Guest speaker Zach Stein, co-founder and CEO of Carbon Collective, a US investment advisor, joined David Gauke, Rachel Richardson and Gavin Haran to explore what the right approach is when it comes to investment management and decarbonisation.

In this episode of policy in practice, the team delves into a range of questions, weighing up the social versus environmental elements of ESG, and what investors and governments need to do to stop the climate crisis.

For more information on carbon taxes and carbon boarder adjustment mechanisms, as touched upon in this podcast, listen to Policy in practice: Carbon taxes and carbon trading.

The concept of the Better Business Act proposes to change UK law, ensuring company directors operate in a manner which benefits the members, wider society and the environment. 

In this episode of policy in practice, David Gauke is joined by Rachel Richardson and Dominic Sedghi to discuss what the proposals mean, how they might work and whether they are a useful development. 

In this episode of policy in practice we cover trends in enforcement at HMRC. David Gauke is joined by litigation partners Gideon Sanitt and Neill Blundell for an in-depth discussion about the powers available to the revenue, and how the Economic Crime Act might influence future enforcement.

David Gauke, Rachel Richardson and Christine Long cover some of the basics of carbon taxes and the development of the voluntary carbon markets, as well as taking a deeper dive considering what the future might bring for Governments, individuals and companies.

David Gauke and Francis Bond discuss the potential financial sanctions options available to the UK Government in responding to the Russia/Ukraine crisis, with insight from special guest speaker Tom Tugendhat MP, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. 

David Gauke, Andrew Henderson and Gavin Haran look at the current situation for financial services in the UK a year on from Brexit, and what regulatory and practical implications there might be for businesses in this sector.

Additional episode resources: Big Bang 2.0. 

David Gauke, Rhiannon Kinghall Were, Bezhan Salehy and Lucy Urwin discuss the OECD’s publication of BEPS 2.0 model rules on 20 December 2021 in our most recent Policy in practice podcast - including implementation challenges and potential implications of the new global minimum corporate tax. 

David Gauke, Isobel Morton and Rachel Richardson discuss the headlines and implications from the recent COP26.

In episode 3 of our policy in practice podcast David Gauke and Gideon Sanitt chat with Jonathan Pratt about the Government's proposals for reforming rules on judicial review, where those proposals might lead to in the future and what this might mean for businesses. 

In this podcast David Gauke and Rhiannon Kinghall Were talk to Gavin Haran about the forthcoming Spending Review and Budget. In the discussion they cover the state of public finances and the likely implications this will have on announcements. In their Budget predictions they cover the likelihood of tax rises across a number of policy areas including environmental taxes, business rates, capital gains tax and wider international tax reforms. This is a fast-moving landscape. In the time since recording this podcast on the 19th October, the Government has released its plans around achieving its net-zero targets and a cut to the bank surcharge from 8% to 3%.

The first of our “Policy in practice” podcast series is now available to listen to. David Gauke, Lora Froud, Gavin Haran and Rachel Richardson kick us off with a lively discussion on “Green finance - The state of play before COP 26”.