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

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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

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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

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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

Webinar – Responsible recruitment: How to mitigate risk of modern slavery reaching supply chains

At the point of recruitment, workers are often at their most vulnerable to falling into modern sl...

Webinar – Human rights legislation and worldwide compliance: How to keep ahead of the regulatory curve

With continually evolving regulatory growth, international compliance has become all the more com...

Webinar – Child labour monitoring and remediation: How are corporate approaches evolving?

The effective abolition of child labour is one of the 10 UN Global Compact principles aiming to p...

How to work with suppliers to tackle critical human rights risks

This week: Why education and active engagement is how to work with suppliers to implement human r...

Webinar – Supply chain risk mapping: Advances in tech to map and monitor supply chain risks

Traceability is incredibly important in mapping and monitoring high risk areas of the supply chai...

The supply chain human rights risks to watch for from Covid-19 impacts

This week: Phil Bloomer, executive director of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, dis...

Why the plastics debate must focus on collection and recycling

Kristin Hughes, director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership, a multistakeholder initiative ...

How global human rights rules impact corporate supply chains

This week: Highlights from a recent Innovation Forum webinar discussing evolving business and hum...

Wageningen University on poverty alleviation in cocoa, coffee and tea supply chains

Yuca Waarts, senior researcher, sustainable value chain development, Wageningen University talks ...

Developing Veja’s sustainable supply chains, and important news from Innovation Forum

This week: François-Ghislain Morillion, co-founder of trainer brand Veja, on how the business has...

Why due diligence on human rights should be central to corporate purpose

Andrew Wallis CEO of charity Unseen talks with Ian Welsh about the key human rights risks that bu...

Evidence-based approach to tackling plastic pollution

This week: Kristin Hughes, director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership, on how a holistic m...

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