Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
ESG considerations have risen to the top of the agenda for investors and businesses concerned about sustainability and doing business responsibly. Our dedicated multi-disciplinary ESG lawyers work seamlessly together to assist clients with the identification and integration of ESG priorities at all levels of their business.
Our ESG Group
As organisations are faced with an increasing focus on ensuring that they have positive impacts for their stakeholders and the environment, sustainability and doing business responsibly can no longer be ignored if they want to grow and thrive.
Our ESG team works with our clients to identify and integrate ESG priorities at all levels of their businesses. We advise clients on areas such as energy transition, climate action, sustainable finance and green bonds, sustainable real estate investment and development and green leases. The team have worked with financial institutions to develop lending programmes for minority communities and we’ve also advised on the financing of social housing units. On the governance side, we’ve advised clients on the legal aspects of ESG investments as well as on issues relating to ESG reporting, maintaining ESG records and issues around “green-washing”.
Environmental
Major projects and transactions are increasingly driven by environmental imperatives, with environmental considerations being central to many other commercial contracts, projects, transactions and disputes.
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Social
Social impacts are an organisation’s direct and indirect impacts on internal and external stakeholders. An organisation that measures and monitors social impacts offers stakeholders greater confidence that it is less vulnerable to risk and is more likely to generate goodwill inside and outside their organisation.
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Governance
Companies are under increasing pressure to define their purpose in society and to deliver on the ESG promises they make. How an organisation is governed is essential in achieving these objectives.
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News
Arthur Cox shortlisted in Chambers Ireland Sustainable Business Impact Awards 2022
Arthur Cox is very pleased to be shortlisted in two categories of this year's Chambers Ireland Sustainable Business Impact Awards.
Arthur Cox and the Legal 500 Green Guide
The Legal 500 Green Guide looks at firms that are engaging proactively with sustainability, both in terms of working with clients as well as their own best practices and initiatives.
Greenlink Interconnector reaches financial close
Arthur Cox LLP advises the sponsor on the first privately developed interconnector project in Ireland.
Knowledge
Arthur Cox contributes to Ashurst’s global guide on “Investing in hydrogen”
Irish Building Magazine Series
A voluntary or mandatory EU Green Bond Standard? The debate continues
New Rules for the Agri-Food Sector
EU Proposes New Due Diligence Obligations for Companies and their Directors
Arthur Cox contributes to the Lex Mundi Global Anti-Corruption Compliance Guide
European Green Deal takes shape in Fit for 55: What does it mean for Ireland?
Government Housing for All Plan – Snapshot of Key Measures
The European Commission’s EU Sustainable Finance April Package
ESG under the microscope: Regulatory developments in the space
ESG Contacts
Alex McLean
Maedhbh Clancy
Phil Cody
Danielle Conaghan
Mairéad Duncan-Jones
Grainne Hennessy
Rachel Hussey
Suzanne Kearney
Sarah McCague
Conor McCarthy
Niamh McGovern
Kevin Murphy
Tara O’Reilly
Deirdre Sheehan
Imelda Shiels
