17 Jan 19 | Podcast
GM’s zero-emissions transport ambition
David Tulauskas, director of sustainability at General Motors, talks with Ian Welsh about how GM ...
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
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
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
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
17 Jan 19 | Podcast
Why business should be more proactive on modern slavery
Andrew Wallis, CEO, Unseen, discusses with Ian Welsh how slavery and forced labour risks are evol...
17 Jan 19 | Weekly podcast
Weekly podcast: BASF on innovation in precision agriculture, and how to engage on science-based targets
This week: Geoff Mackay, sustainability director at BASF, on how innovation in precision agricult...
10 Jan 19 | Weekly podcast
Weekly podcast: Cargill, PepsiCo and Proforest on landscape-level palm oil supply chain collaboration
This week: insight from Cargill's Marie Lavialle-Piot, PepsiCo's Natasha Schwarzbach and Profores...
10 Jan 19 | Podcast
Cotton Connect on how gender empowerment strengthens supply chains
Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, talks with Ian Welsh about why developing better life skills i...
10 Jan 19 | Podcast
Ocado on how to evolve plastic packaging business models
Suzanne Westlake, head of corporate responsibility and corporate affairs at Ocado, talks with Inn...
20 Dec 18 | Podcast
The importance of soil health for sustainable wine
Anna Chilton, from agricultural producer, Camellia, owner of the Linton Park winery in South Afri...
20 Dec 18 | Podcast
Business-led behaviour change on plastic packaging
Andy Napthine, group marketing controller at UK food producer Cranswick, and Nick Green from Veri...
13 Dec 18 | Podcast
Weekly podcast: Cargill on more-sustainable smallholder suppliers, and Freshfields on evolving modern slavery legal risks
This week Kate Clancy, sustainability manager, cocoa and chocolate, at Cargill discusses what bus...
13 Dec 18 | Podcast
Do companies even want to know what’s material to them?
Joe Arvai, professor of social enterprise and director of the Erb Institute, and Ian Welsh debate...
13 Dec 18 | Podcast
Developing capacity for justice systems around the world
David Westlake, CEO, International Justice Mission, talks with Innovation Forum founder Toby Webb...
07 Dec 18 | Podcast
Weekly podcast: ZSL on palm oil sector progress, and why non-plastic packaging works for drinks
This week: Michael Guindon, palm oil specialist from the Zoological Society of London, gives his ...