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...
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.
AI and technology: How digital transformation is driving the energy transition
Digitalisation is no longer a side enabler – it’s becoming central to system-wide acceleration, efficiency and optimisation. At the same time, questions remain around ...
28 January 2026 - 13:00
Innovation for resilient food and health systems: how bioscience is driving transformational impact
The world faces mounting pressure to accelerate sustainable innovation at the intersection of food, health and industrial production, but moving from scientific discov...
3 February 2026 - 15:00
Building credibility in sustainability storytelling: How NGOs can strengthen trust through transparent communications
As expectations around sustainability communication continue to rise, NGOs are under increasing pressure to demonstrate impact, explain complexity and be open about li...
5 February 2026 - 14:00
Leading the way for systems change: Helena Helmersson on making sustainability a core business imperative
Few leaders in the apparel and textiles industry bring as much hands-on experience across buying, production and CSR as Helena Helmersson did during her time at H&...
17 February 2026 - 10:00
Can green hydrogen decarbonise heavy industry?
This week: StormFisher Hydrogen’s chief executive officer, Judson Whiteside, talks with Ian Welsh about developing carbon-neutral e-methanol and e-methane from green hydrogen, and how policy incentives and corporate scope 3 pressures are shaping global demand for low-carbon fuels. He also explores the role of North America’s renewable power advantage, the realities of scaling hydrogen projects,...
22 Jan 26
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 | 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...