A UN programme that encourages global financial centres to place “sustainable and green finance” at the heart of their operations and help fight climate change is to establish its European base in Dublin.
The new secretariat will co-ordinate a network …
The Irish government has approved an auction scheme designed to increase its electricity generation from renewable energy sources (RES-E) to 55%, by 2030.
The Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) will mark a shift from guaranteed fixed prices for renewable generators …
SIF Ireland, the national Sustainable and Responsible Investment Forum, has welcomed the announcement that University College Cork (UCC) has become the first Irish university to officially become a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) as further …
Editor’s Note: The final article in a series detailing innovative start-ups and their role in shifting to a clean-climate system. To read part one, click HERE
Part Two
The Irish government has issued a call for €500 million ($584 million) of private and public investment in its newly-launched Climate Action Fund.
The fund is designed to support large-scale projects that would otherwise not be developed without this support …
Editorial Note: The first in a series of two articles to give examples of climate innovation in practice.
Part One
Innovation is complex, and climate-innovation more so; hence the …
Read the SIF Ireland article on Responsible Investment written by our Director of Sustainable Finance, Laura Heuston, for the summer edition of the Irish Association of Pension Funds magazine. This provides a great overview of Responsible Investment from the basics …
Download a factsheet on responsible investment. This factsheet was created to accompany the Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century Ireland Roadmap.
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Hear Patrick Burke, Managing Director of Irish Life Investment Managers speak about the Ireland roadmap report launch and responsible investment on Newstalk Breakfast Business, June 27th.
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Ireland’s asset owners and managers need to have a sharp focus on Responsible Investing in order to better assess the value and performance of an investment over the medium to long-term, according to commentary at the launch of ‘Ireland’s …
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