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.

INC-5: do we have the global plastic treaty we need?

The rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution poses a significant global challenge, adversely affecting environmental, social economic and health aspects of sust...

11 December 2024 - 13:00

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EUDR unpacked #2: coffee and cocoa supply chains under the lens

The likely postponement of the EUDR deadline offers coffee and cocoa supply chains more time to comply, but what do smallholder farmers think of this delay? This webin...

12 December 2024 - 13:00

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EUDR unpacked #3: palm and soy plantations under the lens

With the EUDR deadline now potentially extended, large-scale palm and soy plantations have until December 2025 (or later for smaller operators) to ensure compliance. W...

17 December 2024 - 13:00

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Understanding the opportunities from ethical trade practices

This week: Giles Bolton, executive director of the Ethical Trading Initiative, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the shifting ethical trading and business and human rights risks and challenges. They discuss why they are getting the board room attention now that has perhaps been lacking in the past. Plus: the European Council pushes back on the “no-risk” amendment to the European Uni...

21 Nov 24

Better Cotton’s 2030 impact-delivery strategy

Alan McClay, CEO of Better Cotton, talks with Toby Webb about the challenges faced delivering mar...

Innovation for more sustainable shopping baskets

Transforming the food system and overcoming the many environmental challenges it faces will requi...

Landscape and forest restoration: what works in practice?

At this conference session at Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable landscapes and commodities ev...

Rent, resale and beyond: the circular business models transforming apparel

The last few years have given rise to a wave of new business models in apparel, built upon the pr...

The big climate challenges for apparel and textiles

This week: Textile Exchange’s Claire Bergkamp and Beth Jenson talk about their new Climate+ strat...

How carbon finance can preserve forests and livelihoods

This week: Mike Korchinsky, founder and CEO of Wildlife Works, talks about how to use market mech...

What do farmers want from brands and buyers?

Farmers are critically important for sustainable commodities production, yet their voices are too...

Deforestation: is there too much focus on palm oil?

Announcements at COP26 have refocused attention on to the need for companies to transparently and...

Palm oil’s business-led $1bn forest restoration initiative

This week: Michal Zrust, founder of Lestari Capital, talks about the Rimba Collective, a palm oil...

Climate change and human health: Education to empower consumers and communities

Knowledge is power, and the key to positive action. As climate impacts increase, the need to empo...

How verified standards drive carbon market growth

This week: David Antonioli, CEO of Verra, talks about how verified standards on emission reductio...

Why FIFA risks a huge credibility problem in Qatar

Andrew Wallis, CEO of UK-based trafficking and modern slavery organisation Unseen, talks with Ian...

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