Research Seminar:

Sustainability Duties for Directors - The way forward?

Date of Event:	Monday, 8th of December 2025
Time:	9.00 am - 12.00 pm
Venue:	Maharry Theatre B125, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin
Reservations:	Spaces to attend this conference in-person are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here for more information.

Organized by

Catherine Malecki, Professor of Law, Rennes 2 University and IUF
Anne-Laure Le Nadant, Rennes 2 University and IUF Le Nadant, Professor of Management, Rennes 2 University
Blanaid Clarke, McCann FitzGerald Chair of Corporate Law, School of Law, TCD
Félix Mezzanotte, Assistant Professor, School of Law, TCD

The organisers would like to express their gratitude to the Business School, Trinity College Dublin for hosting this event.

Programme

08.45 - 09.00	Registration
9.00 - 9.05 am	Introductory Remarks Professor Blanaid Clarke, McCann FitzGerald Chair of Corporate Law, School of Law Trinity College Dublin
9.05 - 9.30 am	Ernest Lim, Professor of Law and Vice Dean at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS) "Fiduciary Duty And Corporate Externalities: Rethinking Directors' Climate Obligations"
9.30 - 9.50 am	Félix Mezzanotte, Assistant Professor and Director of the MSc Law and Finance Programme, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin “Double Materiality, Discretion and the Quality of Reports: A Need to Monitor Materiality Determinations?”
9.50 - 10.10 am	Florian Möslein, Professor of Law, Marburg University, Germany "Disclosure of (Sustainability) Strategies and Business Judgement: Sunlight as a Limitation?"
10.10 - 10.30 am	Catherine Malecki, Professor of Law, Rennes 2 University and IUF “Directors' Duties: European and French Perspectives in light of the EU Omnibus Package”
10.30 - 10.50 am	Coffee Break
10.50 - 11:10 am	John Quinn, Assistant Professor of Law, Dublin City University “The Future of Due Diligence Duties: Liability, Risk Management or Reflexivity?"
11.10 - 11.50 am	Discussion Panel: Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Directors’ Duties and Responsibilities in the Context of Sustainability Moderator: Professor Blanaid Clarke, McCann FitzGerald Chair of Corporate Law, School of Law Trinity College Dublin Evie Clarke, Coordinator of the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights Martina Kelly, Director of Funds, Institute of Bankers Ernest Lim, Professor of Law and Vice Dean at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore Eamon O’Cuiv, Partner, McCann FitzGerald, Dublin Rachel Widdis, Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin and advisor on corporate sustainability
11.50 - 12.00	Concluding Remarks Professor Catherine Malecki Rennes 2 University and Institut universitaire de France (IUF) & Professor Anne-Laure Le Nadant, Rennes 2 University and Institut universitaire de France (IUF)

* The right to substitute lecturers / lectures is reserved.

Download extracts of the papers here

Reservations:

There are a limited number of places available to attend this conference in-person. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Book now to secure your place, if you would like to attend this conference in-person, please register here:
Sustainability: Directors Duties and Responsibilities
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