We looked at ongoing UK litigation about the extent to which a collateral warranty may be considered to be a construction contract for the purpose of referring a dispute to adjudication:

Environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, is a set of criteria used to assess a company's impact on society and the environment, as well as its corporate governance practices.

The proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) was published by the European Commission in 2022. In December 2023, the Council of the EU and the European...

The 26th annual UN climate change conference, known as COP26, was held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November 2021. COP26 came at an interesting moment in time...

Part 1 of this advisory series provides an overview of the key provisions of the Disclosures Regulation. Part 2 in this series considered the BMR Amendment.

Detailed regulatory technical standards ("RTS") under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR") are expected to apply from 1 January 2023.

Climate Finance Week Ireland 2020 this year takes place against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like a lot of events this year it has moved to a virtual platform....

The European Commission published its final proposal for a regulation amending the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR") on 20 November 2025 ("SFDR 2.0").

In its annual Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook Report (the "Annual Report") and at the Payment and Electronic Money Institutions Engagement event held in February 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland...

The Supreme Court delivered a significant judgment in the case of Coolglass Windfarm Limited v. An Comisiún Pleanála [2026] IESC 5 on 5 February 2026 dismissing...

The European Commission has published an ‘Omnibus' package, which includes proposals to amend the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on the Omnibus amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

One of the most anticipated changes in 2024 will be the enactment of the Planning and Development Bill 2023, which was published on 21 November 2023.

Green Loans are becoming increasingly common in loan markets, enabling borrowers to promote environmental sustainability and also providing a number of ancillary benefits for businesses;

The EU Green Bond Regulation (Regulation 2023/2631, as amended the "EU Green Bond Regulation") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 30 November 2023 and has been directly effective in Ireland...

In the earlier parts in this Philip Lee Green Finance Series for Climate Finance Week Ireland 2020 we considered the EU Green Deal (Note 1) and the EU Taxonomy, Putting the Green in Green Finance (Note 2).

On 3 January 2022, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a final report on guidelines on aspects of the appropriateness and execution-only requirements under Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID II)...

With the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (“CBAM”) now entering its operational period, the European Commission...

The Omnibus I Directive, amending the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 26 February 2026...

The Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") has published a detailed feedback report following ESMA's Common Supervisory Action ("CSA") on Sustainability Risks and Disclosures...