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

Effective landscape approaches unpacked – ISEAL’s practical step-by-step guidance

Leony Aurora, landscapes and partnership lead at the Tropical Forest Alliance, and Patrick Mallet...

The unintended consequences of due diligence for palm oil

Ian Suwarganda, Golden Agri-Resources’ head of policy and partnerships, sustainability and commun...

What does ‘transformational change’ mean in practice for commodity landscapes?

In this session, recorded at Innovation Forum’s sustainable landscapes and commodities conference...

Why supply chain due diligence needs better data

This week: Niels Wielaard, founder of Satelligence, talks about how financial institutions are ra...

Is a standardised approach to soil carbon measurement possible?

Through sequestration, soil plays a pivotal role in mitigating climate change. Improved agricultu...

What effective collective landscape approach action looks like

This week: Patrick Mallet, director of innovations at ISEAL, and Leony Aurora, landscapes and par...

Rimba Collective’s innovative forest conservation at scale

Michal Zrust, founder of Lestari Capital, talks with Ian Welsh about the Rimba Collective, a palm...

Accountability Framework: Fast-tracking rubber sector sustainability progress

Insight into challenges in the natural rubber sector from: Karen Steer, manager at the Rainforest...

How to make a landscape approach work for the entire value chain

This week: IDH’s Matthew Spencer, Proforest’s Ruth Nussbaum and Conservation International’s John...

Forest 500: little corporate progress on deforestation

Emma Thomson, Forest 500 lead at Global Canopy, talks with Ian Welsh about the recently launched ...

Calculating supply chain carbon: Is a standardised approach to soil carbon measurement possible?

Webinar recording is now available here.Through sequestration, soil plays a pivotal role in mitig...

How to avoid supply chain data overload

This week: Craig Mills, CEO of Vizzuality, talks about how data can best be presented so it is us...

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