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.

Dissolving the problem: zero-waste solutions for flexible packaging

This week: Vidhu Nagpal, director for flexible packaging, and Alex Abbott, chief revenue officer at SmartSolve Industries, talk with Ian Welsh about why recycling rates for flexible packaging remain stubbornly low and how a zero-waste solution could change the game. And, French bottled water brands face “natural” label controversy; UK supermarket chain partners with food waste apps for real-tim...

14 Aug 25

ZSL on palm oil’s commitments versus activity gap

Michael Guindon, palm oil technical adviser with ZSL, talks with Ian Welsh about how the most rec...

Weekly podcast: how satellite data analysis can transform supply chains, and ETI, Coca-Cola and Walmart on point of recruitment risks

This week: Sarah Middlemiss from Ecometrica on the potential of satellite data analysis for commo...

Freshfields on brands’ evolving modern slavery supply chain risks

Michelle Bramley, global head of knowledge, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, talks with Ian Welsh ...

How to link reporting to better decision-making

Eric Hespenheide, chair of the Global Reporting Initiative, discusses with Ian Welsh how the glob...

The challenges of creating organic wine in Bordeaux

Thomas Duroux, CEO and winemaker Chateau Palmer, an organic winery in the Bordeaux region of Fran...

Weekly podcast: BASF on innovation in precision agriculture, and how to engage on science-based targets

This week: Geoff Mackay, sustainability director at BASF, on how innovation in precision agricult...

GM’s zero-emissions transport ambition

David Tulauskas, director of sustainability at General Motors, talks with Ian Welsh about how GM ...

Why business should be more proactive on modern slavery

Andrew Wallis, CEO, Unseen, discusses with Ian Welsh how slavery and forced labour risks are evol...

Weekly podcast: Cargill, PepsiCo and Proforest on landscape-level palm oil supply chain collaboration

This week: insight from Cargill's Marie Lavialle-Piot, PepsiCo's Natasha Schwarzbach and Profores...

Cotton Connect on how gender empowerment strengthens supply chains

Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, talks with Ian Welsh about why developing better life skills i...

Ocado on how to evolve plastic packaging business models

Suzanne Westlake, head of corporate responsibility and corporate affairs at Ocado, talks with Inn...

The importance of soil health for sustainable wine

Anna Chilton, from agricultural producer, Camellia, owner of the Linton Park winery in South Afri...

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