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

Unlocking digital traceability in apparel supply chains and beyond

This week: Barbara Dunin, director of ESG, marketing and communications at Beontag, talks with In...

How REDD+ projects help farmers stop clearing forests

While he was in Cambodia recently, Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh spoke with Kong Bunchhean and Uk ...

How regenerative practices can shape the future of US cotton

This week: Deepika Mishra, global sustainability consultant at US Cotton Trust Protocol and farme...

Building nature positive agrifood systems

Matt Inbusch, senior manager at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and Mike N...

Farmer voices: deforestation solutions for smallholders

This week: On a recent trip to Cambodia, Ian Welsh spoke to Kong Bunchhean, a smallholder farmer ...

How remote sensing is fuelling nature-positive approaches

Marco Albani, CEO of Chloris Geospatial, talks with Ian Welsh about the role of remote sensing da...

Monday briefing: UN HLPF renews focus on Covid-19 recovery

In this week’s preview of what’s coming up, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk a...

Nature-positive agriculture: a how-to guide

This week: Matt Inbusch, senior manager at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development...

How agrifood stakeholders can support European farmers in the regenerative transition

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How agrifood stakeholders can support European farmers in the regenerative transition

Click here to view the video recording.Click here for a written discussion summary. Europe’s agri...

The key to food sector resilience across the value chain

Rikke Kyllenstjerna, senior vice-president, food chains, at Norway-based fertiliser business Yara...

Monday briefing: How climate change impacts the right to food

In this week's preview of what's coming up, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk a...

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