Natural Capital Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Natural Capital Ireland

Date published 16 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details June/July: BFBI posts on the EU CSRD signed into law, tagged Peter Burke & Dara Calleary

Intended results To raise awareness amongst the ministers of ways in which BFBI is supporting Irish businesses with corporate sustainability reporting.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Fiona Smith

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Social Media (2-5)

June/July: On behalf of Business For Biodiversity Ireland, for which NCI handles Communications - post on LinkedIn on EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive being signed into law, tagged Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Peter Burke TD, with a link to a blog on the Business For Biodiversity Ireland and a brief description of the work of the initiative. Also tweet tagging both Minister Peter Burke @peterburkefg and Minister Dara Calleary TD @daracalleary

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Peter Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dara Calleary TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)