18 Jun 20 | Podcast
Why clarity from customers helps target salient human rights risks
Intel’s Mike McDonnell, senior manager for supply chain sustainability, talks with Ian Welsh abou...
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
17 Jun 20 | Podcast
Pandemic labour rights impacts in coffee and cocoa supply chains
Mary Linell-Simmons, director of marketing at Fairtrade America, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ia...
12 Jun 20 | Weekly podcast
CottonConnect on why natural capital accounting can help projects scale
This week: Amol Mishra, global commercial director at CottonConnect, talks about some of the chal...
11 Jun 20 | Podcast
The recycling, design and performance balance for fashion
Renee Henze, global marketing and channel development director at Dupont Biomaterials, discusses,...
10 Jun 20 | Podcast
How the apparel sector can cut supply chain emissions and water use
PEFC’s CEO and secretary-general Ben Gunneburg and Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh talk about how so...
05 Jun 20 | Webinar
How to increase apparel supply chain transparency beyond tier 2
Joining Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb at the recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference ar...
05 Jun 20 | Weekly podcast
Consumer shifts and pandemic impacts on apparel supply chains
This week: Terry Lawler, fabric development manager for Naia at Eastman, discusses what the coron...
04 Jun 20 | Podcast
Carbon Trust on the corporate challenges in achieving net zero emissions
Pauline Op de Beeck, client manager at the Carbon Trust, and Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh discuss...
29 May 20 | Weekly podcast
Intel on supplier mapping, and Fairtrade America on pandemic impacts on human rights
This week: Mary Linnell-Simmons, Fairtrade America’s director of marketing, discusses some of the...
28 May 20 | Webinar
Can apparel successfully transition to a circular economy?
Recorded at the recent Innovation Forum sustainable apparel and textiles conference are Anna Mari...
28 May 20 | Podcast
How to develop effective grievance systems that workers trust
Drew Northern, director, global anticorruption at Cook Group, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian W...
22 May 20 | Weekly podcast
Sustainable forest fibres and net-zero emissions challenges
This week: Ben Gunneberg, CEO of PEFC International, on the benefits for the apparel sector from ...