ESMA's opinion, published earlier this week, setting out its long-term vision for the EU sustainable finance regulatory framework, contains a number of significant proposals to the Commission

Matheson LLP is adopting a pro-active information strategy around COP28 because we take the view that addressing climate change...

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have soared up the corporate agenda recently and Europe has been at the forefront of policy making and legislative developments in this area.

On 30 June 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published its Final Report on the common supervisory action ("CSA") it carried out during 2023 and 2024...

On 4 July 2025, the European Commission adopted a set of measures intended to simplify the application of the EU Taxonomy, aiming to reduce the administrative burden for companies...

Corporates have made a significant contribution to the growth of renewable energy in recent years. Investment in green electricity is a key component of greenhouse gas...

It will complement the statutory timelines being introduced under the Planning and Development Bill 2023.

The publication marks a pivotal moment in the Government's plans to develop the State's biomethane sector. The Government, as proposed in the Climate Action Plan, intend this sector...

Following the publication of the provisional results last week of the first auction under the Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS) (see our previous article here)...

The Planning and Development Act 2024 was signed into law by the President on 17 October 2024. It is expected that the act will be commenced in stages...

In Part 1 of the Philip Lee Green Finance Series we looked at the background to climate change crisis, the EU Green Deal, and its component parts.

Greenwashing is a practice that can include overstating a company's environmental record, misrepresenting the sustainability of its corporate practices or claiming a product as environmentally friendly...

The Central Bank has published its new Strategy, with Central Bank Governor Gabriel Makhlouf noting that the Central Bank is at a "watershed moment" in its development.

On 9 June, 2020, the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) published the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (the Principles) (available here), ...

Budget 2023 has allocated €2.14bn in funding for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Department). This allocation is an increase of €283m on Budget 2022 and the highest level...

The phrase "corporate sustainability" is now ubiquitous across business plans, vision statements and in corporate speak generally.

ESG related reporting requirements for companies are putting an ever-increasing emphasis on non-financial factors, with recent regulatory developments ensuring

As trusted legal advisers to one of Ireland's leading recycling companies Metcollect we in Spencer West Northern Ireland have had to get to grips with all of the legal requirements for a business...

The Green Transition Directive (the “Directive”) is intended to promote transparent sustainability communication by tackling misleading environmental claims and labelling for consumer goods and establishing increased protection for consumers against unfair practices.

On 20 November 2025, the European Commission (the "Commission") published its long-awaited legislative proposal to overhaul the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation ("SFDR").