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ESG newsletter: Quarter 4, 2025

Nov 13, 2025

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Welcome to the latest edition of our ESG newsletter.

In this issue, we spotlight key developments shaping the European sustainable finance landscape, including legislative updates, regulatory guidance and emerging best practices.

What’s inside:

  • Central Bank of Ireland SFDR CSA Feedback Report: Insights following on from ESMA’s common supervisory action, detailing expectations for integrating sustainability risks and SFDR-related disclosures by UCITS management companies and AIFMs.
  • Updates to SFDR Q&As from the ESAs: Further practical guidance on the application of SFDR including clarifications on principal adverse impact statements and product-level disclosures.
  • ESAs Annual Report on SFDR Disclosures: A review of entity- and product-level principal adverse impact disclosures, highlighting best practices and areas for improvement.
  • ESG Ratings Regulation update: Detail on ESMA’s draft regulatory technical standards ahead of the new framework for ESG ratings providers, set to take effect in July 2026.

Click here to read the full newsletter.

For further details or to discuss any of these topics, please contact any of our Irish Asset Management and Investment Funds team listed below.

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