In the latest episode of ESG: Global, Florence Iveson speaks with Alexander Wijeratna of Mighty Earth. Together, they discuss the organisation’s groundbreaking legal strategies aimed at confronting the environmental and human rights impacts of industrial agriculture. They discuss whistleblower complaints over JBS’s sustainability linked bonds, legal challenges to its stock exchange listing, and new efforts to hold major financial institutions accountable for funding deforestation, methane emissions and other climate harms linked to global meat supply chains.

Samantha Knights KC talks to Mutuso Dhliwayo, Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Organisation and Octavio Ferraz, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Transnational Law Institute at King’s College London about the social, economic and environmental impacts of lithium mining in Zimbabwe and bauxite mining in the Amazon as paradigm examples of the consequences of mining for rare minerals on the natural world and communities that live in the areas surrounding the mines.

In the latest episode of the ESG Global podcast, Jim Robottom speaks with James Bolton Jones from Spotlight on Corruption about the corruption risks emerging in the global transition to net zero. They explore the role of UK anti corruption law, critical mineral supply chains, climate finance transparency, and Spotlight’s forthcoming manifesto on ensuring integrity in the climate transition.

As pressure builds on companies to conduct increased forced labour due diligence on their supply chains, Jamas Hodivala KC explores some of the practical issues that can arise with Kate Larsen, Director at SupplyESChange.

In this episode of A Common Concern, we discuss the meaning, scope and application of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. This right has been recognised by the UN General Assembly and endorsed by the International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Kate Cook is joined by environmental and human rights expert and former Head of Legal at Friends of the Earth, Gita Parihar, and by Sean O'Connell, the Global Focal Point on Environmental Justice at the UN Development Programme. Gita and Sean are currently engaged in developing a tool to assist national human rights institutions in ensuring that this right can be operated effectively. Ten years on from the adoption of the Paris Agreement, does this right provide a way to address the growing triple planetary crisis?

In this episode, Suzanne Rab explores how ESG considerations are reshaping regulation across UK network and utility sectors. As ESG rises in prominence in energy, water, transport, telecoms and financial services, regulators face an increasingly complex balancing act: ensuring resilience and fairness while maintaining affordability and driving long-term sustainability. The discussion highlights how the UK Regulators Network (UKRN) provides a unique platform for regulators to collaborate, share lessons and address common challenges in this evolving landscape.

Suzanne is joined by three speakers who each bring deep cross-sector regulatory experience. Barbara Perata-Smith, Lead on UKRN’s Net Zero Programme, discusses her work coordinating decarbonisation efforts across sectors, drawing on her background in sustainability and environmental policy at the Civil Aviation Authority. Sital Patel, on secondment from the Financial Conduct Authority, reflects on her 25-year legal and regulatory career and her commitment to public protection, including her work on the FCA’s Motor Finance Review and her advisory role with Ofcom. Kev Smith, who has spent four decades in financial services and regulation, outlines UKRN’s cross-cutting networks and the value of shared regulatory understanding. Together, the speakers examine how collaboration can drive more effective, future-ready regulation in the ESG era.

In this episode, Jamas Hodivala KC discusses with Nick Dale (former Superintendent at West Midlands Police and now Director of Intelligence at Stop the Traffik) and Sian Lea (Head of UK and European Advocacy at Anti-Slavery International) the role of Governments, companies and NGOs when conducting forced labour due diligence in supply chains.

In this second episode of Season 2 of the ESG: Global podcast, Jamas Hodivala KC celebrates the 10th anniversary of Mark Carney’s “Tragedy of the Horizon” speech with his guest Dr Ben Caldecott, a sustainable finance expert.

They discuss the origins of the speech, the adequacy of leadership regarding climate-related investment, the supervisory role of the Bank of England in climate-related finance, the impact of the recent collapse of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, the UK’s implementation of climate transition plans and the future role of China in sustainable finance.

In this episode of A Common Concern, Kate Cook talks to Greg Muttitt, Honorary Research Fellow at UCL and Senior Associate at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Pushing back on current 'necessitarian' arguments against the phase out of fossil fuels, they explore what transition would look like. What are the comparative costs of transition versus retaining fossil fuels and what does transition mean for developed and developing country producers? How do we ensure that transition is genuinely just, equitable and orderly?

In this first episode of Season 2 of the ESG: Global podcast, Jamas Hodivala KC looks back a the 10 year anniversary of Mark Carney’s "Tragedy of the Horizon" speech, which considered the links between climate change and financial stability. His guest, Professor Iain Clacher, is a pensions expert and they discuss the effects of the speech on the pensions sector, including exploring the role that long-term investment decisions made by pension funds can have on climate change.