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

The climate-carbon conundrum for the soft commodities: what’s next for resilience?

Climate-related disruptions have stark financial implications for businesses. Last year alone, gl...

Monday briefing – Decarbonising critical minerals: tackling energy, access and market volatility

In this briefing, a snippet from the recent critical minerals webinar with World Resources Instit...

Circular fashion: decoupling growth from new garment production

At the recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference in New York, Ellen MacArthur Foundation...

Dissolving the problem: zero-waste solutions for flexible packaging

This week: Vidhu Nagpal, director for flexible packaging, and Alex Abbott, chief revenue officer ...

Weekly briefing – The packaging and packaging waste directive: what it means for your business

This week: Davide Braghiroli, director for packaging sustainability solutions at Tetra Pak, talks...

Why healthy soils mean greater crop yields

This week: Alex Udermann and Mark Gutierrez, farmers from the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, ta...

How EUDR compliance can create business value

In the second episode of Innovation Forum’s podcast series on corporate readiness for the EU Defo...

Monday briefing – Can business growth and emission cuts really go hand in hand?

This week: Kevin Rabinovitch, chief climate officer at Mars, talks with Ian Welsh about embedding...

The economics of recycling: why some packaging gets left behind

Julien Tremblin, European general manager at TerraCycle talks with Ian Welsh about the challenges...

A rancher’s take on the future of agriculture

This week: North Dakota rancher and UK Channel 5 TV personality Jay Doan joins Ian Welsh to share...

Product carbon footprinting: Advancing supplier engagement to scale decarbonization

As pressure mounts on net zero targets, product carbon footprinting (PCF) is a key emerging tool ...

Weekly briefing – How to ensure effective farmer data collection

This week: Nicole Cramer, Rainforest Alliance, talks with Ian Welsh about the challenges involved...

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