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

Insights from McDonald's: The role of quick service restaurants in scaling packaging sustainability

The conversation explored how McDonald's is approaching circularity, how regulations, infrastruct...

Could leather go deforestation free?

This week: WWF's senior director for beef and leather supply chains, Fernando Bellese, talks with...

Webinar recording: The climate-carbon conundrum for the soft commodities: what’s next for resilience?

Climate-related disruptions have stark financial implications for businesses. Last year alone, gl...

INC5.2: Where do we go from here?

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

From hard lessons to healthy soils: farmers helping farmers in Minnesota

Alex Udermann and Mark Gutierrez, farmers at the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, join Ian Welsh ...

Monday briefing – Bridging the gap: data, regulation and farmer livelihoods

This week: Nicole Cramer from the Rainforest Alliance talks with Ian Welsh about how data collect...

The true cost of your cup of coffee

This week: Etelle Higgonnet, founder of CoffeeWatch talks with Ian Welsh about the environmental ...

Are farmers finally getting a seat at the table?

Farmers Jocelyn Schlichting and Carla Schultz share their perspectives on the risks and realities...

Webinar recording: What’s the role of food retailers in enabling packaging sustainability?

Food retailers sit at the intersection of supply chain and consumer choice. They are uniquely pos...

Reality check: securing cocoa supply through innovation

At the recent scope 3 innovation forum in Amsterdam, Tilmann Silber, head of net zero at Barry Ca...

How can apparel build real resilience in the face of climate risk?

This week: Beth Jensen, chief impact officer at Textile Exchange talks with Innovation Forum's Ta...

Scaling coastal climate solutions: the potential for blue carbon in net-zero strategies

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

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Apparel and textiles
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Scope 3 and climate
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