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

Monday briefing: How climate change impacts the right to food

In this week's preview of what's coming up, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk a...

How agrifood stakeholders can support European farmers in the regenerative transition

This webinar has now taken place. To view the video recording, click here. You can also listen to...

How to spot a good carbon project

This week: Charles Bedford, chief impact officer at Carbon Growth Partners, talks with Ian Welsh ...

What does the route to a sustainable food and beverage sector look like?

 At Innovation Forum’s recent Future of Food EU conference, Ian Welsh asks Dom de Ville from the ...

Monday briefing: London Climate Action Week raises ambition in its fifth year

In this week’s preview, Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about the agenda for ...

Remote sensing: The data that gets to grips with carbon impacts

This week: Marco Albani, CEO of Chloris Geospatial, talks with Ian Welsh about the developing rem...

Monday briefing: Collaboration to drive progress on sustainable apparel and textiles

In this week's preview, Ian Welsh talks with Catie Ball about the upcoming sustainable apparel an...

Cross-value-chain collaboration for food sector resilience

This week: Rikke Kyllenstjerna, senior vice-president, food chains, at Norway-based fertiliser bu...

The potential for regenerative cotton in Brazil

Scheffer's head of commercial, finance and sustainability, Fabiana Furlan, talks with Ian Welsh a...

How digital traceability can drive circularity in the apparel sector

Debbie Shakespeare, senior director for sustainability and compliance, apparel solutions, at Aver...

What does the future of food look like?

This week: at Innovation Forum's future of food conference in Minneapolis, some of the expert par...

Highlights from the Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference 2023

This year's Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference in Amsterdam brought together 300+ delega...

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