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 urgent need for better migrant worker protection

This week: Andrew Wallis, CEO of anti-slavery NGO Unseen, talks about the ongoing challenges for ...

Are there reasons to be cheerful about business progress on human rights?

Phil Bloomer, executive director of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, reflects with ...

How the apparel sector can deliver on living wage commitments

This week: Tiffany Rogers, director of fair compensation and member engagement at the Fair Labor ...

What the EU’s deforestation-free rules will mean for business

Anke Schulmeister-Oldenhove, WWF senior forest policy officer, UN policy office, talks with Innov...

Collaboration to drive progress on deforestation for Indonesian palm oil

Bara Robyn, partnerships and development lead at Earthworm Indonesia, talks with Ian Welsh about ...

How to build food sector supply resilience

This week: Cargill's vice-president for corporate responsibility and sustainable development, Mic...

Sustainable supply chains: Key trends for 2023

 Supply chain sustainability is a key corporate goal. In a fast-changing environment, much busine...

Sustainable supply chains: Key trends for 2023

Supply chain sustainability is a key corporate goal. In a fast-changing environment, much busines...

What business might get right on ethical trade in 2023

This week: Phil Bloomer, executive director of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, tal...

Human rights beyond the Qatar World Cup

John Morrison, CEO of the Institute for Human Rights and Business, talks with Ian Welsh about a m...

What to expect from the EU’s deforestation-linked products ban

This week: Anke Schulmeister-Oldenhove, senior forest policy officer at WWF in Brussels, talked w...

UN global pact: Trying to turn off the plastics tap

Environmental Investigation Agency's ocean campaign leader Christina Dixon talked with Innovation...

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