAs have published a joint Final Report on Greenwashing, a Joint Opinion with recommendations on SFDR amendments...

We have discussed concerns raised by the business community with the Retained EU Law Bill in earlier Insights and at our recent Brexit Revisited event.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has consulted on a revised Waste Management Plan for England ("the Plan").

Supervisory Authorities ("ESAs") have issued a joint opinion on the assessment of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR").

The Scheme, which follows and is to be read with the Private Wires Policy Statement prepared by the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment (DCEE) earlier this year...

The European Commission approved a €3.1 billion Spanish scheme to support the production of electricity from new or substantially refurbished highly...

The Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment ("DCEE") is consulting until 21 November 2025 on implementation of Article 26 of the Net-Zero Industry Regulation (EU) 2024/1735.

Sustainability reporting obligations under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), as transposed into Irish law, commence for large Irish-incorporated...

Seanad Éireann completed committee stage of the Planning and Development Bill on 17 July 2024. An updated version of the Bill is available here.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that appropriate assessments of plans or projects affecting special protection areas cannot be validly conducted without pre-established site-specific conservation objectives. This landmark judgment addresses whether conservation objectives are a prerequisite for environmental impact assessments under the Habitats Directive, with significant implications for development consent procedures across the EU.

Our first article in this series discussed recent caselaw which considered greenwashing practices in the context of consumer legalisation and also, looked at recent regulatory intervention in this area...

The recent dismissal by the High Court (Court) of a judicial review of the N2 Slane Bypass scheme highlights a rising feature of planning litigation: challenges based on alleged deficiencies...

Ireland's Minister for Agriculture has published the draft General Scheme of the Deforestation and Forest Degradation Bill 2026, establishing the national enforcement framework for the EU Deforestation Regulation.