In this episode of ESG Talks, Arianne Schreier, an Associate Director on KBRA’s ESG team, interviews Ryan Mensing, Associate General Counsel on KBRA’s Regulatory Affairs team. Arianne and Ryan explore the rapidly evolving landscape of ESG ratings, focusing on the UK’s proposal to regulate ESG rating providers and the future of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) ESG agenda in the U.S. They discuss why these changes are important for investors and how they might shape the global ESG framework. Notably, KBRA does not offer ESG ratings products—instead, within KBRA’s credit ratings, the focus is exclusively on ESG factors that are directly relevant to credit risk analysis.