31 Mar 21 | Podcast
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...
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
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
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
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
26 Mar 21 | Podcast
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...
26 Mar 21 | Weekly podcast
How Cargill cuts methane from cattle supply chains
This week: Heather Tansey, sustainability director for animal nutrition and health at Cargill, ta...
25 Mar 21 | Podcast
Why multi-cropping is essential to boost smallholder incomes
Reflecting on recent Innovation Forum research, one of the project partners, Silke Peters, team l...
19 Mar 21 | Podcast
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...
19 Mar 21 | Weekly podcast
Is smallholder farming really a broken model?
Gotz Martin, head of sustainability implementation at Golden Agri-Resources, explains why food sy...
18 Mar 21 | Podcast
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...
12 Mar 21 | Weekly podcast
What will future materials be made from?
This week: Neste’s Lars Börger, Covestro’s Lynette Chung, Unilever’s Marika Lindstrom and Werner ...
11 Mar 21 | Podcast
Organic cotton's sector-changing potential
In the first of a new quarterly podcast series, Textile Exchange CEO La Rhea Pepper talks with In...
05 Mar 21 | Weekly podcast
GIZ on why producer communities need a stronger voice
This week: Silke Peters from the sustainable agriculture supply chain initiative at GIZ talks abo...
04 Mar 21 | Podcast
How cotton learns from other commodity supply chains
Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, talks with Ian Welsh about the durability of cotton supply cha...
26 Feb 21 | Weekly podcast
Will future business leaders use their power differently?
This week: Andy Hoffman, professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, ...