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Join us to gain the clarity you need to prepare your business for Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAMs) - a new concept that applies a carbon price to certain high carbon materials. 

Recorded on: 12 March 2026

Categories:

  • Tax
  • Sustainability

Key Points

  • Understand how the EU and UK CBAM regimes work and how they differ.
  • Understand how imports will be affected and what this means for supply chains.
  • Learn what your business needs to do to prepare.

In this webinar, delivered in partnership with Chartered Accountants Ireland, we’ll unpack how the EU CBAM currently operates and what its implementation is revealing in practice. You’ll hear directly from a CBAM regulator, alongside advisers sharing the key issues arising for their clients. We’ll also discuss what UK importers should be considering now, ahead of the introduction of the UK CBAM in 2027. 

You’ll leave with a clearer view of the requirements, the factors that may affect your business and how CBAM is playing out in the EU.  

Hosts

  • Fiona Donnelly CAStar
    Director of Sustainability, ICASFiona Donnelly CA is a Director of Sustainability at ICAS. She drives sustainability efforts within the organisation, produces resources for members and represents ICAS on various advocacy groups. Fiona’s career began in Scotland as a Big 4 consultancy-trained Chartered Accountant, before transitioning into broader strategy and engagement roles in Hong Kong.

Speakers

  • Bryn Reynolds CA CTAPartner - Tax Advisor, Pinsent Masons Bryn is a non-lawyer partner with Pinsent Masons. He is a chartered tax advisor (CIOT) and chartered accountant (ICAS) who specialises in indirect taxes. He has worked at 2 of the Big 4 accountancy practices where he predominantly focused on VAT before moving into the law-firm environment where his practice has expanded to cover indirect taxes more generally including customs duty, landfill tax and aggregates levy. Whilst he continues to advise clients, as part of the tax disputes and investigations team, he is frequently across from HMRC in contentious disputes including via alternative dispute resolution.

  • John McEntagartManager of the CBAM Team, Environmental Protection Agency IrelandJohn McEntagart has been an inspector with the Environmental Protection Agency for 25 years and currently is overseeing CBAM implementation in Ireland. Most of this experience was in the regulation (licensing and enforcement) of industry, public authorities and the private sector through implementation of EU Directives in Ireland. He has also extensive experience in research programming.

  • Ed ByrneManaging Director, Galco Steel GroupEd has been working in manufacturing and engineering for most of his career. In 2012 he became Managing Director of the Galco Group, Ireland’s largest Hot Dip Galvanizing provider. Ed is also a board member of the European General Galvanizers Association (EGGA) and of IBEC’s Engineering Industries Trade Association. Under his direction, Galco are focused on helping build Ireland’s Sustainable future by delivering a durable, circular product while at the same time reducing their carbon footprint through process innovation.

CPD Event

Counts as CPD

Depending upon your individual role and training and development needs, attending this event can count towards your annual Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirement.

Sponsored by:

Chartered Accountants Ireland