Central and Eastern European countries are often described as being the laggards in the EU’s sustainability transformation. But is this actually true?This week on the Frankly Speaking podcast, Richard Howitt was joined by Tsvetelina Kuzmanova, Sustainable Finance Policy Lead at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, which gathers leaders and innovators across business, finance and government to work together for a sustainable future.Together they discussed how the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union responded to the Commission’s Omnibus proposals, and specifically the proposed changes to the EU Taxonomy. You’ll also hear more about:Key takeaways from the recent Green Transition Forum in Sofia, Bulgaria How CISL calculates its Sustainable Competitiveness Index The best and worst case scenario for the future of sustainable finance over the next four years The project to turn the Trakia Economic Zone in Plovdiv, Bulgaria into the EU’s first carbon-neutral industrial parkWhy Tsvetelina believes sustainability and competitiveness are in fact the same thingListen in and follow us on Linkedin!

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