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Irish Asset Management & Investment Funds ESG Newsletter: October 2024 – January 2025

Feb 26, 2025

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key takeaways

  • The Platform on Sustainable Finance has published its report on categorisation of products under SFDR ahead of the European Commission's proposal for review of the SFDR, expected in Q4 2025.

  • ESMA released new Q&As providing welcome clarification on some of the key elements within its guidelines on fund names using ESG or sustainability-related terms.

  • The ESG Rating Regulation, establishing a new European framework to govern ESG ratings was published in the official journal of the EU and will take effect from 2 July 2026. 

Welcome to the latest edition of our ESG Newsletter.

In this issue we identify a number of key highlights during from European legislative and regulatory developments and advances in the global sustainable finance framework more broadly.

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Please get in touch with your usual contact in Walkers' Irish Asset Management and Investment Funds team to discuss any of the matters covered in the inaugural edition of our ESG newsletter.
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Authors

Nicholas Blake-Knox

Nicholas Blake-Knox

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Damien Barnaville

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Aongus McCarthy

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Emmet Quish

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Joe Mitchell

Joe Mitchell

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Read more:

ESG Newsletter: October 2024 - January 2025Irish Asset Management & Investment Funds ESG Newsletter - February-June 2024

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Nicholas Blake-Knox
Nicholas Blake-Knox

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Damien Barnaville
Damien Barnaville

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Aongus McCarthy
Aongus McCarthy

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Emmet Quish
Emmet Quish

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Jennifer Brady
Jennifer Brady

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Michael Dyulgerov
Michael Dyulgerov

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Eimear O'Flynn
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Claire Winrow

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Joe Mitchell
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