10 Sep 20 | Weekly podcast
Innovative finance for critical agri-SMEs
Ruth Thomas, director of the Global Agribusiness Alliance, explains why agri-sector SMEs need bet...
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 ...
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09 Sep 20 | Podcast
How to get beyond commodity silo thinking in a landscape
Ben Gunneberg, CEO of PEFC, talks with Ian Welsh about why it’s important for smallholder to be a...
03 Sep 20 | Weekly podcast
Cargill’s Dave MacLennan on the dramatic evolution of sustainable business
This week: CEO of Cargill Dave MacLennan talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about key supply...
02 Sep 20 | Podcast
How smallholder farmer resilience drives market access and income
Alison Ward, chief executive of CottonConnect, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about why ...
27 Aug 20 | Weekly podcast
Why focus on best practice is the route to market access for farmers
This week: Ben Gunneberg, CEO of PEFC, on how taking a landscape approach to cooperation can bene...
20 Aug 20 | Weekly podcast
Smallholder farm living incomes, and Atlantic plastic pollution crisis
This week: Yuca Waarts from Wageningen University on the business interventions that can really h...
20 Aug 20 | Podcast
Can we feed the world while saving the planet?
Mariko Thorbecke, senior sustainability consultant and food sector lead at Quantis, discusses wit...
19 Aug 20 | Podcast
What a context-based approach means for corporate water targets
Cargill’s global water lead Truke Smoor explains to Ian Welsh how the company established its new...
14 Aug 20 | Weekly podcast
How smallholder farmers can develop financial resilience and new market linkages
This week: Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, on challenges for smallholder farmers emerging from...
13 Aug 20 | Podcast
Why better data is the key to regenerative agriculture
Franco Costantini, managing director Control Union UK, talks with Ian Welsh about why a shift to ...
23 Jul 20 | Weekly podcast
Cargill’s context-based water targets, and natural climate agriculture solutions
This week: Cargill’s Truke Smoor explains the motivation and science behind the company’s newly a...
22 Jul 20 | Podcast
Keep training relevant to engage suppliers
Sarah Carpenter, manager for business and human rights at Assent Compliance, explains to Ian Wels...