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

Weekly briefing – The economic case for financing the future of critical minerals

This week: With the global race to secure sustainable critical mineral supply chains intensifying...

Breaking silos: what apparel can learn from food and other sectors

Fashion’s climate and nature strategies are converging – but what does that mean for brands and s...

Scaling coastal climate solutions: the potential for blue carbon in net-zero strategies – webinar video recording

Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes – collectively known as blue c...

Traceability is like air traffic control: why companies can't fly blind

This week: Florent Bouguin, chief technology officer at Optel, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian ...

Blue carbon: the untapped potential of coastal ecosystems for climate action

A recent webinar with Terraformation, Salesforce, KindWorld Projects and Conservation Internation...

INC5.2: Where do we go from here? – webinar video recording

The Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty commissioned modelling showing that a global ...

Streamlining standards: Cutting complexity to strengthen responsible critical minerals supply chains

Standards play a vital role in ensuring environmental stewardship, ethical sourcing, and market c...

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 r...

Weekly briefing – Beneath the surface: unlocking the climate potential of blue carbon ecosystems

This week: blue carbon ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass and salt marshes, can sequester car...

Might zero-waste flexible packaging be possible?

Vidhu Nagpal and Alex Abbott from SmartSolve Industries talk with Ian Welsh about why recycling r...

Why supply chain resilience starts with purchasing practices

This week: From tariffs to COVID-19, recent shocks have shown that resilient supply chains rely o...

Monday briefing – Sink or swim: collaboration to tackle scope 3 emissions

This week: Henkel’s vice president for sustainability, Ulla Hueppe, spoke with Ian Welsh at the r...

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Apparel and textiles
Plastics and packaging
Food and agriculture
Scope 3 and climate
Responsible sourcing and ethical trade
Landscapes and commodity sourcing