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In this episode of Do Better Podcast, Senior Researcher and Research Coordinator at EsadeGeo Marie Vandendriessche speaks with Amrit Singh Deo, Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting and alumnus of the Full Time MBA at Esade, about India’s economic rise and its evolving role in an increasingly fragmented geopolitical landscape.The conversation explores India’s growth story, its pursuit of strategic autonomy in foreign and security policy, and the renewed momentum behind the long-negotiated EU–India Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Particular attention is given to the main sticking points in the talks—agriculture, energy and climate policy (including CBAM), and services—alongside the opportunities emerging from closer cooperation on the energy transition, defense, technology, and connectivity.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

A single, public document can prompt thousands of companies to improve their governance practices. In this episode of Risk and Return, we explore a subtle but powerful tool used by some of the world’s largest investors: expectation documents. Rather than engaging company by company, global investors such as sovereign wealth funds and index giants publish portfolio-wide statements that outline the standards they expect from all the firms they own. In the second episode of Risk and Return, Vicente J. Bermejo, professor in the Master in Finance at Esade and member of the Group for Research in Economics, Finance and Accounting (GREF) discusses his recent study —which you can read about here— analyzing the impact of a major governance expectations release by Norway’s sovereign wealth fund in 2012. Hosted by Professor Omar Rachedi, Risk and Return features conversations with leading scholars and practitioners to strip away jargon and explore how markets, businesses, and policies shape our world. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In this podcast we talked to international experts Béatrice Dumont (College of Europe), Nils Redeker (Jacques Delors Center) and Juan Moscoso del Prado (EsadeGeo) on the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (EU seven-year budget). They draw on the conclusions of the event “The Coming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF): Positions and Opportunities” held at Esade Madrid with the collaboration of the MAEC (Ministerio de Exteriores) on October 7th, 2025. Together, they examined the European Commission’s proposal for the 2028–2034 MFF, which accounts for nearly €1.98 trillion over seven years (€280 billion annually). While the plan represents the most profound reshaping of EU budgetary pillars in decades (reducing and merging agriculture and cohesion funds), participants questioned whether it is ambitious enough to meet Draghi’s call of €800 billion per year to revive Europe’s competitiveness. And most importantly, will Member States accept it? Nils Redeker pointed out that with roughly 90% of the EU budget locked in for seven years, there’s very little flexibility to shift spending; still, the new MFF proposal is a step in the right direction for competitiveness. Béatrice Dumont argued that the first pillar—cohesion policy and the CAP—will likely remain dominant because it’s politically hard to cut, and she stressed that boosting competitiveness requires European public goods like R&D and modernizing the electric grid. Juan Moscoso del Prado emphasized the need to align the new MFF with private investment by deepening the capital markets and banking unions, creating a true savings-and-investment union, which can help SMEs and companies raise productivity. The conclusions of the session will be published in a Policy Brief soon at EsadeGeo . Activity co-financed by Spanish' State Secretariat for the European Union /Reference: 117-032471 Supported by Ministerio de Exteriores and Hablemos de EuropaHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

La sostenibilidad no puede considerarse de forma aislada. El contexto geopolítico, las transformaciones industriales y el marco regulador europeo están configurando un entorno en el que las empresas deben replantearse su papel. Con motivo de la presentación del octavo informe del Observatorio de los ODS, Sostenibilidad, competitividad y disrupción geopolítica, reunimos a Jordi Torrent, jefe de Estrategia del Puerto de Barcelona, i a Jacint Soler, director de Relaciones Internacionales y Asuntos Europeos de Pimec, quienes ofrecieron una mirada experta sobre la intersección entre sostenibilidad, regulación e intereses empresariales. Presentado por Àngel Castiñeira, director de la Càtedra de LiderazgoS y Sostenibilidad de Esade.De acuerdo con Torrent, el modelo internacional surgido tras los acuerdos de Bretton Woods se tambalea. Las tensiones geopolíticas, la fragmentación de las cadenas de suministro y el declive del derecho económico internacional son síntomas de una transformación de fondo. Occidente ha tomado conciencia de su vulnerabilidad tras la crisis de 2008 y la pandemia, y ha reaccionado con proteccionismo y un intento de recuperar soberanía industrial. Esto ha tenido su reflejo también en Europa, donde la Comisión Europea ha pasado de priorizar la sostenibilidad medioambiental a centrarse en la autonomía estratégica, la seguridad económica y la competitividad. Esto no implica una renuncia a los compromisos climáticos, pero sí un reequilibrio de prioridades. Soler subraya el cambio de tono en las instituciones europeas. “Venimos de una legislatura marcada por un tsunami regulatorio. Ahora se abre una etapa más favorable a la competitividad y a los incentivos”, explica. En su opinión, el énfasis en prohibiciones y obligaciones ha supuesto un gran esfuerzo para muchas pymes, que necesitan ahora estímulos fiscales y financieros para seguir invirtiendo en sostenibilidad. “Son necesarias más zanahorias y menos palos”, resume. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Can carbon pricing be made fair across global markets? And how will this affect developing countries, trade relationships, and the EU’s own industrial base? As climate policy becomes a defining force in global trade, the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has sparked debate across industries and borders. In this episode of Do Better podcast, we meet Andrei Marcu, founder and executive director of the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST). Marcu breaks down the logic behind CBAM, its implications for EU competitiveness, and the challenges it poses for international cooperation. This conversation is part of a series of initiatives by the Observatory EsadeGeo-Fundación Repsol on the Geopolitics of Energy Transition. Hosted by Omar Rachedi, Senior Fellow at EsadeGeo and Associate Professor in Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at Esade. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

A finales del 2022, hace casi 3 años, ChatGPT irrumpió en nuestras vidas. Para la mayoría, la IA generativa generó entre fascinación y temor. Hubo mensajes apocalípticos, pero también posturas entusiastas que presentaban esta tecnología como la solución a todos nuestros problemas. Hoy seguimos aquí, el mundo no se ha acabado y tenemos los mismos problemas (o puede que algunos más). ¿Realmente lo ha cambiado todo la IA y no nos hemos dado cuenta? ¿O es que todavía estamos en medio del proceso? Qué hacer cuando todo cambIA (Planeta) es el nuevo libro de Esteve Almirall, profesor titular del Departamento de Operaciones, Innovación y Data Sciences en Esade, director del Center for Innovation in Cities y experto en innovación y tecnología. Con él conversamos sobre el ritmo de adopción de las nuevas tecnologías, la discusión europea sobre la regulación de la IA, los efectos de la guerra arancelaria en la industria de la IA y las limitaciones de la academia para participar en el debate contemporáneo. Además, nos presenta un nuevo modelo de innovación para entender las disrupciones del mundo actual.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.