17th April
Dublin
Mandatory sustainability reporting across material Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) topics is inbound for EU and UK corporates. So extensive is the scale of the data required from reporting legislation that corporates need to prepare for these ESG regulatory reporting demands and understand the financial supports available to meet them. Davy Horizons were recently joined by Colette Shirley and Joanne Sheahan to discuss the latest insights on legal obligations, CSRD and what good looks like, and the grants and finance for sustainability improvements.
A graduate of UCD and post-graduate of ACCA, Colette has over 20 years' experience of international banking in Ireland and the UK, with Bank of Ireland Group. Colette has worked across various sectors including Support Services, TMT, Infrastructure, Industrials and Financial Services and most recently headed up the Healthcare Team in Corporate Banking Ireland. Colette is now the Director of the Sustainability Team for the Corporate and Commercial Division and has experience at guiding companies on materiality topics, KPIs and sustainable financing solutions.
Dr Dorothy Maxwell is Head of Davy Horizons and has 25 years international experience working with business and government on sustainability across all ESG verticals based in New York, Brussels, London, Dublin & Singapore. Previous roles include with Accenture, Willis Towers Watson, McKinsey Centre for Sustainable Business, European Commission, UK Dept of Environment (DEFRA), and Senior Advisor to HRH Prince of Wales International Sustainability Unit. She has also been Head of Sustainability with Sanpower Group (China & UK) and Selfridges Group. She has an extensive track record leading and delivering sustainability and ESG projects in PLC, private and SME business across food, financial services, construction, real estate, FMCG/retail, distribution/warehousing, transport, pharmaceuticals and ICT.
Dorothy holds a MSc and PhD in Environmental Science from Imperial College London and lectures on their sustainability MSc. She is the author of Valuing Natural Capital: Future Proofing Business & Finance, on the board of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS). She is a member of the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) Climate & Sustainable Finance Forum, Co-Chairs the CBI Climate Finance Capacity Building Working Group and is a member of the ISO14000 Technical Committee (TC207) for drafting new sustainability standards.
Joanne Sheahan is a Senior Executive on the Sustainability and Renewable Energy team in Enterprise Ireland, providing a range of capability-development, planning and investment supports to help business achieve their sustainability ambitions.
Joanne has 15 years’ experience working in sustainability across the public and private sectors, helping companies to measure and improve their sustainability performance. Prior to joining Enterprise Ireland Joanne worked for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), leading a range of energy research and innovation activities in support of Ireland’s low carbon energy transition.
She is a graduate in Law from NUI Galway and holds a Masters in Ecological Economics from the University of Edinburgh.
Jonathan is Director of ESG focusing on sustainable finance & markets and investor ESG requirements. Jonathan advises UK & EU companies on ESG investor trends, themes and requirements
Jonathan has over 25 years’ international regulated financial markets experience. Prior to joining Davy, Jonathan co-founded an independent directors’ office focusing on sustainability regulatory requirements in investment funds governance. Jonathan has led regulated securities advisory teams as Director, investment banking and markets at The Commonwealth Bank of Australia and at Barclays Capital. Jonathan has a Masters in Business Administration and holds the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing. Jonathan is a Certified Investment Funds Director, a member of the Institute of Directors in Ireland, the Institute of Banking and the Irish Fund Directors Association.
Learn how Davy Horizons works with boards and senior leadership to develop bespoke session(s) designed to engage, grow awareness, and support meaningful discussion on core sustainability questions.
Davy Horizons has designed a CSRD and sustainability preparedness information sheet to support companies assess what is required and what their status is, as well as how we can help you to meet the upcoming reporting and data requirements.
To find out more about our sustainability services
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49 Dawson Street,
Dublin 2, Ireland
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69 Old Broad Street
London EC2M 1QS, England
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