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.

Deforestation-free supply chains: Addressing 2025 target dates and future trajectories

2025 is a milestone year for corporate action on deforestation and ecosystem conversion. As companies with agricultural and forestry supply chains approach 2025 target...

17 June 2025 - 15:00

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Inside the Forest 500: who’s failing – and who’s leading – on deforestation?

This week: Emma Thompson, Forest 500 and tracking lead at Global Canopy, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the newly released 2025 Forest 500 report, a deep dive into how the world’s most influential companies are disclosing and performing on deforestation. They discuss the differences in action across commodities, how regulation is influencing corporate behaviour and expectations f...

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Best practice: How to find the opportunity from regulation

Wayne Jordash, managing partner at Beyond Human Rights Compliance, talks with Ian Welsh about how...

What ethical sourcing means for businesses today

This week: Andrew Wallis, CEO of business and human rights NGO Unseen, talks with Ian Welsh about...

The reality of critical minerals: a webinar series by Innovation Forum

Innovation Forum invites you to join this complimentary webinar series, where we’ll explore human...

Monday briefing – The business case for responsible sourcing and ethical trade

This week: Ian Welsh and Natasha Bodnar explores the critical link between climate change and hum...

Could bio-based alternatives replace plastic packaging?

This week: Aidan Maguire, coalition programme manager at the Plastics Pollution Coalition, talks ...

Enhancing soil health from the ground up

Marina Ettl and Simon Pogson from fertiliser business Yara International talk with Ian Welsh abou...

Weekly briefing – Sustainable packaging innovations and achieving EUDR compliance

This week: Ellen Atiyah and Ian Welsh reflect on the outcomes from the recent European Union Defo...

Can agriculture become a greenhouse gas-negative industry?

This week: Marty Matlock, professor at the University of Arkansas, talks with Ian Welsh about lat...

How did we get here? The no deforestation supply chain story

Scott Poynton, CEO and founder of A Different Way, and founder and former CEO of the Earthworm Fo...

Regulation and reputation: What are the human rights risks in critical mineral supply chains in 2025?

A wide variety of companies have serious risk exposure on social-related issues in sourcing miner...

Weekly briefing – Agriculture’s carbon challenge: scope 3 emissions and supply chain innovation

This week: a preview of upcoming interview with Marty Matlock from the University of Arkansas dis...

Recalibrating business sustainability: from ESG fatigue to meaningful action

In the second episode of the state of sustainable business series, Brendan May from Robertsbridge...

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