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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Weekly podcast: Ikea on the potential of circular economy business models

This week: Inter Ikea’s circular supply chain project leader Eleonora Tieri on how and why the fu...

Marks & Spencer on evolving food packaging and giving consumers what they want

Louise Nicholls, head of human rights, food sustainability and food packaging at Marks & Spen...

Webinar – Mars, Kellogg and Campbell Soup on reducing GHGs in agriculture

Investors and shareholders, amongst other key stakeholders, are showing more and more interest in...

Weekly podcast: BT and Total on modern slavery procurement risks, and how to hit corporate carbon targets

This week: BT's head of governance and sustainability Tony Roy and Total's director of global pro...

How to extract easy-to-action insight from satellite data

Sarah Middlemiss, space programme manager at Ecometrica, talks with Ian Welsh about trends in how...

Weekly podcast: Bunge on traceability challenges in palm oil supply chains

This week: Ben Vreeburg, director, sustainability, at Bunge Loders Croklaan discusses how to achi...

BASF on why precision agriculture is the future

Geoff Mackey, corporate affairs and sustainability director, BASF, speaks with Ian Welsh about th...

Weekly podcast: how data tools can deliver supply chain transparency, and viscose supply chain deforestation risks

This week: Jamie Barsimantov from SupplyShift, Stefan Sabo-Walsh and Erin McVeigh from Verisk Map...

PepsiCo, Cargill and Proforest on the business-benefits of palm oil collaboration

Cargill's Marie Lavialle-Piot, PepsiCo's Natasha Schwarzbach and Proforest's Sophie Higman discus...

Weekly podcast: how to save lives in tropical commodity supply chains, and JLL on mapping modern slavery risks

This week: Jason Glaser, founder of La Isla Network, on how simple measures to allow farm workers...

Webinar – Actionable intelligence: combining data and tools to enhance supply chain visibility

In this webinar hear expert discussion on how companies can blend different data streams to proac...

Cargill on how business can protect smallholder suppliers

Kate Clancy, sustainability manager, cocoa, at Cargill, talks with Ian Welsh about how companies ...

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