Innovation Forum Podcast

Innovation Forum hosts a weekly podcast along with regular interviews with business leaders in sustainability. Each week, we summarise the latest sustainability news and announcements, and get the views of leading experts on business critical issues. Widely regarded as one of the best sustainability podcasts around, stay tuned for regular insights, debate and analysis.

Reimagining circularity for critical minerals: from mine sites to end-of-life materials

We'll be sitting down with Christian Spano, director of circularity at Vale Base Metals to explore practical strategies to implement circular principles across the ent...

1 July 2025 - 14:00

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Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility: Strategies for local compliance and global consistency

To date, 7 US states have passed packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws, with more exploring this pathway. EPR schemes are emerging as an important comp...

8 July 2025 - 16:00

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A reality check on AI: how to get it right for your business

This week: Ian Welsh speaks with Charlotte Degot, CEO of CO2 AI, about how companies can unlock the business value hidden in their sustainability strategies. Drawing on global research and client case studies, they share insights on why many businesses still view sustainability as a cost burden, and how that mindset is shifting. The conversation explores how leading companies can use AI in over...

24 Jun 25

Nestlé income accelerator program: Annual Progress Report webinar

In 2022, Nestlé launched the “Nestlé income accelerator program”, an innovative family-centered a...

EUDR state of play: are companies ready?

Evan Harvey is a leader in sustainability (and an audit and assurance managing director at Deloit...

A reality check on AI: how to get it right for your business

This week: Ian Welsh speaks with Charlotte Degot, CEO of CO2 AI, about how companies can unlock t...

Monday briefing – What will it take to scale circular fashion?

This week: Innovation Forum’s Niamh Campbell and Ian Welsh talk about some of themes that may eme...

Deforestation-free supply chains: Addressing 2025 target dates and future trajectories (webinar audio recording)

2025 is a milestone year for corporate action on deforestation and ecosystem conversion. As compa...

Rethinking organic cotton: engaging consumers with transparency

This week: Sarah Rosenkranz and Bettina Fafengut, from the product specialist team at testing and...

Forest 500: leaders and laggards in global deforestation action

Emma Thomson, Forest 500 and tracking lead at Global Canopy, talks with Ian Welsh about the lates...

Deforestation-free supply chains: Addressing 2025 target dates and future trajectories (webinar video recording)

2025 is a milestone year for corporate action on deforestation and ecosystem conversion. As compa...

Monday briefing – A temperature check on corporate 2025 deforestation-free targets

This week: Jeff Milder, director of the Accountability Framework Initiative (AFi) talks with Ian ...

Seeing the unseen: data, disruption and supply chain strategy

This week: Olivia Dobson, director of climate and resilience at Verisk Maplecroft, joins Ian Wels...

Integrating sustainability and finance: Lindex’s CSRD journey

Anna-Karin Dahlberg, chief sustainability officer at Lindex talks with Ian Welsh about how the Sw...

Nestlé income accelerator program: Annual Progress Report webinar

In 2022, Nestlé launched the “Income Accelerator Program”, an innovative family-centred approach ...

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