Specialty Services
ESG Policies & Frameworks
Our team of highly experienced global lawyers work with leading investment managers and institutional investors in Europe, America and Asia to implement ESG policies and frameworks into their operational infrastructure. This exposure provides us with a 360-degree perspective as to how fund industry leaders are approaching ESG and we are therefore very well-positioned to action customised mandates for services incorporating ESG for managers of all sizes and across the spectrum of strategies.
OVERVIEW
Responsible investing, widely understood as the integration of environmental, social and governance factors into investment processes and decision-making, has fast become an integral part of the conversation between managers and investors. Although Europe is leading the ESG charge with the recent introduction of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, which comes into effect on 10 March 2021, North American and other financial centres across the globe are quickly catching up. We see many global managers and their investors are not only actively pushing the agenda on sustainable and responsible investment, but also driving the market direction for a greener society.
The Maples Group works with leading investment managers and institutional investors in Europe, America and Asia to implement ESG policies and frameworks into their operational infrastructure. This provides us with a 360-degree perspective as to how fund industry leaders are approaching ESG. We are well-positioned to action customised mandates for services incorporating ESG for managers of all sizes and across the spectrum of strategies.
With strong support from the Irish Government, the Central Bank of Ireland ("CBI") and local industry, we believe that Ireland, in particular, will build on its highly successful funds and investment management sector and become a global centre of excellence for sustainable investment funds.
DO NO SIGNIFICANT HARM HANDBOOK
What, Why and How of Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) across environmental and social sustainability-related factors.
The Do No Significant Harm handbook enables investors to evaluate DNSH criteria using a practical case study to show how key stakeholders can improve their DNSH and sustainability-related ESG disclosures.
KNOWLEDGE
- MiFID Sustainability Preferences Putting ESG at the Centre of the Sales Process 30 June 2022
- Walking the Walk on ESG Mitigating Greenwashing Risk on the Path to Investing Sustainably 27 June 2022
- Guide to the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation - Regulatory Technical Standards 23 June 2022
- ESG EMEA REPORT 2022 - IRELAND 14 April 2022
- Sustainable Finance - Changes for UCITS Managers and AIFMs 08 April 2022
- ESG Trend Continues for 2022 Sukuk Issuance Using Offshore Centres 29 March 2022
- ESG – Sustainable Securitisation Report 23 March 2022
- ICLG Environmental Social and Governance Law 2022 - Luxembourg 16 December 2021
- ICLG - Environmental, Social, & Governance Law 2022 – Ireland 15 December 2021
- ESG a key focus for Sukuk issuers and funds domiciled in offshore centres 08 December 2021
- Upcoming Taxonomy Regulation Compliance Deadlines and the Interplay between SFDR and MiFID II 02 December 2021
- SFDR Updates and Practical Tips for Meeting Key Timing Requirements and Obligations 25 November 2021
- CBI Provides Details for Taxonomy Regulation and SFDR Level 2 Fast-Track Processes 23 November 2021
- Central Bank of Ireland Signals its Expectations on ESG / Sustainability to Irish Regulated Firms 08 November 2021
- A CLOser Look at Regulatory Developments - October 2021 21 October 2021
- Sustainable Finance: New EU Delegated Legislation 26 August 2021
- The New York Times - Spotlight on Ireland 04 August 2021
- European Commission Replies on SFDR Priority Issues 29 July 2021
- Challenges for Asset Managers Complying with SFDR and EU Taxonomy Regulations 23 July 2021
- ESG and Millenials - Putting their Money where it Matter 19 July 2021
- Private Equity Wire Ireland ILP in Focus 19 March 2021
- SFDR - Challenge or Opportunity? 09 February 2021
- Environmental Social and Governance Law 2021 Ireland 11 January 2021
- Global Listings and ESG 16 December 2020
- Guide to the EU Sustainable Disclosure Regulation 17 November 2020
- Sustainable Financial Disclosures Key Deadlines for Global Investment Managers 19 October 2020
- Update to the AMFs policy on collective investments incorporating ESG 31 July 2020
- My ESG A Leadership Series 24 June 2020
- ESG Roundtable 08 May 2020
- New ESG Disclosure Requirements for Asset Managers 27 February 2020
- ESG - Ireland Moving to Greener Pastures 29 October 2019
- ESG in Investment Funds 18 June 2018
ESG AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCE
Ian Conlon, Funds & Investment Management partner, moderated a Legal 500 webinar with a leading panel of experts to discuss both the challenges and the opportunities surrounding ESG and sustainable investing.