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.

AI and technology: How digital transformation is driving the energy transition

Digitalisation is no longer a side enabler – it’s becoming central to system-wide acceleration, efficiency and optimisation. At the same time, questions remain around ...

28 January 2026 - 13:00

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Innovation for resilient food and health systems: how bioscience is driving transformational impact

The world faces mounting pressure to accelerate sustainable innovation at the intersection of food, health and industrial production, but moving from scientific discov...

3 February 2026 - 15:00

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Building credibility in sustainability storytelling: How NGOs can strengthen trust through transparent communications

As expectations around sustainability communication continue to rise, NGOs are under increasing pressure to demonstrate impact, explain complexity and be open about li...

5 February 2026 - 14:00

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Leading the way for systems change: Helena Helmersson on making sustainability a core business imperative

Few leaders in the apparel and textiles industry bring as much hands-on experience across buying, production and CSR as Helena Helmersson did during her time at H&...

17 February 2026 - 10:00

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Can green hydrogen decarbonise heavy industry?

This week: StormFisher Hydrogen’s chief executive officer, Judson Whiteside, talks with Ian Welsh about developing carbon-neutral e-methanol and e-methane from green hydrogen, and how policy incentives and corporate scope 3 pressures are shaping global demand for low-carbon fuels. He also explores the role of North America’s renewable power advantage, the realities of scaling hydrogen projects,...

22 Jan 26

Can brands be blamed for endemic development problems?

Another day, another campaign targeting big business – now it’s been the turn of the chocolate se...

Scaling factory impacts through partnerships and collaboration

In this Innovation Forum webinar, hear an expert panel outline some effective and current collabo...

Big data’s impact on corporate human rights risks

John Morrison, chief executive of the Institute for Human Rights and Business, talks to Innovatio...

Cargill: focus company resources where impact is greatest

Companies need to establish what relevant and challenging goals look like, set targets and then m...

How to connect people with business purpose

Gray argues that overall corporate strategy is becoming increasingly the core focus of employee e...

EICC’s new proactive cross-sector approach to forced labour

The new initiative is designed to facilitate cross-sector collaboration, exporting EICC’s due dil...

New principles to drive tech-based worker engagement

Companies don’t know what is going on in their supply chains on human rights and forced labour, a...

Clarks on the next steps for leather supply chain collaboration

As a byproduct the leather sector’s ability to leverage has traditionally been lessened and there...

Apparel supply chains: why circularity is possible and will come

Eileen Fisher is already collecting previously worn clothing – some of which is then re-sold, som...

The technology that will trace, track and monitor supply chains

There are many benefits of supplier mapping, but what are the key elements in an efficient mappin...

Get beyond tier 1 suppliers to engage with labour risks

Smith, analyst with Ecovadis, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about how companies are now...

Modern slavery – how corporate culture is evolving

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

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