The Sustainable Law Podcast

Climate Risk and National Security: Why Climate and Nature Matter in a Resilient Nation

We are living through the most volatile period in recent history and climate change poses an existential risk not just to our planet but to our national security. In this

The National Emergency Briefing for Law - How It Began

Why did two brothers spend their personal fortune briefing MPs and industry leaders about climate change?  In this first episode, we speak to Simon Oldridge, who, togeth

Urgent and Existential Threat – has the ICJ Advisory Opinion changed the legal landscape?

Six months on from the landmark ruling by International Court of Justice which declared climate change “an urgent and existential threat” has anything changed for lawyers

The Making of Ocean

Ocean with David Attenborough (2025) was a powerful and unflinching wakeup call exploring the vital importance of Earth’s oceans and the growing threats they face, featur

Power Hungry - the Climate-Cost Benefit of AI

In this episode, Sophia Adams Bhatti is joined by Bhargav Srinivasa Desikan for a deep dive into the carbon cost of AI—from the energy demands of large models to the hidd

The Socially Imaginative Lawyer

For this special episode Amanda Carpenter returns to the studio to talk to Wangui Kaniaru, Partner at ALN, Kenya. Early on in her career, Wangui was told that rather than

The Purpose Brief

We spoke to Debra Sobel, Co-Founder of The Purpose Hub, to take a deep dive into ‘purpose’ and its evolving role in a responsible business. What is purpose in a corporate

The Elephants on the Horizon

AI, climate change, geopolitics, the rule of law – the landscape of lawyering is changing. Amanda Carpenter and Sophia Adams Bhatti, public policy expert with over 20 yea

The Changing Face of Sustainability

What does the future hold for law firms? How can legal professionals navigate the rapidly evolving world of ESG? We talked to the outgoing and incoming co-chairs of the L

An Insider's Guide to... CSRD

In this episode of the Sustainable Law Podcast we unpack the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and its implications for law firms. As the EU's ambitious

An Insider's Guide to... TCFD

TCFD offers a multi-layered framework of climate-related disclosures - governance, strategy, risk management, metrics and targets. How do you start? Why start now if it i

An Insider's Guide to... ISO Certification

 In this series the Sustainable Law Podcast explores the frameworks and reporting systems that law firms will be considering on their journey to net zero. This episode ex

The Burning Question - Should Law Firms Act for Fossil Fuels?

Leading UK and international law firms continue to earn millions from fossil fuel related transactions. Meanwhile law students are calling for action– will the student sp

Greenwashing - A Dirty Business

Banks that ‘care about the climate’ but finance fossil fuel, fashion houses and supermarkets who shout about sustainability while the food and plastic waste piles up. Are

COP28 - A Young Lawyers Perspective

The first episode of the Sustainable Law Podcast explores what it is like to be facing twinned climate and nature crises as a young corporate lawyer. What did it feel lik