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.

AI and technology: How digital transformation is driving the energy transition

Digitalisation is no longer a side enabler – it’s becoming central to system-wide acceleration, efficiency and optimisation. At the same time, questions remain around ...

28 January 2026 - 13:00

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Innovation for resilient food and health systems: how bioscience is driving transformational impact

The world faces mounting pressure to accelerate sustainable innovation at the intersection of food, health and industrial production, but moving from scientific discov...

3 February 2026 - 15:00

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Building credibility in sustainability storytelling: How NGOs can strengthen trust through transparent communications

As expectations around sustainability communication continue to rise, NGOs are under increasing pressure to demonstrate impact, explain complexity and be open about li...

5 February 2026 - 14:00

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Leading the way for systems change: Helena Helmersson on making sustainability a core business imperative

Few leaders in the apparel and textiles industry bring as much hands-on experience across buying, production and CSR as Helena Helmersson did during her time at H&...

17 February 2026 - 10:00

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Can green hydrogen decarbonise heavy industry?

This week: StormFisher Hydrogen’s chief executive officer, Judson Whiteside, talks with Ian Welsh about developing carbon-neutral e-methanol and e-methane from green hydrogen, and how policy incentives and corporate scope 3 pressures are shaping global demand for low-carbon fuels. He also explores the role of North America’s renewable power advantage, the realities of scaling hydrogen projects,...

22 Jan 26

Tackling deforestation with carbon markets in Cambodia

Say Samal, former minister for the environment and now deputy prime minister of the Royal Governm...

Monday briefing: England's single-use plastics ban explained

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

Delivering future food supply security: a how-to guide

This week: Cargill's vice president for environmental sustainability, Heather Tansey, talks with ...

Four lessons from a surprising deforestation success story

How can a profitable company rise to the immense biodiversity challenge facing the world? Maybe o...

Going the whole hog? Sustainability in the US pork sector

Brett Kaysen, senior vice-president, producer and state engagement lead, at the US National Pork ...

Driving change in fashion: circularity, design innovation and regulation

At the recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference in New York, Innovation Forum's Toby We...

Weekly briefing: Managing food waste across the supply chain

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

Farmer voice: how brands and buyers can help smallholders and secure supply

This week: As a preview of the 2023 future of plastics and packaging conference in Amsterdam, hea...

Dyeing for change: decarbonising the textiles supply chain

This year at the sustainable apparel and textiles conference in New York, Toby Webb talked with T...

The maverick CEO gambling on ending deforestation

How can a profitable company rise to the immense biodiversity challenge facing the world? Maybe o...

Monday briefing: What to look for at Climate and SDG weeks

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

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

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