
Frankly Speaking - A Podcast on Responsible Business
Hosted by Richard Howitt · Frank Bold
4.9from 34 ratings
- 122
- Episodes
- 33
- Transcribed
- 34
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Frankly Speaking - A Podcast on Responsible Business
Frankly Speaking is a double award-winning podcast on responsible business by Frank Bold - discussing the latest political, legal and business developments in the field of ESG, business and human rights and corporate reporting. Host Richard Howitt is a pioneer in the field of corporate disclosure and former Member of the European Parliament. He speaks frankly and personally about what moves policy makers, business and activists to make responsible business the norm and last but not least - redefine business!
- Publisher
- Frank Bold
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Sept 2022
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
33 of 122 episodes have a transcript.

7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#122 What China’s New Security Regulations Mean for EU Sustainability Laws

23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#121 Julia Otten & Amandine Van Den Berghe: Europe’s Due Diligence Law CSDDD – What Next?

8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#120 A New Vision for Sustainable Finance: Anna Koolstra
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#122 What China’s New Security Regulations Mean for EU Sustainability Laws
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that's really where the biggest area of friction is between China and especially, well, European, but also U.S. stakeholders in that sense, because here we have a direct clash of emerging or existing and emerging forced labor bans and human rights due diligence requirements. and the mechanisms I've described previously that actually seek to limit foreign lines of sight into Chinese supply chains, into practices on the ground and actually have the requirement. No, no, we set up our own standards. So it's our auditors, our companies that are best equipped to actually say if we're following them or not. […]
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- Katja Drinhausen
- Julia Otten
- Amandine Van Den Berghe
- Anna Koolstra
- Leena Ylä-Mononen
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Richard Howitt host the show. Published by Frank Bold.
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