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.

INC-5: do we have the global plastic treaty we need?

The rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution poses a significant global challenge, adversely affecting environmental, social economic and health aspects of sust...

11 December 2024 - 13:00

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EUDR unpacked #2: coffee and cocoa supply chains under the lens

The likely postponement of the EUDR deadline offers coffee and cocoa supply chains more time to comply, but what do smallholder farmers think of this delay? This webin...

12 December 2024 - 13:00

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EUDR unpacked #3: palm and soy plantations under the lens

With the EUDR deadline now potentially extended, large-scale palm and soy plantations have until December 2025 (or later for smaller operators) to ensure compliance. W...

17 December 2024 - 13:00

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Understanding the opportunities from ethical trade practices

This week: Giles Bolton, executive director of the Ethical Trading Initiative, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the shifting ethical trading and business and human rights risks and challenges. They discuss why they are getting the board room attention now that has perhaps been lacking in the past. Plus: the European Council pushes back on the “no-risk” amendment to the European Uni...

21 Nov 24

Monday briefing – Scope 3 emissions: what can procurement do?

This week: Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh interviews Bertrand Conquéret, Henkel's chief procurement...

Leveraging technology for carbon accounting in agriculture

Peter Bunce, vice president and head of cotton and microbials at Indigo Ag, talks with Innovation...

Less is more: collaborative efforts to tackle agricultural decarbonisation

This week: Anke Kwast, vice president for regenerative agriculture and climate frameworks at Yara...

Monday briefing – Collaboration to drive progress on decarbonisation

This week: At the recent scope 3 innovation forum, Ian Welsh spoke with Katy Stevens from the Eur...

Navigating opportunities to deliver sustainable food systems

At Innovation Forum's future of food and beverage conference in Amsterdam, some of the expert par...

How to make tasty foods healthier

This week: Tate + Lyle's president of innovation and commercial development, Victoria Spadaro Gra...

Beneath the surface: how data and technology can drive carbon farming and resilience at farm-level (webinar audio recording)

On 20th June 2024, Innovation Forum hosted a free virtual event with Bayer Crop Science. We discu...

Tackling agricultural emissions and food loss

IFC’s senior industry specialist Ahmad Slaibi, and Tom Cumberlege, director at the Carbon Trust, ...

Monday briefing – What's the sustainable approach to cotton?

This week: CottonConnect's Alison Ward spoke with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh at the recent sust...

Beneath the surface: how data and technology can drive carbon farming and resilience at farm-level (webinar recording)

On 20th June, Innovation Forum hosted a free virtual event with Bayer Crop Science. We discussed ...

ofi’s sustainability strategy launch: making ‘Choices for Change’ in the global food system (webinar audio recording)

Increasing regulatory requirements are tasking food and beverage companies with more robust corpo...

Legislation to implementation: ESPR and digital product passports

This week: Debbie Shakespeare, senior director, sustainability and compliance at Avery Dennison t...

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Scope 3 and climate
Responsible sourcing and ethical trade
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