Talking. Sustainability.

Travers Smith
Talking. Sustainability.

Welcome to our series of podcasts from Travers Smith on ESG and sustainability. Episodes will cover topics ranging from COP26 to the current global water crisis.

  1. Sustainability Exchange Podcast: Addressing challenges for private markets - Episode 1: Should the UK adopt a Green Taxonomy?

    FEB 19

    Sustainability Exchange Podcast: Addressing challenges for private markets - Episode 1: Should the UK adopt a Green Taxonomy?

    A series of dynamic conversations hosted by Simon Witney, sustainable finance specialist, joined by two expert guests.   Simon meets with James Alexander, Chief Executive of The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and Sarah-Jane Denton, Director of our Operational Risk & Environment team to evaluate the need, benefits, and practicality of a implementing UK-specific green taxonomy versus adopting the current EU framework. The episode ends with a one-sentence answer from each expert guest to… does the UK need a green taxonomy?

    37 min

  2. JAN 30

    Aboard the Omnibus: Breaking Down the EU's Proposed Changes to Sustainability Regulation

    Our take on what companies and asset managers should know about the omnibus so far, what we can expect to happen next, and what interest groups are saying about the announcement on the ground.

    20 min

  3. 06/05/2024

    Good Tax Governance: Failure to prevent fraud (FTP) - Episode 2

    In the second episode of our series focussing on Good Tax Governance, Hannah Manning from our tax team discusses the new corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent fraud (FTP). Over the last few years, businesses have become well acquainted with the strict liability offences around bribery and failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion. HMRC's introduction of this new criminal offence in tackling financial crime has some interesting new features that make it easier for the actions of individuals within a company to be attributed to the company itself. Hannah discusses the new FTP offence, its relevance in a tax context, and how it interacts with the existing Corporate Criminal Offence of failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion (CCO). Most importantly, Hannah will explore the steps that should be taken when dealing with both CCO and FTP.

    13 min

  4. 02/28/2024

    Talking. Sustainability. – Good Governance series - Umbrella Companies

    In the first of our series focussing on Good Tax Governance, Kulsoom Hadi from our Incentives and Remuneration team discusses the use of umbrella companies. While umbrella companies can provide administrative benefits for businesses when managing a flexible workforce, the UK tax authorities are live to the risk of avoidance and expect end users to have appropriate oversight of how the umbrella companies in their supply chain manage their tax compliance. Kulsoom discusses the current compliance landscape and the practical impact for businesses engaging staff through umbrella companies.

    12 min

  5. 08/02/2023

    Talking. Sustainability. - Green Incentives

    Our most recent episode of our Talking. Sustainability series.

    8 min

  6. 07/11/2023

    Talking. Sustainability. - Tax, ESG and Sustainability - Part 2

    In Part 2 of our discussion with Seb Akbik from PRI on Tax, ESG and Sustainability we explore some of the theoretical tensions and practical difficulties which can arise in establishing "good tax governance"; the differing approaches which organisations have adopted; and some examples of steps which businesses could take to develop good tax governance.

    21 min

  7. 06/22/2023

    Talking. Sustainability. Tax, ESG and Sustainability

    We recently sat down with Sebastien Akbik from UNPRI to discuss how tax fits in to ESG and sustainability, and what good tax governance actually means.

    20 min

  8. 05/09/2023

    BEPS Pillar 2 and Sustainability

    In this podcast, Associates Aimee Hutchinson and Callum Burgess from the Travers Smith Tax team return to the topic of base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) and take a look at the second pillar of the OECD's corporate tax reform plan. Aimee and Callum discuss the plan, which aims to incorporate a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%, in the context of the current global drive for sustainability (including sustainable taxation) and explore how Pillar 2 could be a force for change in that context.

    18 min
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Welcome to our series of podcasts from Travers Smith on ESG and sustainability. Episodes will cover topics ranging from COP26 to the current global water crisis.

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  • Creator
    Travers Smith
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 Travers Smith
  • Show Website
    Talking. Sustainability.

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