Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 October 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)
1:30 pm
Mr. Kieran Donoghue:
The IDA does not target sectors or industries that have large carbon footprints or are associated with high carbon emissions. That is the starting point. To the extent that an investment might appear in the IDA's portfolio where the carbon footprint of the investor is above average, the IDA has a range of programmes and schemes that it would draw to the attention of that investor to enable it to proactively lower its carbon emissions by, for example, moving to a 100% renewable energy model. The IDA would be proactive in that context.
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