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

Route to net zero: why vehicle electrification is the vital spark

This week: To eliminate emissions in operations – and to tackle scope 3 supply chain emissions – ...

Palm oil: it’s all about viable producer communities

Gotz Martin from Golden Agri-Resources catches up with Ian Welsh about some of the big palm oil s...

Deforestation risks: much more than just putting out fires

This week: Simon Hall, senior manager for tropical forests and agriculture at the National Wildli...

Chemical complexity: Why we need to move beyond organic versus synthetic

Jon Entine, who leads the Genetic Literacy Project, a science communication non-profit, joins Inn...

Why brands struggle to translate global goals into local progress

This week: Oxfam America’s Matt Hamilton discusses the conclusions from the new Shining a Spotlig...

Fifty shades of green: the unintended consequences of planting trees

In the first of an occasional podcast series, sustainability expert Simon Lord and Innovation For...

How Cargill cuts methane from cattle supply chains

This week: Heather Tansey, sustainability director for animal nutrition and health at Cargill, ta...

What does the roadmap to regenerative apparel look like?

Jeff Tkach, chief impact officer at the Rodale Institute, and Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb talk a...

Why multi-cropping is essential to boost smallholder incomes

Reflecting on recent Innovation Forum research, one of the project partners, Silke Peters, team l...

Is smallholder farming really a broken model?

Gotz Martin, head of sustainability implementation at Golden Agri-Resources, explains why food sy...

Greenpeace on certification’s failings, and how they should be fixed

Toby Webb speaks with Grant Rosoman, senior forests campaigner at Greenpeace, about the organisat...

What’s the solution to the profit pursuit problem?

Business has lost its purpose, says Prof Andy Hoffman from the Ross School of Business at the Uni...

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