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In this weeks episode, Kathy Jacobs, former President of Compliance Institute speaks with Greta Koch, Policy Adviser and press officer to Axel Voss, MEP, European Parliament on the latest addition to Sustainability Regulation the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive CS3D.
In this weeks episode, Greta describes how she became an advisor to Axel Voss in the European Parliament and her role. Greta explains where her interest in sustainability started. Greta discusses why the EU considered that an EU-wide supply chain due diligence legislation is required and what the process was for bringing the CS3D from a Proposal through to final approval. Greta explains what the changes were and why they were made and what the main provisions and the timelines of the CS3D are. Greta outlines what she anticipates will be the major challenges in the roll-out and implementation of CS3D across the EU and what she thinks will be the major challenges for in-scope organisations.

In this week’s episode, Kathy Jacobs, former President of Compliance Institute speaks with Dr Valerie Lyons, Chief Operating Officer of BH consulting on the value of Privacy above and beyond Data Protection.
Valerie describes her own journey in Privacy and what inspired her and Todd Fitzgerald to write The Privacy Compass and also outlines what readers can expect from the book. Valerie outlines what the McKinsey 7-S Framework is, and why and how she utilised it in her Privacy Compass. Valerie explains ‘Strategy’s’ place in the 7S Privacy Compass and what good looks like. Valerie discusses ethics in privacy and describes what an ethical approach to privacy looks like. Turning to ESG, Valerie discusses in her book privacy as part of ESG – ‘ESGp’; Valerie explains this term and privacy’s place in ESG. Valerie discusses the three top skills required of a privacy leader.  Finally, Valerie provides her thoughts on the future for privacy – what the threats, challenges and also the opportunities are in privacy.

In this week’s episode, Kathy Jacobs, former President of Compliance Institute speaks with Maeve Monaghan, CEO, NOW Group on the topic of Purposeful Leadership.
In this episode, Maeve take us through her career, up to her leadership of the NOW Group and  describes the values that she seeks to live as a leader. Maeve outlines what the NOW Group is and it's mission. Maeve delves into what purpose means to her and why it is important. Maeve outlines what her personal purpose is and the purpose of NOW Group is. Maeve describes how she brings her purpose to life in the NOW Group and how this helps with engagement with stakeholders. Maeve also goes through the publication of NOW Group’s social impact on their website and describes the importance of an organisation highlighting its social impact.

In this weeks episode, Kathy Jacobs, former President of Compliance Institute with Jessica Ramos, Head of Regulatory Oversight and Financial Affairs, EBA Clearing, to discuss the state of payments regulation in the EU today.
In this episode, Jessica describes who EBA Clearing are and her role within the company. Jessica advises why she works in the payments industry and what she enjoys about the industry. Jessica outlines the current challenges and opportunities in payments and what role regulation plays in payments. Jessica paints a picture of the current payments EU regulation landscape and what challenges regulation has brought to the payments industry and the industry has responded. Jessica describes the role the customer plays in shaping the agenda for payments and what she sees the future holding for the industry.

In this week episode, Kathy Jacobs, former President of Compliance Institute and Chair of the Institute’s Sustainability Working Group speaks with Russell Burke, Regulatory and Strategic Payments Consultant, Juristic Ltd in relation to the Central Bank of Ireland’s Authorisation Process and how to navigate this process efficiently and to secure that Authorisation.
In this episode, Russell outlines who needs an Authorisation and discusses the legal framework underpinning the Authorisations process. Russell also describes the common mistakes made by firms in making their application and the implications / consequences of these errors are. Russell advises how firms can set themselves up for success in this process. Russell explains if he foresees any changes to the Authorisation process and what developments he anticipates.

In this weeks episode of the Compliance Files Podcast, Kathy Jacobs, former President, Compliance Institute speaks with Ann Shiels, founder of sustainable finance regulatory firm, FinLexSus and Ann is also the Program Director for the Compliance Institute’s Professional Diploma in Sustainable Finance for Compliance Professionals delivered in partnership with the IOB.
In this episode, we revisit a familiar topic, and that is ESG Sustainability. There is a language and vocabulary growing up around sustainability. So in this episode, we are taking a helicopter view by doing a stock take on the regulation, and to explain some of the terms, acronyms to come to an understanding of the current position, and we will explore what does a Compliance Framework for sustainability look like. Since the podcast was recorded, the CSDDD has been endorsed by the European Council in March 2024.