Friends of the Earth

Lobbying Organisation Friends of the Earth

Date published 19 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Advocacy on Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive

Intended results Government action on defending key elements of the Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive against the proposed changes under the EU Omnibus proposal

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sean McLoughlin

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.

Letter (2-5)

Emailed letter from legal scholars concerned about the weakening of Article 22 CSDDD to Ministers Burke, Smyth and O'Brien.

Letter (2-5)

Emailed letters to Ministers Burke and Smyth on the urgent need to defend key provisions of the CSDDD at the EU level.

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.

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)

Peter Burke Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Niamh Smyth Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)