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

The post-COP practical solutions to look for in 2022

As the dust settled from the Glasgow COP26 meetings in November, Lord Deben, chair of the UK’s Cl...

2021 in review – the year that all roads led to COP26

To round off the year are extracts from some of the interviews that have featured in the Innovati...

The $10bn interventions that can halt future pandemics

Nigel Sizer, executive director of the Preventing Pandemics at the Source coalition, and former p...

Why a 1.5C future will displace one billion people

This week: Andrew Wallis, CEO of UK-based trafficking and modern slavery organisation Unseen, tal...

From the forest frontlines: The Mai Ndombe REDD+ project, DRC

Audio only: in this 30 minute webinar, the latest in the From the Forest Frontlines series, hear ...

From the Congo Basin: Market-driven solutions that preserve forests, tackle climate change and empower indigenous communities

In this 30 minute webinar, the latest in the From the Forest Frontlines series, hear from project...

Sustainable Apparel Barometer: what’s the future for viscose?

Liesl Truscott, corporate benchmarking director at Textile Exchange, Lucita Jasmin, director of s...

What does regenerative agriculture mean for the future of cotton production?

The concept of regenerative agriculture is being hailed as the new paradigm in sustainable supply...

Is a regenerative approach what cotton farmers want next?

Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, and Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb chat in Dublin, while attendi...

Cocoa’s agroforestry potential

This week: Sebastiaan van der Hoek, forestry advisor at Cargill, talks about how agroforestry can...

How a nature-based solution can help save Papua New Guinea’s forests

At the Global Landscapes Forum in Glasgow during COP26, the Hon Gary Juffa, governor of Oro provi...

Regenerative agriculture in apparel: What does it mean for the future of cotton production?

The concept of regenerative agriculture is being hailed as the new paradigm in sustainable supply...

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