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.

INC-5: do we have the global plastic treaty we need?

The rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution poses a significant global challenge, adversely affecting environmental, social economic and health aspects of sust...

11 December 2024 - 13:00

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EUDR unpacked #2: coffee and cocoa supply chains under the lens

The likely postponement of the EUDR deadline offers coffee and cocoa supply chains more time to comply, but what do smallholder farmers think of this delay? This webin...

12 December 2024 - 13:00

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EUDR unpacked #3: palm and soy plantations under the lens

With the EUDR deadline now potentially extended, large-scale palm and soy plantations have until December 2025 (or later for smaller operators) to ensure compliance. W...

17 December 2024 - 13:00

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Understanding the opportunities from ethical trade practices

This week: Giles Bolton, executive director of the Ethical Trading Initiative, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the shifting ethical trading and business and human rights risks and challenges. They discuss why they are getting the board room attention now that has perhaps been lacking in the past. Plus: the European Council pushes back on the “no-risk” amendment to the European Uni...

21 Nov 24

What an effective vertical food supply chain looks like

This week: Insight from Rahul Raj, co-CEO of Indian vegetable supplier Sasya Produce. The company...

Why supplier relationships are key to achieving ambitious targets

Britvic’s supply chain director Nigel Paine talks with Ian Welsh about how the £2bn soft drinks b...

Nestlé's road to a collaborative net-zero strategy

This week: Owen Bethell, environmental impact lead, global public affairs, at Nestlé, talks about...

Is the revolution in plant-based diets a fixture?

Chiara Vitali, senior consultant at Robertsbridge, discusses with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh so...

Cargill’s commodity sourcing challenges in Brazil

This week: Renata Nogueira from Cargill discusses how to work with suppliers in Brazil to prevent...

Due diligence regulation – the risk of smallholder exclusion

Assistant professor of environmental policy at ETH Zürich Rachael Garrett and Musim Mas’s directo...

What bold social and environmental regulation implementation looks like

Environment and human rights expert Etelle Higonnet, formerly senior advisor at the National Wild...

How supply transparency drives competitive advantage

This week: Goetz Martin, director for sustainability and strategic projects at Golden Agri-Resour...

The engagement, governance and integration pillars for net zero success

Krishna Manda, vice-president for corporate sustainability at Lenzing, the textile sector fibre m...

Britvic’s sparkling net zero and packaging strategy

This week: Insight from soft drinks manufacturer Britvic’s supply chain director Nigel Paine into...

Palm oil’s evolving regulatory risks

Ian Suwarganda, head of policy and partnerships at Golden Agri-Resources, talks with Ian Welsh ab...

How to boost soil health and accurately measure the carbon benefits

At the recent online future of food conference, Anastasia Volkova, CEO of Regrow, Britt Lundgren,...

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