#98 Marianne Gros & Robert Hodgson: What’s Coming in Sustainability in 2026?

What's coming up in the sustainability field this year? Listen to Marianne Gros, Sustainability Reporter at Politico Europe, and Robert Hodgson, Energy, Environment and Transport Editor at Euractiv

What should you be looking out for in the corporate sustainability space in 2026?

For this very first episode of Frankly Speaking in the new year, Richard Howitt was joined by Marianne Gros, Sustainability Reporter at Politico Europe, and Robert Hodgson, Energy, Environment and Transport Editor at Euractiv to predict what's going to happen in the sustainability field this year.

Together they assessed whether the final Omnibus 1 deal agreed at the end of last year really marks the end of sustainability Omnibus debate, as well as the timeline for transposition into national law. You’ll also hear about:

The second Omnibus package from the European Commission targeting environmental rules

If water will take centre stage in corporate sustainability this year, with the planned EU Ocean Act

How debates around the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) may play out this year, including the response both internally in the EU and from the US

The chances of the EU’s Green Claims Directive being revived in 2026

Whether the Global Plastics Treaty might be agreed this year

Marianne and Robert’s main prediction for how sustainability will develop in 2026

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