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

Fast fashion has ten years left. If so, what’s next?

Zalando’s CEO Robert Gentz has stated that the apparel industry must “abandon the fast fashion bu...

Regenerative agriculture: do believe the hype?

James Ede, group sustainability lead for starches, sweetners and texturisers at Cargill, and Andr...

How direct law enforcement prevents deforestation in Cambodia

Dr Suwanna Gauntlett, founder and CEO of anti-deforestation NGO Wildlife Alliance, talks with Ian...

Agri-sector entrepreneurs backed by Tesco and WWF

This week: representatives of the winning projects from WWF and Tesco’s Innovation Connections pr...

Green agriculture: how fertiliser partnership makes perfect

Birgitte Holter, head of green and low carbon fertilisers at Yara, and Claes Johansson, head of s...

How the palm oil sector is shifting from environmental to social sustainability

Ian Suwarganda, head of policy and partnerships at Golden Agri-Resources, speaks to Ian Welsh abo...

Why net zero could be too narrow a target

At IF's Future of Climate Action Conference, Rob Cameron, global head of public affairs and ESG e...

How to address leakage and establish baselines in deforestation projects

Josh Tosteson, president of Everland, speaks to Ian Welsh about a new plan to tackle deforestatio...

Renewable energy sector’s community-level human rights risks

This week: Sam Szoke-Burke, senior legal researcher at the Columbia Centre on Sustainable Investm...

How brands can create jobs for refugees in their supply chains

Nick O’Flaherty, director of UNSTUCK, and Sarah Maurer, head of new product development at Choban...

What can apparel learn from other sectors on living incomes?

At Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference, Toby Webb was joined by...

What are the drivers for regenerative agriculture at the farm level, and within the value chain?

This week: James Ede, group sustainability lead for starches, sweetners and texturisers at Cargil...

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Scope 3 and climate
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