31 Mar 21 | Podcast
Fifty shades of green: the unintended consequences of planting trees
In the first of an occasional podcast series, sustainability expert Simon Lord and Innovation For...
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
26 Mar 21 | Podcast
What does the roadmap to regenerative apparel look like?
Jeff Tkach, chief impact officer at the Rodale Institute, and Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb talk a...
26 Mar 21 | Weekly podcast
How Cargill cuts methane from cattle supply chains
This week: Heather Tansey, sustainability director for animal nutrition and health at Cargill, ta...
25 Mar 21 | Podcast
Why multi-cropping is essential to boost smallholder incomes
Reflecting on recent Innovation Forum research, one of the project partners, Silke Peters, team l...
19 Mar 21 | Weekly podcast
Is smallholder farming really a broken model?
Gotz Martin, head of sustainability implementation at Golden Agri-Resources, explains why food sy...
19 Mar 21 | Podcast
Greenpeace on certification’s failings, and how they should be fixed
Toby Webb speaks with Grant Rosoman, senior forests campaigner at Greenpeace, about the organisat...
18 Mar 21 | Podcast
What’s the solution to the profit pursuit problem?
Business has lost its purpose, says Prof Andy Hoffman from the Ross School of Business at the Uni...
12 Mar 21 | Weekly podcast
What will future materials be made from?
This week: Neste’s Lars Börger, Covestro’s Lynette Chung, Unilever’s Marika Lindstrom and Werner ...
11 Mar 21 | Podcast
Organic cotton's sector-changing potential
In the first of a new quarterly podcast series, Textile Exchange CEO La Rhea Pepper talks with In...
05 Mar 21 | Weekly podcast
GIZ on why producer communities need a stronger voice
This week: Silke Peters from the sustainable agriculture supply chain initiative at GIZ talks abo...
04 Mar 21 | Podcast
How cotton learns from other commodity supply chains
Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, talks with Ian Welsh about the durability of cotton supply cha...
26 Feb 21 | Weekly podcast
Will future business leaders use their power differently?
This week: Andy Hoffman, professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, ...