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.

Risk-proofing agrifood supply chains: demonstrating the business case for regenerative agriculture

As pressure mounts to decarbonise agrifood supply chains and meet Scope 3 targets, the case for regenerative agriculture is clearer than ever. Yet many corporate susta...

14 October 2025 - 14:00

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Food, fashion, and farmers: Finding common ground on regenerative agriculture

While the principles of regenerative agriculture aren't new, it's increasingly emerging as the industry buzzword, particularly in food and fashion.It is celebrated as ...

15 October 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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Sustainable palm oil: how buyers and producers can work as true partners

This week: Rob Nicholls, general manager for programmes and projects at palm oil business Musim Mas, and Kaixiang Chin, sustainability manager for Asia at Bunge, talk with Ian Welsh about their joint "train-the-trainer" model that strengthens local capacity and builds long-term resilience for independent smallholders.  Plus: EAT-Lancet warns food systems breaching limits; Net-Zero Banking Allia...

09 Oct 25

Deforestation: can we separate the food and fuel debates?

Speaking at the recent RSPO meeting in Paris, Mickael Blais from the French Alliance for Forest P...

Webinar: how brands can drive sustainable innovation in plastics and packaging

In this webinar, practitioners from Iceland Foods, Surfdome and CupClub take a pragmatic look at ...

Investor protocols to avoid funding modern slavery

Valentina Gurney, associate programme director, Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility and...

Weekly podcast: what to do about point-of-recruitment modern slavery risks

This week: some highlights from Innovation Forum’s recent webinar on what business needs to know ...

Palm oil’s complex impact on biodiversity

Erik Meijard, founder of Borneo Futures, discusses why the palm oil sector has such a bad reputat...

Webinar: how can materiality drive sustainability reporting and strategy?

There are many factors that have lead to the increased awareness of environmental, social and gov...

Weekly podcast: Diageo’s return from social and environmental investment

This week: Harriet Howey from Diageo talks to Ian Welsh about how the business tracks the impacts...

What business needs to know about materiality

Judy Kuszewski, chief executive of Sancroft, and Toby Webb from Innovation Forum debate approache...

How to go all in on corporate sustainability

David Grayson, emeritus professor of corporate responsibility, Cranfield University, speaks with ...

Responsible recruitment: tackling forced labour at the root

Recruitment is often the stage at which workers in supply chains can be most vulnerable to fallin...

Business benefits of the natural capital approach

Mark Gough, executive director of the Natural Capital Coalition explains to Ian Welsh how the nat...

Weekly podcast: changing corporate deforestation commitments, and impact of slavery sanctions

This week: Mickael Blais from the French Alliance for Forest Protection talks to Toby Webb about ...

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