• Essential ESG: Episode 24 – In conversation with Professor Robert McCorquodale
    Oct 8 2025

    In the latest episode of Corrs’ Essential ESG podcast, Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope is joined by Professor Robert McCorquodale to explore the evolving global landscape of business and human rights. This episode is a recording of a live event.

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    22 mins
  • ESSENTIAL ESG SPECIAL EDITION - Responsible AI governance: emerging legal risks and regulatory trends
    Sep 19 2025

    In this special episode of Essential ESG, Phoebe Wynn-Pope and James North discuss the fast-evolving landscape of responsible artificial intelligence (AI) governance.

    As AI technologies continue to transform industries, the legal and regulatory frameworks surrounding them are shifting just as rapidly. With AI regulation in flux globally, Phoebe and James explore why proactive AI governance is critical – not only for managing legal risks and navigating emerging regulations, but also in unlocking AI’s productivity potential and building stakeholder trust.

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    23 mins
  • Episode 22 – The evolving role of the Chief Sustainability Officer
    Oct 2 2024

    In the latest episode of Corrs’ Essential ESG podcast, Phoebe Wynn-Pope and sustainability executive Susan Mizrahi discuss how sustainability practices, in particular the role of the Chief Sustainability Officer, are evolving within the private sector.

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    28 mins
  • Episode 21 – The rise of blended finance
    Sep 24 2024

    In the latest episode of Corrs’ Essential ESG podcast, Jo Dodd, Chloe Delahunt-Devlin, Emmanuel Georgouras and Patrick Magee discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by blended finance.

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    18 mins
  • Episode 20 – Unpacking the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
    Sep 8 2024

    In the latest episode of Corrs’ Essential ESG podcast, Phoebe Wynn-Pope and Kate Gill-Herdman unpack the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and consider the likely impacts on Australian businesses.

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    16 mins
  • Episode 19 – Emerging drivers of change in business and human rights
    Apr 12 2024

    In the latest episode of Corrs’ Essential ESG podcast, Phoebe Wynn-Pope and special guest Professor Justine Nolan (Director, Australian Human Rights Institute and Professor in the Faculty of Law and Justice, University of New South Wales) discuss emerging drivers of change in business and human rights.

    Phoebe and Justine consider a number of key drivers of change and discuss several transformational approaches to integrating business and human rights being adopted in Australia and overseas.

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    20 mins
  • Episode 18 – Responsible business in conflict-affected and high-risk areas
    Mar 20 2024

    In the latest episode of Corrs’ Essential ESG podcast, Eloise O’Brien and special guest Dr Jonathan Kolieb of RMIT University discuss responsible business conduct in the context of armed conflict and the Global Reporting Initiative’s new sustainability standard for the mining sector.

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    30 mins
  • Episode 17 – Reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
    Mar 5 2024

    In the latest episode of Corrs’ Essential ESG podcast, Louise Camenzuli and Georgia Smith discuss likely upcoming reforms to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act).

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    12 mins