IFAC welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the public consultation on Draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards (the “Draft ESRS”) addressing a broad range of ESG or sustainability-related topics (the “Consultation”).  As the global voice of the accountancy profession, IFAC represents over 180 Professional Accountancy Organizations in 135 jurisdictions, thereby representing over three million professional accountants.  As such, our goal is to bring an international perspective to this Consultation and to encourage identification of areas for alignment between global cl

Paul Redmond is a qualified CPA & QFA with 30 years of experience.

Paul’s focus and experience covers a broad spectrum, including improved business performance/efficiencies, financial and management accounting, strategic tax and financial planning, investment strategy, business coaching and mentoring services, as well as developing long-term growth strategies for business. Paul also specializes in digitizing and automating accountancy practices.

Paul has presented for Chambers Ireland and the Law Society of Ireland and is currently working with XERO. Paul and the firm of RDA Accountants have worked with Enterprise Ireland for a number of years providing Lean Start and Plus Programmes and he is also a Mentor with Wexford Local Enterprise office.

Paul started his own practice, RDA Accountants, in 2002. RDA is a multi-award-winning accounting practice and won Practice of the Year in 2020 with Xero.

IFAC welcomes the opportunity to comment on the International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) Exposure Draft addressing general requirements for disclosure of sustainability-related financial information (the “Exposure Draft”).