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.

Better Buying 2025 Insights: Navigating Global Volatility and Defining the Next Steps for Better Purchasing Practices

Across the industry, we’re seeing a growing number of verbal commitments to long-term, balanced buyer–supplier relationships. But 63% of suppliers surveyed by Vogue Bu...

9 December 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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Building credibility in sustainability storytelling: B2C brands and the consumer trust gap

As consumers pay closer attention to brands’ sustainability claims, the challenge is no longer solely what companies do, but how they explain it clearly and honestly.T...

22 January 2026 - 14:00

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The benefits of circular fashion: a look at Eileen Fisher’s recycling operations

This week: Carmen Gama, director of circular design at Eileen Fisher, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ellen Atiyah about the operational and financial realities of circular fashion, from sorting and resale to textile-to-textile innovation. They outline why infrastructure gaps remain the biggest barrier and how the brand evaluates the business case for recycling. Plus: US shutdown threatens vital ...

27 Nov 25

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...

The rise and rise of tree-based cellulosic textile fibres

Textile Exchange’s La Rhea Pepper, Claire Bergkamp and Megan Stoneburner talk with Ian Welsh abou...

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...

Why carbon offsetting must be more than just moving the deckchairs

David Antonioli, CEO of standard setting body Verra, explains to Ian Welsh how carbon offsetting ...

Rubber supply chain innovation hits the road

This week: Karen Steer, manager at the Rainforest Alliance, and lead for the Accountability Frame...

Where landscape approaches are being applied successfully now

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

How will due diligence impact commodity supply chains?

This week: Ian Suwarganda, head of policy and partnerships, sustainability and communications at ...

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