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.

Deforestation-free supply chains: Addressing 2025 target dates and future trajectories

2025 is a milestone year for corporate action on deforestation and ecosystem conversion. As companies with agricultural and forestry supply chains approach 2025 target...

17 June 2025 - 15:00

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Inside the Forest 500: who’s failing – and who’s leading – on deforestation?

This week: Emma Thompson, Forest 500 and tracking lead at Global Canopy, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the newly released 2025 Forest 500 report, a deep dive into how the world’s most influential companies are disclosing and performing on deforestation. They discuss the differences in action across commodities, how regulation is influencing corporate behaviour and expectations f...

22 May 25

Treaty or stalemate? The race to curb plastic pollution

This week: As negotiations for the global plastics treaty continue, Nestlé’s global public affair...

How apparel brands can prepare for digital product passport compliance

This week: Tara St James from Moose Knuckles and Ian Welsh unpack how digital product passports a...

Climate accounting’s blind spot: why super pollutants demand a new metric

The Global Heat Reduction Initiative's Kiff Gallagher talks with Ian Welsh about 'Total Climate A...

Monday briefing – Lessons learned and what's next for sustainable apparel

This week: Niamh Campbell and Ian Welsh talk about what to expect at this year's sustainable appa...

System change: the state of sustainable plastics and packaging

Sebastian Munden, chair of the environmental NGO WRAP, talks with Ian Welsh about the potential f...

Voices from the field: how US farmers are shaping sustainable farming

This week: Kevin Burkum, CEO of US Farmers and Ranchers in Action, and Michael Crinion, a South D...

Unlock business value via carbon measurement and decarbonisation strategy

This week: Ellen McCormack, head of Europe at Watershed, talks with Ian Welsh about how major com...

The ripple effects of challenges and tariffs for the apparel sector

Colin Brown, CEO of Cascale, talks with Ian Welsh about challenges and opportunities within the c...

Climate-smart agriculture: how technology can power data-driven sustainability in food systems (webinar audio recording)

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, the challenge lies in scaling practices that restore ...

What does it take to make reuse viable at scale?

Unlike recycling, which retains only some material value, reuse systems preserve the full value o...

Monday briefing – What’s key in achieving sustainable food systems?

This week: Innovation Forum’s Anamya Anurag and Ian Welsh highlight key emerging themes in the fo...

Reuse by design: Scaling circular packaging solutions through systems innovation

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s report on packaging reuse models clearly demonstrate the potenti...

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