10 Dec 21 | Podcast
Is a regenerative approach what cotton farmers want next?
Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, and Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb chat in Dublin, while attendi...
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
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
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
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
09 Dec 21 | Podcast
How a nature-based solution can help save Papua New Guinea’s forests
At the Global Landscapes Forum in Glasgow during COP26, the Hon Gary Juffa, governor of Oro provi...
08 Dec 21 | Video
Regenerative agriculture in apparel: What does it mean for the future of cotton production?
The concept of regenerative agriculture is being hailed as the new paradigm in sustainable supply...
03 Dec 21 | Weekly podcast
How better data can drive sustainable apparel supply chains
This week: Tara Luckman, advisor to the US Cotton Trust Protocol, and Dr Mark Sumner from the sch...
02 Dec 21 | Podcast
ConferenceWatch2: forest and nature positive approaches in action
Ian Welsh reports from the second day of the 2021 sustainable landscapes and commodities conferen...
02 Dec 21 | Webinar
How can carbon accounting accelerate action within the forest and land use sector?
Achieving the Paris Agreement targets requires a radical transformation of the world’s food and l...
01 Dec 21 | Podcast
ConferenceWatch: sustainable landscapes and commodities
Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh reports on the opening day of the 2021 landscapes and commodities ev...
29 Nov 21 | Webinar
Webinar: Regenerative agriculture in apparel with Patagonia, Primark, CottonConnect and TextileExchange
Join us for an upcoming complimentary webinar: ‘Regenerative agriculture in apparel: What does it...
26 Nov 21 | Weekly podcast
Has business finally got it on climate change?
This week: Lord Deben, chair of the UK’s Climate Change Committee, reflects on the outcomes from ...
25 Nov 21 | Podcast
Why economic empowerment is the route to farmer community resilience
Peter Williams, president of the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, talks with Ian ...
25 Nov 21 | Podcast
Tackling palm oil’s challenges in west Africa
Victor Tamanjong, assistant technical manager for Africa at the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oi...
24 Nov 21 | Webinar
Food system transformation: How can carbon accounting accelerate action within the forest and land use sector?
Achieving the Paris Agreement targets requires a radical transformation of the world’s food and l...