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

Solving the traceability challenges for uncertified palm oil

This week: Samuel Avaala from Benso Oil Palm Plantation in Ghana, talks about how to work with su...

Sir Ian Boyd on food sector efficiency challenges on the road to COP26

Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb talks with Sir Ian Boyd, professor of biology at the University of S...

How partnership empowers Ghana’s cocoa growers

This week: Eunice Oduro, project manager at anti-poverty NGO CARE in Ghana and Samuel Apana, Carg...

Webinar – Nestlé's 10 years of sustainability in action: towards a forest positive future

In 2010 Nestlé made a commitment to end deforestation in its supply chain. In this webinar, hear ...

CCC’s Julia King on business adaptation for climate change

At Innovation Forum’s recent future for climate action conference, Julia King, Baroness Brown of ...

Seafood sector climate change impacts, and apparel sector forced labour risks

This week: Expert insight from Cargill’s Dave Robb, Thai Union’s Tracy Cambridge, the Marine Stew...

Why responsible forests mean supply chain clarity

Pina Gervassi, FSC’s climate director, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the benefits...

Why natural climate solutions are about much more than just planting trees

Danone’s Marie-Pierre Bousquet Lecomte, Nestlé’s Conor McMahon, Cargill’s Robert Horster, and Eve...

How to align targets in a coffee and cocoa landscape

Patricia Quijandría, director for the tropical Andes at Rainforest Alliance is joined by project ...

Regenerative forestry’s role in cutting fossil fuel plastics

Eduardo Rojas-Briales, forestry professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, and a board ...

How to unlock food sector efficiencies

This week: Sir Ian Boyd, professor of biology at the University of St Andrews, talks with Innovat...

Textile Exchange on COP26 apparel sector policy impacts

At Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference, Textile Exchange COO Cl...

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