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.

Better Buying 2025 Insights: Navigating Global Volatility and Defining the Next Steps for Better Purchasing Practices

Across the industry, we’re seeing a growing number of verbal commitments to long-term, balanced buyer–supplier relationships. But 63% of suppliers surveyed by Vogue Bu...

9 December 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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Building credibility in sustainability storytelling: B2C brands and the consumer trust gap

As consumers pay closer attention to brands’ sustainability claims, the challenge is no longer solely what companies do, but how they explain it clearly and honestly.T...

22 January 2026 - 14:00

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The benefits of circular fashion: a look at Eileen Fisher’s recycling operations

This week: Carmen Gama, director of circular design at Eileen Fisher, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ellen Atiyah about the operational and financial realities of circular fashion, from sorting and resale to textile-to-textile innovation. They outline why infrastructure gaps remain the biggest barrier and how the brand evaluates the business case for recycling. Plus: US shutdown threatens vital ...

27 Nov 25

Monday briefing: charting a greener future during Zero Waste Week

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

Case study: how collaboration can deliver sustainability for the US pork sector

This week: US National Pork Board's senior vice-president, producer and state engagement lead, Br...

The regenerative future for cotton

Deepika Mishra, global sustainability consultant at US Cotton Trust Protocol, and farmer Mead Har...

Weekly podcast – Collaboration and finance innovation for apparel and textiles

This week: At Innovation Forum's sustainable apparel and textiles conference in New York, Toby We...

What does a successful regenerative agriculture strategy look like?

Rejane Souza, senior vice-president for global innovation at Norway-based fertiliser company Yara...

Monday briefing: innovative solutions at World Water Week

In this week's briefing, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about what to look o...

Climate action: collaboration that delivers apparel supply chain decarbonisation

This week: At this year's sustainable apparel and textiles conference in New York City, Innovatio...

Deforestation: how REDD+ projects help stop carbon can-kicking

During his recent trip to Cambodia, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh spoke with Charles Bedford, chie...

Extending digital traceability beyond apparel supply chains

Barbara Dunin, director of ESG, marketing and communications at Beontag, talks with Ian Welsh abo...

Monday briefing: what progress has been made since the US Inflation Reduction Act?

In this week's briefing, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson reflect on a year of the ...

How to overcome food value chain sustainability hurdles

This week: after joining the future of food conference in Minneapolis, JoDee Haala, director of p...

On trend: apparel sector traceability and transparency

On-the-spot reflections from Innovation Forum's Toby Webb and Olam Agri's Jordan Lea talking at I...

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