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.

From data gaps to compliance: the role of Geospatial AI in sustainability

Sustainability claims are facing increasing scrutiny, with rising costs, data uncertainty and growing pressure on businesses to provide verifiable proof of their effor...

22 May 2025 - 14:00

Sign up now

Unlock business value via carbon measurement and decarbonisation strategy

This week: Ellen McCormack, head of Europe at Watershed, talks with Ian Welsh about how major companies are integrating sustainability into finance and operations. They discuss the shifting narrative from climate goals to ROI, challenges in renewable energy infrastructure, and trends in carbon removal and investor demand. Plus: vegetable oil prices surge amid instability; rare earths weaponised...

16 Apr 25

The thoughtful route to circularity

First the easy part: the concept of the circular economy is now well understood. Its basic princi...

Progress in the forests for APP

In October 2014, when Scott Poynton of TFT, Simon Lord of New Britain Palm Oil and I got together...

Talking to farmers about cotton sustainability

Alison Ward outlines her views on how to manage cotton sustainability with farmers, consumers and...

The business case for sustainable cotton

Alison Ward discusses how CottonConnect, with its mission as a social enterprise, is engaging all...

Sustainability and cotton in China

In this podcast episode, Innovation Forum founder Toby Webb talks to the CEO of CottonConnect, Al...

Stay updated with the latest news, insights and updates

Sign up to our newsletter

Apparel and textiles
Plastics and packaging
Food and agriculture
Scope 3 and climate
Responsible sourcing and ethical trade
Landscapes and commodity sourcing