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.

Why healthy soils mean greater crop yields

This week: Alex Udermann and Mark Gutierrez, farmers from the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, talk with Ian Welsh about how working on improving soil health improves productivity and farm profitability. They share insights on how healthier soils build resilience and cut inputs. And, carbon markets expert and former CEO of Verra, David Antonioli reflects on the evolving role of the markets at t...

08 Aug 25

From commitments to action at scale: Critical steps to achieve deforestation-free supply chains

Audio: In the eight years since companies and governments came together under the New York Declar...

From commitments to action at scale: Critical steps to achieve deforestation-free supply chains

Video: In the eight years since companies and governments came together under the New York Declar...

Why there’s no ‘one size fits all’ solution for due diligence

David Pettet, global human rights and sustainable supply chain director at Reckitt, talks with Ia...

What ambitious apparel scope 3 targets look like

This week: Anant Ahuja, head of organisational development at Indian apparel manufacturer Shahi E...

How to create high quality apparel fibres from post-consumer garments

This week: Caroline Ledl, head of product management, textiles, at the Lenzing Group, talks about...

The human rights risks embedded in your daily cuppa

Ethical Tea Partnership chief executive Jenny Costelloe talks with Ian Welsh about how environmen...

Why due diligence may lead to a ‘wave of litigation’

The potential impacts of due diligence legislation in various jurisdictions are discussed by Fres...

Innovative solutions to the ‘crisis of stuff’

This week: Steven Bethell, co-founder of Bank+Vogue and Beyond Retro, talks about the growth of c...

Has business really shifted from the why to the how on sustainability?

Prof David Grayson, campaigner and former director of the Doughty Centre at Cranfield School of M...

Why a zero-tolerance approach to worker recruitment fees is essential

This week: David Pettet, global human rights and sustainable supply chain director at Reckitt, ta...

LandScale: tackling landscape level challenges in Guatemala

Mario Rafael Rodriguez, senior associate for LandScale at the Rainforest Alliance, and José Luis ...

What EU corporate due diligence rules will actually mean for business

Innovation Forum’s Bea Stevenson talks with Salla Saastamoinen, director for civil and commercial...

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