Ireland’s leading national platform working to advance the sustainable finance agenda at home and abroad.

Who we are

Sustainable Nation Ireland is Ireland’s leading national platform working to advance the sustainable finance agenda at home and abroad

A supporting player in the Irish Government’s Ireland for Finance strategy 2025; our role is to promote, connect and support to strengthen Ireland’s position.

Sustainable Nation Ireland is supported by public and private sectors actors.

Our
Vision

That Ireland’s financial sector is a leader in sustainable finance, contributing to a sustainable and prosperous economy.

Our Mission

Sustainable Nation Ireland works to support its members by providing thought leadership, raising awareness on excellence & best practice, building capacity in the sector, hosting our peer network and catalysing innovation with supportive frameworks and tools, while collaborating with partners at home and abroad to ensure Ireland’s financial eco-system achieves a leading position in sustainable finance.

Our Current Initiatives

Since 2017, the development of a Sustainable Finance Community in Ireland has been strongly supported by the Sustainable & Responsible Investment Forum (SIF) Ireland. read more…

Sustainable Finance Skillnet, supported by Skillnet Ireland, is a learning network for companies of all sizes in the sustainability sector. Skillnet Ireland is a business support agency of the Government of Ireland. read more…

Climate Finance Week Ireland is a unique programme of events that focus on sustainable finance and responsible investment as well as Ireland’s drive to a carbon neutral economy. read more…

Co-hosted by the Department of Finance and Sustainable Nation Ireland in 2019, Sustainable Finance Day 2019 – ‘Catalysing Global Savings to Advance our Sustainability Goals’ – represented the biggest gathering of leading international financial institutions and asset managers ever held in Ireland focused on this topic. read more…

Our Team

Our Working Groups Chair People

Jerry Moriarty
CEO IAPF
SIF Ireland

Yvonne Holmes
AIB
Chair – Sustainable Finance Skillnet Committee

Kathy Ryan
Ireland’s third Annual
Responsible Investment
State of Play Report

Stephen Nolan
Climate Finance Week
Ireland 2020

Staff

Stephen Nolan
Director
(Currently on
secondment)

Sheila Harte
Operations

Liz Molloy
SIF Ireland Project
Manager

Catherine Daly
Head of Marketing and
Climate Finance Week
Ireland Project

Ron Immink
Innovation

Lia Flattery
Sustainable Finance
Analyst

Paddy Molony
Sustainable Finance
Analyst

Sustainable Nation Ireland is
supported by the work of the
following international Organisations