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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Packaging’s carbon impacts unpacked

This week: Sarah Laidler and Juliet Ermer from the Carbon Trust talk about the evolving impacts o...

Farmer focus: Cargill's collaboration for restoration in Brazil

Renata Nogueira, South America sustainability lead at Cargill, talks with Ian Welsh about partner...

Progress on deforestation: where are the chinks of light?

Rhett Butler, founder of Mongabay, and Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb talk about the latest trends ...

Nestlé Professional presents a special webinar for Out of Home: “Nescafé Plan 2030”: the Nescafé sustainability vision and ambition for this decade"

Register online here.If you can't make the time, sign up anyway and we will send you the recordin...

Get to grips with deforestation and land conversion impacts: a how-to guide

This week: Leah Samberg, Rainforest Alliance's lead scientist, global policy, and lead on the Acc...

What do we really mean by net zero?

Tiphaine Aries, consultant at the Carbon Trust, talks with Ian Welsh about how companies are resp...

Circular by design: How apparel brands can make informed choices

Audio: All materials have impacts. Whether it be fossil fuel inputs, land and chemical use, or hu...

Circular by design: How apparel brands can make informed choices

Video: All materials have impacts. Whether it be fossil fuel inputs, land and chemical use, or hu...

What an effective vertical food supply chain looks like

This week: Insight from Rahul Raj, co-CEO of Indian vegetable supplier Sasya Produce. The company...

A how-to guide for a deforestation-free palm oil supply chain

Goetz Martin, director for sustainability and strategic projects at Golden Agri-Resources, discus...

Why supplier relationships are key to achieving ambitious targets

Britvic’s supply chain director Nigel Paine talks with Ian Welsh about how the £2bn soft drinks b...

Nestlé's road to a collaborative net-zero strategy

This week: Owen Bethell, environmental impact lead, global public affairs, at Nestlé, talks about...

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