ESG Transformation: Conversation Series

ESG and sustainability is the key corporate treasury trend and that has developed a self-perpetuating momentum, as was shown in the Herbert Smith Freehills Corporate Debt and Treasury Report 2021.  In this podcast we discuss the development of sustainability-linked and green loans and bonds in corporate debt. Speakers: Kristen Roberts , Amy Geddes and chaired by Emily Barry .

As COVID-19 continues to impact supply chains, Kristin Stammer is joined by John Laing, leading Consumer Sector Associate Partner at McKinsey to discuss lessons learnt to prevent futher supply chain shock and build resilient supply chains of the future, followed by perspecitives from China and environmental and social goverance issues with Tim Strutt and Nanda Lau.

Gavin Williams and Rebecca Perlman highlight some of the environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) as key considerations in M&A decision-making.

Timothy Stutt, Rebecca Perlman and Leonie Timmers discuss some of the environmental, social and governance factors impacting banks across the globe and the opportunities that they present.

Sustainability is now firmly at the top of the agenda, but the term has an enormously wide scope. To give some structure to the sustainable lending market, mirroring the approach of the bond market, two categories of sustainable loan are developing sustainability-linked loans and green loans. In episode 6 chaired by Emily Barry , Gary Hommel and Nick Turner will look at their use in the real estat...

In episode five, infrastructure partner Nicholas Carney is joined by partners Silke Goldberg and Timothy Stutt from our global ESG leadership team, to discuss why ESG is a core element of city planning and to bring you examples of how different cities from across the world are embracing ESG to build back better.

In this episode Partner Nicholas Carney is joined by Lewis McDonald (Global Head of Energy) and Matthew White (Head of Planning, London), to discuss the pressing need to make our energy consumption more efficient and cut emissions as our cities continue to grow.

As demand for energy continues to grow and emissions continue to rise, the need for cleaner sources of energy is paramount. In this podcast, Tim Pawul, Oil & Gas Council hosts a discussion with Nigel Jenvey, GaffneyCline and Lewis McDonald, Herbert Smith Freehills to explore ESG and decarbonisation in the context of oil & gas around the world, elaborating on the 5-step model for decarbonis...

As the shift to integrate sustainability into investing continues to develop, an array of new rules and requirements are released as regulators attempt to catch up to investor demand.  In this episode, Ashley Hamilton-Claxton, Royal London Asset Management, shares her: views on how pension schemes and asset managers are responding to recent legal and regulatory changes relating to pensions and ESG...

Covid-19 has highlighted the need for businesses and investors to develop a robust approach to ESG and corporate purpose. In this episode, Rebecca Perlman, Herbert Smith Freehills is joined by Philip Collins, Columnist at The Times and former chief speech writer to Tony Blair; and Will Martindale, Director of Policy & Research at the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. Our speakers draw...

What do the Government's audit and corporate governance reform proposals mean for companies? In this podcast, we discuss the UK Government's long awaited consultation paper on audit and governance reform with the Financial Reporting Council's Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, and Miranda Craig, Director of Strategy and Change. The consultat...

In this podcast, we discuss the Financial Reporting Council's Review of Corporate Governance Reporting with Maureen Beresford, Head of Corporate Governance at the FRC. The Review is the first to consider reporting in accordance with the 2018 edition of the UK Corporate Governance Code and considers issues including, compliance with the Code; purpose, culture and values; succession planning; d...