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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Sustainable Business at Arthur Cox
Being a Sustainable Business is one of key focuses of Arthur Cox’s strategy for the future. We have a proud history of engaging in meaningful activities that benefit our people, communities and other stakeholders.
News
Arthur Cox wins at the Green Awards 2022
Arthur Cox is very pleased to have been awarded the Green Professional Services Award.
Greenlink Interconnector reaches financial close
Arthur Cox LLP advises the sponsor on the first privately developed interconnector project in Ireland.
Winners of 2022 Renewable Energy Bursary announced
Aoife Stewart, from Drogheda in Louth, and David Cotter, from Oranmore in Galway, have been chosen as the recipients of the Niamh Burke Memorial Bursary for 2022.
Knowledge
New Rules for the Agri-Food Sector
ESG Contacts
Alex McLean
Danielle Conaghan
Matthew Dunn
Grainne Hennessy
Rachel Hussey
Sarah McCague
Conor McCarthy
Niamh McGovern
Kevin Murphy
Tara O’Reilly
Deirdre Sheehan
Imelda Shiels
Sarah Thompson
