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 climate change is impacting women farmers

In part two of our farmer voice series, Innovation Forum's Bea Stevenson speaks with Deborah Osei...

Human rights in the forest: How REDD+ projects strengthen human rights in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Successful REDD+ projects that protect forests and preserve biodiversity must work in partnership...

Delivering long-term farm resilience through agroforestry

In the first part of our farmer voice series, Wakinya Samuel, a smallholder coffee farmer from Bu...

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

Over the coming decades, smallholder farmers throughout Africa will play a pivotal role in suppor...

Monday briefing: a reality check on Paris progress

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

A coffee conundrum: the impact of EUDR

This week: IDH's regional director for Asia landscapes, Chi Tran, and senior programme manager fo...

How Cargill future-proofs food systems for good

Heather Tansey, vice president for environmental sustainability at Cargill, spoke with Innovation...

Monday briefing: doubling down on climate finance at the World Investment Forum

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

Compliance, collaboration and chemical recycling: the future of plastics and packaging

This week: At Innovation Forum's recent future of plastics and packaging conference, Ian Welsh sp...

How to measure and track corporate emissions data

Saif Hameed, CEO of Altruistiq, talks with Ian Welsh about how companies can keep on top of data ...

Transformation, traceability and transparency: from intention to action

Charlotte Bande, global food and beverage sector lead at Quantis, talks to Innovation Forum's Ian...

Monday briefing: carbon credit trading on Tokyo Stock Exchange

In this week's briefing, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about how Tokyo Stoc...

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