In this episode of policy in practice, David Gauke, Rachel Richardson and Gavin Haran consider the current state of ESG policies and sustainable finance.

Together they discuss:

• the UK's progress in green finance since the 2021 COP26 summit;
• recent ESG developments including the government's nature markets framework and the Transition Finance Market Review;
• Europe's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS); and
• what the future holds for ESG policy. 

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