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

Weekly podcast: Pirelli’s sustainable rubber policy and CottonConnect on apparel supply chains

In this week’s podcast Pirelli’s group sustainability officer Eleonora Pessina on why Pirelli is ...

How technology enables impact measurement in responsible supply chains

With examples of new technologies that companies can use to see results from their sustainability...

Weekly podcast: how Mars engages with complex supply chains

In this week’s podcast from Innovation Forum, Verisk Maplecroft’s Alex Channer on how to effectiv...

Weekly podcast: the future for gene-editing in sustainable agriculture

In the new Innovation Forum podcast this week: detailed discussion on gene-editing's role in deve...

New weekly podcast: John Gummer on modern slavery in public procurement

In Innovation Forum's new regular podcast this week hear from former UK environment secretary Joh...

How to speak to your suppliers’ suppliers on modern slavery

Richard Batten, global chief corporate responsibility officer at real estate services business JL...

Are audits just expensive pieces of fiction?

Hilary Thomson, director at TFT, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the use of audits ...

Sustainable agriculture: innovation to feed future generations

As the planet’s population increases, and natural resources are put under ever-more pressure, the...

Plastic packaging that really disappears in landfill and the oceans?

Robert Pocius from Tek Pak Solutions talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about how his compan...

Syngenta: better value chain partnerships will benefit smallholder farmers

Roberto Vega, Syngenta’s head smallholder policy and food chain relations, talks with Innovation ...

Are responsible investors taking palm oil more seriously in 2018?

Toby Webb meets with Abigail Herron, global head of responsible investment at Aviva Investors, an...

Bayer: business opportunities from sugar supply efficiencies

Stephen Brunner, global key relation manager, Bayer, explains to Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh the...

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