28 Nov 22 | Podcast
What does the future of plastics and packaging look like?
During Innovation Forum’s recent future of plastics and packaging event in Amsterdam, some of the...
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
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
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
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
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
25 Nov 22 | Weekly podcast
COP27 outcomes: Why the role of business is more important than ever
This week: Business and climate journalist, Mike Scott talks with Ian Welsh about the recent COP2...
21 Nov 22 | Podcast
Leadership for landscapes and forests: integrating actions and stakeholders
Proforest's Africa regional director, Abraham Baffoe, and deputy director for conservation and la...
17 Nov 22 | Weekly podcast
Why traceability matters: blockchain solutions for sustainable chemistry
This week: Isabella Tonaco, vice-president for strategy execution and marketing, renewable polyme...
16 Nov 22 | Podcast
How Cargill is working to deliver on its cocoa promises
Rupert Day, farmer livelihoods advisor at Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate, talks with Ian Welsh about...
14 Nov 22 | Podcast
COPwatch: Has time run out for 1.5C?
Reckitt’s global head of sustainability David Croft gives some in-person insights from the COP27 ...
10 Nov 22 | Weekly podcast
Information is power: how to test soil health and drive agricultural sustainability
This week: Alberto Acedo, co-founder and chief scientific officer at Biome Makers, talks about ho...
08 Nov 22 | Podcast
Bottom-up collaboration to improve landscape and livelihoods
Proforest's deputy director for company collaboration Veronique Bovee, and landscape coordinator ...
04 Nov 22 | Weekly podcast
Incentives to improve inadequate waste infrastructure in west Africa
This week: Clem Ugorji from the Global Plastic Action Partnership, formerly vice-president for pu...
31 Oct 22 | Podcast
Optimised guidelines to reduce deforestation and land conversion impacts
Leah Samberg, lead scientist, global policy, at Rainforest Alliance, and McDonald's sustainabilit...
28 Oct 22 | Weekly podcast
What does landscape approach delivery actually look like?
This week: Mike Senior and Abraham Baffoe from Proforest discuss how landscape approaches can wor...
27 Oct 22 | Podcast
Packaging decarbonisation: what are the incentives to drive success?
Juliet Ermer and Sarah Laidler from the Carbon Trust talk with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about...