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.

State of play – The State of the energy transition: are we on track or falling behind?

The energy transition has seen remarkable growth in renewables, yet fossil fuels still account for ~80% of the global energy mix. Progress is undeniable, but ambition ...

19 November 2025 - 10:00

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Building credibility in sustainability storytelling: How B2B companies are strengthening trust through transparent communication

As companies set increasingly ambitious sustainability targets, the challenge is no longer just what to achieve, but how to communicate progress credibly and consisten...

25 November 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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How can palm oil growers thrive amid climate and market risks?

This week: In Colombia, Cargill and Solidaridad are partnering to help smallholder palm oil growers build more sustainable and climate-resilient supply chains. Leticia Kawanami and Joel Brounen talk with Ian Welsh about how farmer-led action plans, shared investment, and collaborative data tools are driving measurable progress – and how these lessons can scale across Latin America.Plus: at the ...

30 Oct 25

Weekly briefing – The economic case for financing the future of critical minerals

This week: With the global race to secure sustainable critical mineral supply chains intensifying...

Blue carbon: the untapped potential of coastal ecosystems for climate action

A recent webinar with Terraformation, Salesforce, KindWorld Projects and Conservation Internation...

Scaling coastal climate solutions: the potential for blue carbon in net-zero strategies – webinar video recording

Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes – collectively known as blue c...

Breaking silos: what apparel can learn from food and other sectors

Fashion’s climate and nature strategies are converging – but what does that mean for brands and s...

Traceability is like air traffic control: why companies can't fly blind

This week: Florent Bouguin, chief technology officer at Optel, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian ...

INC5.2: Where do we go from here? – webinar video recording

The Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty commissioned modelling showing that a global ...

Streamlining standards: Cutting complexity to strengthen responsible critical minerals supply chains

Standards play a vital role in ensuring environmental stewardship, ethical sourcing, and market c...

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 r...

Weekly briefing – Beneath the surface: unlocking the climate potential of blue carbon ecosystems

This week: blue carbon ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass and salt marshes, can sequester car...

Might zero-waste flexible packaging be possible?

Vidhu Nagpal and Alex Abbott from SmartSolve Industries talk with Ian Welsh about why recycling r...

Why supply chain resilience starts with purchasing practices

This week: From tariffs to COVID-19, recent shocks have shown that resilient supply chains rely o...

Monday briefing – Sink or swim: collaboration to tackle scope 3 emissions

This week: Henkel’s vice president for sustainability, Ulla Hueppe, spoke with Ian Welsh at the r...

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