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.

Risk-proofing agrifood supply chains: demonstrating the business case for regenerative agriculture

As pressure mounts to decarbonise agrifood supply chains and meet Scope 3 targets, the case for regenerative agriculture is clearer than ever. Yet many corporate susta...

14 October 2025 - 14:00

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Food, fashion, and farmers: Finding common ground on regenerative agriculture

While the principles of regenerative agriculture aren't new, it's increasingly emerging as the industry buzzword, particularly in food and fashion.It is celebrated as ...

15 October 2025 - 15:00

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Coffee Landscapes Forum – 10 Years of Conservation International's Sustainable Coffee Challenge

Join Conservation International for the 10-year milestone of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, marking the transition from our community’s first decade of building par...

11 December 2025 - 15:00

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Sustainable palm oil: how buyers and producers can work as true partners

This week: Rob Nicholls, general manager for programmes and projects at palm oil business Musim Mas, and Kaixiang Chin, sustainability manager for Asia at Bunge, talk with Ian Welsh about their joint "train-the-trainer" model that strengthens local capacity and builds long-term resilience for independent smallholders.  Plus: EAT-Lancet warns food systems breaching limits; Net-Zero Banking Allia...

09 Oct 25

How to be proactive on modern slavery migration risks

Lyon and Welsh discuss where companies can find information that helps them uncover where the mig...

Modern slavery – how corporate culture is evolving

A whole company approach to disclosure is necessary, and this requires new and innovative solutio...

Modern slavery – the move from reporting to fundamental corporate change

The changing legislative landscape has meant that companies are under pressure to be transparent ...

Could forced labour cost your company access to the US market?

The 2016 US Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act introduced restrictions on importation i...

Phil Bloomer: how to learn from leading companies on modern slavery

Bloomer points out that the content of the first 1,700+ modern slavery statements demonstrates th...

Olam’s low-impact development challenges in Africa

Stewart outlines how Olam has responded to activist criticisms, why the company has agreed to a m...

Why market access is essential for smallholders

Companies needs smallholder entrepreneurs to ensure supply security, and farming communities are ...

IFC pushes for smallholder professionalism

These challenges are a major constraint to growth of the agriculture sector, and impact security ...

Business and deforestation – are companies going to meet their supply chain commitments?

In this webinar, the findings from two new reports from Forest Trends’ Supply Change initiative a...

Forests, farming and food security – a frank discussion on how to engage Africa’s smallholders

They discuss how companies and their advisers, NGOs, local communities and all levels of governme...

How transparency has fostered innovation in palm oil supply chains

They discuss why transparency and trust have been crucial in the moves towards sustainable value ...

Radical transparency and genome editing in agricultural seed development

Join experts from Walmart, McDonald's, Syngenta, Unilever, PepsiCo, Monsanto and many more at Inn...

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