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

Is heat-impacted worker health the next big reputation risk?

Jason Glaser, co-founder and CEO of La Isla Network talks with Ian Welsh about the real dangers f...

Recycling polyester, durability and no more apparel sector ‘business as usual’

This week: La Rhea Pepper, Claire Bergkamp and Megan Stoneburner from Textile Exchange talk with ...

The ‘knowing what to do with farm data’ cocoa sector challenge

At the recent Innovation Forum Future of Food conference, Nicko Debenham, vice president and head...

Packaging strategy in a less plastic world

This week: Nestlé’s Jodie Roussell, senior public affairs manager for packaging and sustainabilit...

Is climate positive food possible?

Daniel Baertschi, food and agriculture sector lead at Quantis, argues the case for developing a w...

The corporate challenges in tackling climate change at pace

This week: Myles McCarthy, director for implementation and e-mobility at the Carbon Trust, talks ...

Asking the unasked questions about smallholder farmer supply chains

Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb and Peter Stanbury talk about why entire value chains have to be sus...

Climate risks to worker health in commodity supply chains

New podcast: Epidemiologist Jason Glaser, CEO of La Isla Network, talks about the risks for any c...

How a community development approach can deliver for smallholder farmers

Eunice Oduro, project manager at anti-poverty NGO CARE, and Samuel Apana, Cargill’s cocoa sustain...

How to make the right food sector climate choices

This week: Daniel Baertschi, food and agriculture sector lead at Quantis, discusses how making th...

How to work with uncertified palm oil farmers

Samuel Avaala, general manager of Benso Oil Palm Plantation in Ghana, talks with Innovation Forum...

Challenges to the seafood sector from a changing climate

At Innovation Form’s recent Future of Food conference, Erin Priddle, northern Europe regional dir...

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