28 Jan 20 | Podcast
Faster and clearer deforestation data for the palm oil sector
Niels Wiellard, managing director of Satelligence, discusses the potential of the new Radar Alert...
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
24 Jan 20 | Weekly podcast
Airbus on supply chain transparency and tackling tropical deforestation
This week: Airbus’s Patrick Houdry and Earthworm Foundation’s Rob McWilliam on the development an...
22 Jan 20 | Podcast
How business can transform supply chains, drive resilience and empower communities
At the recent Innovation Forum sustainable landscapes and commodities conference in London, Ian W...
21 Jan 20 | Podcast
Why palm oil success will mean not having to talk about deforestation
Anita Neville, senior vice president for corporate communications at Golden Agri-Resources, and I...
16 Jan 20 | Weekly podcast
The rise and rise of supply chain traceability, and what plastic food packaging standards might look like
This week: Dawn Jutla from blockchain technology developers Peer Ledger on how technology is revo...
15 Jan 20 | Podcast
Why plastic use should be lessened not demonised
Franco Costantini, managing director of Control Union UK talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh ...
09 Jan 20 | Weekly podcast
Real-time monitoring of palm oil deforestation risks
This week: Niels Wiellard, managing director of Satelligence, on how a new satellite monitoring i...
08 Jan 20 | Podcast
Why sustainability belongs at the centre of company operations
CB Bhattacharya, professor of sustainability and ethics at the University of Pittsburgh and autho...
07 Jan 20 | Podcast
Partnerships and incentives for more sustainable palm oil
Emily Kunen from Nestlé, Gotz Martin from Golden Agri-Resources and Róisín Mortimer from Earthwor...
19 Dec 19 | Weekly podcast
Palm oil traceability and farmer livelihoods, and some reasons to be positive about 2020
This week: Anita Neville, senior vice president for corporate communications at Golden Agri-Resou...
19 Dec 19 | Podcast
Defining a landscape approach and why it’s so important
Justin Adams, executive director of the Tropical Forest Alliance talks with Innovation Forum’s Ia...
18 Dec 19 | Podcast
The importance of ‘active listening’ for business planning
At IFC’s manufacturing conference in Morocco, Irache Pardo, finance and treasury director for Spa...