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.

From data gaps to compliance: the role of Geospatial AI in sustainability

Sustainability claims are facing increasing scrutiny, with rising costs, data uncertainty and growing pressure on businesses to provide verifiable proof of their effor...

22 May 2025 - 14:00

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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 companies are integrating sustainability into finance and operations. They discuss the shifting narrative from climate goals to ROI, challenges in renewable energy infrastructure, and trends in carbon removal and investor demand. Plus: vegetable oil prices surge amid instability; rare earths weaponised...

16 Apr 25

Expert insight: future of sustainable commodities and landscapes

At Innovation Forum’s sustainable commodities and landscapes conference in Amsterdam, Ian Welsh s...

Monday briefing: Finance, energy and just transition at COP28

In this week's briefing, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about the conversati...

Regenerative food systems in Africa: scaling solutions to empower smallholder farmers

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Regenerative food systems in Africa: scaling solutions to empower smallholder farmers

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Collaboration to drive progress in transforming the food and agriculture sector

This week: Charlotte Bande, global food and beverage sector lead at Quantis, talks with Innovatio...

COP28: the imperative for government and company action now, from Julia Butterfly Hill

Forests activist Julia Butterfly Hill talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about progress and ...

From beans to brew: navigating EUDR's effects on the coffee sector

IDH's regional director for Asia landscapes, Chi Tran, and senior programme manager for coffee, T...

What to expect from COP28

In this week's briefing, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about the key issues...

The big picture: evolving private sector landscape-level action

This week: Rodrigue Kreilmann, corporate sustainability governance manager at Mars, and Veronique...

Turning nature risk into resilience and how TNFD can help

Deloitte's senior manager for sustainability, climate and equity, Nabarun Sengupta, talks with In...

It’s a wrap: highlights from the future of plastics and packaging conference 2023

This year’s future of plastics and packaging conference in Amsterdam brought together 150+ delega...

Monday briefing: saving more than just your wallet on Black Friday

In this week's briefing, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about the first ever...

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