22 Oct 20 | Podcast
What are the business-led solutions for smallholder communities?
Peter Stanbury and Ian Welsh discuss some of the initial insights from Innovation Forum’s action ...
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
16 Oct 20 | Weekly podcast
The sustainable South American supply chains challenge
This week: Renata Nogueira, South America sustainability manager for Cargill, and Gonzalo La Cruz...
15 Oct 20 | Podcast
Why engaging growers is an opportunity not a burden
Gotz Martin, head of sustainability implementation at Golden Agri-Resources, and Ian Welsh summar...
15 Oct 20 | Webinar
Webinar – Addressing gaps in sustainability: why fashion brands need more data
As apparel brands work to implement sustainability commitments across their supply chains, access...
09 Oct 20 | Weekly podcast
How traders can be the facilitators for brand sustainability goals
This week: Janina Grabs from ETH Zurich and Sophia Carodenuto from the University of Victoria tal...
08 Oct 20 | Podcast
What drives children to work in agriculture?
Recorded during a Q+A session at Innovation Forum’s recent ethical trade and human rights confere...
01 Oct 20 | Weekly podcast
Evolving buyer-grower supply chain relationships, and Fairtrade America on cocoa
This week: Some early pointers from Innovation Forum’s new smallholder farmer research group – in...
01 Oct 20 | Webinar
Webinar – How to collect, collate and utilise on-farm data so the entire supply chain benefits
To ensure crop yields are optimised and inputs minimised, food brands and their suppliers need cl...
30 Sep 20 | Podcast
Why the world’s food supply chains remain resilient
Dave MacLennan, CEO of Cargill, talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about the evolution of su...
25 Sep 20 | Weekly podcast
Incentives for smallholders that help save forests
Golden Agri-Resources head of sustainability implementation Gotz Martin talks about finding solut...
24 Sep 20 | Podcast
Why vibrant rural economies drive agri-sector strength
Ruth Thomas, director of the Global Agribusiness Alliance, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Wels...
16 Sep 20 | Weekly podcast
How to get closer to suppliers to tackle child labour
This week: Elaine McKay, international affairs director at JTI, talks with Innovation Forum’s Tob...