Full coverage: Environment

An Taisce brought the planning appeal against the grant of retention planning to Sunville Construction Ltd, a company owned by the political dynasty, to keep processing rock at a quarry near Crohane. The rock is used in road construction, and clients include the local authority.

Change by Degrees, the business co-founded by Tara Shine and Madeleine Murray to help companies and their staff achieve “sustainability as a superpower”, is closing down in the face of green policy roll-backs.

For years, investors and regulators asked asset managers to go green. A Trump-led backlash tells them it no longer matters, or not now. Flooding shows nature doesn’t seem to get the message.

While Budget 2026 doesn’t fund the actions needed to meet 2030 targets, it gives companies opportunities to benefit from the green transition.

Relaxed deadlines and evolving standards for European green obligations give businesses some breathing space. Concrete examples show how companies can use this time productively.

As clothes banks and charity shops overflow, Ireland is preparing for extended producer responsibility textile legislation. Industry experience shows solutions are nuanced and take time and co-operation.

From the impact of battery production to fleet management, there is now an answer to every piece of misinformation circulating about electric cars.

John Mullins, like Eddie O’Connor, was an energy pioneer who passed away before his contribution was complete. There are clear signs that their vision was understood, but was their taste for action?

The healthcare industry and its supply chain are both first responders to the illnesses and injuries caused by global warming and a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, holding major potential to address the crisis.

Roebuck Foods was in the business of milking cows, and meat and dairy trade and logistics. It is now on course to raise up to €10m to acquire a Galway start-up addressing livestock’s methane emissions.