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Jan 14, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Byrne Wallace |Garret Farrelly |Conor Blennerhassett |Owen Collins
M Matheson More Established in 1825 in Dublin, Ireland and with offices in Cork, London, New York, Palo Alto and San Francisco, more than 700 people work across Matheson’s six offices, including 96 partners and tax principals and over 470 legal and tax professionals. Matheson services the legal needs of internationally focused companies and financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Garret Farrelly
After a volatile political journey, the EU is poised to adopt the new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CS3D”) in the coming months, after being approved by the European Parliament in April 2024. Matheson’s Garret Farrelly explains. CS3D will, when adopted, require EU member states to introduce laws requiring in-scope companies to significantly enhance environmental and human rights due diligence in their business conduct.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Garret Farrelly
After a volatile political journey, the EU is poised to adopt
the new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
("CS3D") in the coming months, after
being approved by the European Parliament in April 2024. Matheson's Garret Farrelly explains.
CS3D will, when adopted, require EU member states to introduce
laws requiring in-scope companies to significantly enhance
environmental and human rights due diligence in their business
conduct.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
energycentral.com | Garret Farrelly |Conor Blennerhassett |Nicola Dunleavy |Hilda Wrixon |Ruadhán Kenny |Owen Collins | +3 more
Background Ireland has ambitious offshore renewable energy targets - aiming to deliver 5 GW of offshore wind by 2030, at least 20 GW by 2040 and 37 GW by 2050. The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications ("DECC"), coordinated through the Offshore Wind Delivery Taskforce ("OWDT"), recently announced a suite of policy initiatives intended to support these ambitious targets.
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Jul 9, 2024 | energycentral.com | Garret Farrelly |Conor Blennerhassett |Nicola Dunleavy |Hilda Wrixon |Ruadhán Kenny |Owen Collins | +3 more
Background Ireland has ambitious offshore renewable energy targets - aiming to deliver 5 GW of offshore wind by 2030, at least 20 GW by 2040 and 37 GW by 2050. The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications ("DECC"), coordinated through the Offshore Wind Delivery Taskforce ("OWDT"), recently announced a suite of policy initiatives intended to support these ambitious targets.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Garret Farrelly |Susanne McMenamin |Ursula McMahon |Michael Sinnott
After a volatile political journey, the Council of the European Union, on 24 May 2024, finally endorsed the new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("CS3D"). CS3D will require EU member states to introduce laws requiring in-scope companies to significantly enhance environmental and human rights due diligence in their business conduct.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Susanne McMenamin |Fergus Bolster |Garret Farrelly |Michael Sinnott
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Established in 1825 in Dublin, Ireland and with offices in Cork, London, New York, Palo Alto and San Francisco, more than 700 people work across Matheson’s six offices, including 96 partners and tax principals and over 470 legal and tax professionals. Matheson services the legal needs of internationally focused companies and financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Garret Farrelly
The landmark Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
("CSRD") was adopted in January 2023 but has since seen
some of its more ambitious features curtailed. CSRD introduces, on
a phased basis, a wide-ranging sustainability reporting regime for
tens of thousands of companies across the EU and beyond, eventually
putting sustainability reporting on an equal footing to traditional
financial reporting.
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Nov 27, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Garret Farrelly |Conor Blennerhassett |Nicola Dunleavy |Rhona Henry
On 31 October 2023, Directive (EU) 2023/2413 ("RED
III") was published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
RED III amends and updates the existing Renewable Energy
Directives.
Member States (including Ireland) must transpose RED III into
national law by 21 May 2025. However, certain provisions –
most notably those aimed at accelerating permit-granting procedures
– must be transposed into national law by 1 July 2024.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Garret Farrelly |Juliette Casey
G20 leaders met in New Delhi, India, on 9-10 September, 2023. This summit presented an opportunity to set an ambitious tone ahead
of COP28 (which we have discussed previously here and here). The G20 group of 19 countries and the
EU was established in 1999 as a platform for finance ministers and
Central Bank governors to discuss international economic and
financial issues.
