Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 March 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Leo Clancy:

Very broadly, we have a number of supports directly to companies for sustainability. Companies that are looking to improve their sustainability stance can access the climate action voucher. That is an €1,800 voucher that is open to all companies to allow them to carry an initial assessment of their activities. We then have green start, green plus and environmental aid programmes which help people to progressively to do more to improve their sustainability performance. Historically, those have been focused on green issues like reducing energy use and carbon emissions, but we are broadening them out to the wider sustainability agenda now.