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

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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

Tackling agricultural emissions and food loss

IFC’s senior industry specialist Ahmad Slaibi, and Tom Cumberlege, director at the Carbon Trust, ...

Beneath the surface: how data and technology can drive carbon farming and resilience at farm-level (webinar audio recording)

On 20th June 2024, Innovation Forum hosted a free virtual event with Bayer Crop Science. We discu...

How to make tasty foods healthier

This week: Tate + Lyle's president of innovation and commercial development, Victoria Spadaro Gra...

Navigating opportunities to deliver sustainable food systems

At Innovation Forum's future of food and beverage conference in Amsterdam, some of the expert par...

Monday briefing – What's the sustainable approach to cotton?

This week: CottonConnect's Alison Ward spoke with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh at the recent sust...

Beneath the surface: how data and technology can drive carbon farming and resilience at farm-level (webinar recording)

On 20th June, Innovation Forum hosted a free virtual event with Bayer Crop Science. We discussed ...

ofi’s sustainability strategy launch: making ‘Choices for Change’ in the global food system (webinar audio recording)

Increasing regulatory requirements are tasking food and beverage companies with more robust corpo...

Circular plastics: challenges and opportunities ahead

Eastman's circular policy director, Christopher Layton, discusses current progress and trends in ...

Legislation to implementation: ESPR and digital product passports

This week: Debbie Shakespeare, senior director, sustainability and compliance at Avery Dennison t...

ofi’s sustainability strategy launch: making ‘Choices for Change’ in the global food system (webinar recording)

Increasing regulatory requirements are tasking food and beverage companies with more robust corpo...

Monday briefing – Farmer focus: what's really needed to drive sustainable food systems

This week: At our recent Future of Food and Beverage conference in Minneapolis, a Kansas farmer, ...

The future of cotton farming: scaling regenerative sourcing (webinar audio recording)

Regenerative sourcing has shown significant promise for the cotton industry; helping to regenerat...

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