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

2020 targets missed, so what now for palm oil?

This week: Eleanor Spencer, palm oil specialist at ZSL, on the latest SPOTT survey assessment on ...

What action is necessary for resilient smallholder supply chains?

Peter Stanbury, senior associate at Innovation Forum, talks with Ian Welsh about new research int...

Can beef be sustainable?

David Horlock, managing director for global food and retail supply chains at BSI talks with Ian W...

Will a due diligence approach impact deforestation?

This week: Nathalie Walker, director for tropical forests and agriculture at the National Wildlif...

How to build a resilient production landscape

Marianne Marinet, programmes director for the Earthworm Foundation, Emily Kunen, global responsib...

Why action on deforestation needs facts-based trust

This week: Niels Wielaard founder and CEO of Satelligence talks about how greater traceability ca...

Innovation Accelerator: How to drive systemic change for smallholder farmer communities

Low famer incomes, human rights abuses and environmental degradation still plague smallholder-bas...

How can investors unlock supply chain opportunities?

This week: Victoria Crawford, manager of the Investment Partnership Network at Just Rural Transit...

Webinar – Real-world plastic and carton recycling solutions that work

Collection and recycling of material plays a vital part in enabling a circular economy and is an ...

How to develop common language and trust for palm oil

Ying Xuen Hoe, project manager, Proforest Southeast Asia, Rashyid Redza bin Anwarudin, head, grou...

Why there’s confusion about red meat’s sustainability

This week: David Horlock from the British Standards Institute talks about how to develop sustaina...

Why are landscape approaches a good fit for palm oil?

Olivier Tichit, director for sustainable supply chains at integrated palm oil business Musim Mas,...

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