Why companies are facing climate-based legal risks

In this episode of Sustainable Views, editor Philippa Nuttall is joined by acting deputy editor Elizabeth Meager and reporter Florence Jones to discuss the rising trend of climate litigation. With the backlash in Europe and the US against more stringent climate regulations, individuals and activists are turning to the courts to fight for climate justice.This episode looks at some of the recent landmark cases brought against governments and companies as well as the emergence of attribution science and how that may help strengthen legal cases brought against polluters.Subscribe to the Sustainable Views podcast, available on all major platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. A new episode is released each month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In September, Sustainable Views Acting Deputy Editor Elizabeth Meager attended New York Climate Week. In this episode she sits down with Sustainable Views editor Philippa Nuttall to discuss the key themes that emerged and what they reveal about the state of climate policy and finance.While corporate and political ambition was on display, many conversations focused on implementation gaps, financing difficulties, and the challenging political climate in the US when it comes to environmental and energy policy.Subscribe to the Sustainable Views podcast, available on all major platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. A new episode is released each month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In July, Sustainable Views carried out a survey of sustainability professionals to understand how the sector has been evolving after a tumultuous 12 months.Sustainable Views editor Philippa Nuttall sits down with acting deputy editor Elizabeth Meager and data journalist Aniket Narawad to discuss the results of the survey and to drill down into how sustainability is being viewed in corporations in 2025 and how the role of sustainability officer is changing.Subscribe to the Sustainable Views podcast, available on all major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. A new episode will be available each month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sustainable Views Editor, Philippa Nuttall joined the Let's Talk Sustainable Business Podcast earlier this week, a podcast from The Conference Board.Philippa Nuttall is the Editor of Sustainable Views - an ESG-focused service created by the Financial Times - which offers a daily newsletter, analysis and a policy tracker. In this episode, we talk about how the media landscape has evolved in the last 20 years - especially its digitalisation and focus on social media, how businesses have changed the way they talk about sustainability and the best way for companies to reach journalists when they are seeking media coverage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sustainable Views Editor, Philippa Nuttall joined the Let's Talk Sustainable Business Podcast earlier this week, a podcast from The Conference Board.Philippa Nuttall is the Editor of Sustainable Views - an ESG-focused service created by the Financial Times - which offers a daily newsletter, analysis and a policy tracker. In this episode, we talk about how the media landscape has evolved in the last 20 years - especially its digitalisation and focus on social media, how businesses have changed the way they talk about sustainability and the best way for companies to reach journalists when they are seeking media coverage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the aftermath of the devastating floods that hit central Texas in July, Sustainable Views editor Philippa Nuttall spoke to acting deputy editor Elizabeth Meager about US climate policy and the insurance industry.As the federal government aggressively deregulates on climate, the costs of natural disasters are continuing to increase, and climate change is making them both more frequent and more extreme.While insurance companies are ostensibly on the frontline, both they and market analysts insist the industry is well insulated, for a number of reasons. What many view as an insurance crisis may actually be a broader societal, systemic crisis.Subscribe to the Sustainable Views podcast, available on all major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. A new episode will be available each month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A summer of high temperatures and more extreme storms has laid bare some of the issues within our global food system. But why is it so hard to enact reforms to improve what we eat and how we make our food?Sustainable Views' Elizabeth Meager speaks with Florence Jones about what steps the UK government is taking after high temperatures and unpredictable weather exacerbated food prices, with staples like potatoes increasing 22 per cent between January and February 2024. Florence also looks back on Leon restaurant founder Henry Dimbleby's food strategy review in 2021 and what has changed since one of the more punchy reviews seen in Westminster in the past few years.Editor Philippa Nuttall explains how the EU is facing the impact of climate change on farming, with the recently passed EU budget giving some sense of the direction of travel. But it is not just in the fields that climate change is being felt. Increasing drought is making transport along the Rhine and other key routes more difficult and changing consumers habits is the area no legislator seems to want to broach.Subscribe to the Sustainable Views podcast, available on all major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. A new episode will be available each month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As London Climate Action Week begins, Sustainable Views’ Philippa Nuttall speaks with Elizabeth Meager and Florence Jones about whether the UK government is following through with its rhetoric around climate action.Four years ago at COP26 in Glasgow, then-prime minister Boris Johnson and his chancellor, Rishi Sunak, shouted loudly about the UK’s climate leadership and making the country the world’s first net zero financial centre but a series of other events meant priorities changed.In the recent spending review, chancellor Rachel Reeves agreed upon investment towards Britain’s energy transition, but the government’s other policies have raised fears about how green its policies really are.Subscribe to the Sustainable Views podcast, available on all major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. A new episode will be available each month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been 100 days since Donald Trump entered the White House for a second time — on an election ticket that promised the end of renewable energy subsidies and embracing "coal, beautiful coal". But how else has Trump and his administration approached sustainability policy? And is the backlash already under way?Sustainable Views editor Philippa Nuttall, acting deputy editor Elizabeth Meager and policy researcher Erin Donnelly discuss reporting on Trump's first 100 days and how Sustainable Views' Trump watch is following the changes in policy. Erin explains how the EPA has had a fundamental reframing under new chief Lee Zeldin, while Elizabeth explains how the fightback against some of the policies being put in place may come from state or international level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Sustainable Views editorial team summarises what happened this year and the trends we see for 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.