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Current financial accounting methods are responsible for causing environmental and social harm across the world – but how can this be remedi...

How can businesses help to protect freshwater ecosystems, biodiversity, and habitats? In this episode of Frankly Speaking, Richard Howitt wa...

How has Germany’s national due diligence legislation been working so far? In this episode of Frankly Speaking, Richard Howitt was joined by...

What does the proposed European Grid Package mean for the future of the energy industry? In this episode of Frankly Speaking, Richard Howitt...

Do the European Commission’s proposed changes to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) go far enough in resolving the weaknes...

In a post-Omnibus 1 European sustainability landscape, what does the new role of the Chief Sustainability Officer look like? In this episode...

Often the weaker side of current corporate sustainability practice, governance – the ‘G’ in ESG – covers everything from how decisions are m...

How can companies better integrate worker-centred approaches to their due diligence processes? In this episode of Frankly Speaking, Richard...

As the European Commission now prepares a Delegated Act for the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards, how should we reflect back...

Sustainability reporting, sustainable finance, business and human rights – where are we now in Europe and globally on these three major issu...

What progress has been made in the world of sustainable finance? In this episode of Frankly Speaking, Richard Howitt was joined by Robert Ad...

What should you be looking out for in the corporate sustainability space in 2026? For this very first episode of Frankly Speaking in 2026, R...

Is infinite economic growth compatible with life on a planet with finite resources? In final episode of Frankly Speaking this year, Richard...

The Omnibus 1 agreement has finally been signed off – but what happens next? In this last episode before the Christmas break, Frank Bold’s S...

Against the backdrop of the final Omnibus agreement emerging from trilogues, what will continued US political and corporate pressure mean fo...

How can companies carry out effective human rights due diligence? In this episode of the Frankly Speaking podcast, Richard Howitt was joined...

Is the world on track to achieving living wages? In this episode of the Frankly Speaking podcast, Richard Howitt was joined by Petter Forslu...

Right from the beginning of the Omnibus 1 debate, European policy-makers have repeatedly framed human rights due diligence as a huge barrier...

What progress has been made so far in heavy industry’s journey towards net zero, and what more needs to be done to aid them in their transfo...

Why is Thailand determined to be the first government in Asia to pass a mandatory human rights due diligence law for companies, and what are...

What is product-level reporting, and how could it improve the quality and reliability of corporate sustainability disclosures? In this episo...

Amid all the noise and confusion around the future of corporate sustainability reporting due to the Omnibus modifications, what does the res...

Today, the JURI committee of the European Parliament will be voting on the Omnibus 1 proposal. What does this proposal mean for the future o...

What are the new B Corps standards, and what impact will they have on the future of responsible business? In this episode of the Frankly Spe...

Have the new revisions to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards gone too far, or not far enough? That’s exactly what we discussed...

What is the relationship between culture and corporate responsibility? How do various social mores and traditions influence how various coun...

Last week, the 2025 Sustainability at a Crossroads survey was released, providing key insights into the views of nearly 850 sustainability p...

Last year, the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), a leading alliance of trade unions, NGOS and businesses working to bring about the end of c...

Central and Eastern European countries are often described as being the laggards in the EU’s sustainability transformation. But is this actu...

How is the sustainability transformation unfolding in France? This week on the Frankly Speaking podcast, Richard Howitt was joined by Sébast...

The history of corporate human rights abuse is as old as the history of corporations themselves, and yet our understanding of business and h...

At a time when there is so much uncertainty around sustainability and due diligence reporting with the ongoing Omnibus negotiations, it’s mo...

Last year, China issued its Corporate Sustainability Disclosure Standards, aligning its corporate sustainability reporting requirements to t...

The European Commission says that EU sustainability legislation harms European business competitiveness. But does business really agree? Thi...

Last week, Microsoft signed one of the world’s largest carbon removal deals with carbon credit firm Rubicon Carbon, purchasing 18 million to...

Corporate sustainability is currently facing a significant setback due to recent shifts in the geopolitical landscape. But how should busine...

Amidst this highly unpredictable global tariff war, there’s a new announcement each day on the latest round of tariffs being levied - or lif...

With the CSRD reports of the first wave of EU companies due this year, what are the lessons practitioners have drawn from the experience? An...

With the departure of nearly a dozen US and Canadian banks from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance in the past few months, is the future of susta...

With the Commission’s Omnibus package now being examined and debated in the European Parliament and the Council, the stakes are high for Eur...

Despite only being in office for less than 100 days, the Trump 2.0 administration has already passed several measures reversing the work of...

As the European Commission prepares to unveil its omnibus proposals to "simplify" the EU sustainability framework, we wonder if there are ot...

On the podcast this week, we’re back with a full length conversation on the Omnibus proposal, which has been causing uncertainty over Europe...

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In this special edition of the podcast, Richard Howitt sits down with Filip Gregor, head of Responsible Companies at Frank Bold to invite yo...

2025 starts the same way 2024 ended: with a shifting political landscape. While Trump was re-elected in the US, the new European Commission...

Is China making its green stride forward? As the world faces the dual challenges of addressing climate change and navigating geopolitical te...

As the UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights wraps up today, we’re diving into a pressing question: What are companies really doing t...

40% of plastic produced is for one-time use packaging. Only 9% of all plastic ever made is recycled. A large portion of the rest, ends up li...

Are companies saying one thing about sustainability, but doing something in their political lobbying that is very different? A new report ha...
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