Richard Howitt served for 22 years as a leading Member of the European Parliament, was its longstanding Rapporteur on Corporate Responsibility and proposed and negotiated Europe’s first rules for corporate sustainability reporting. Subsequently he served as Chief Executive Officer of the global body which merged to form what is today the International Sustainability Standards Board. Currently, Richard is Strategic Advisor on Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Business and Human Rights, Senior Associate at the public interest law firm Frank Bold LLP, member of Faculty at Audencia Business School and Board member at both the sustainable investment pioneer, the Eiris Foundation and at the sustainability think-tank, r3.0. He is host of the responsible business podcast, ‘Frankly Speaking’.