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.

From data gaps to compliance: the role of Geospatial AI in sustainability

Sustainability claims are facing increasing scrutiny, with rising costs, data uncertainty and growing pressure on businesses to provide verifiable proof of their effor...

22 May 2025 - 14:00

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Unlock business value via carbon measurement and decarbonisation strategy

This week: Ellen McCormack, head of Europe at Watershed, talks with Ian Welsh about how major companies are integrating sustainability into finance and operations. They discuss the shifting narrative from climate goals to ROI, challenges in renewable energy infrastructure, and trends in carbon removal and investor demand. Plus: vegetable oil prices surge amid instability; rare earths weaponised...

16 Apr 25

Transforming agricultural practices towards sustainable land use

Tropical Forest Alliance executive director Jack Hurd and Gustavo Idigoras, president of the Arge...

How to stay ahead of the legislative curve for responsible sourcing this decade

This week: Ian Welsh talks with Scott Poynton, CEO and founder of A Different Way and founder and...

Weekly briefing – Tackling 2025’s emerging responsible sourcing challenges

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh and Natasha Bodnar share some updates about the upcoming ...

EUDR unpacked #3: palm and soy plantations under the lens (webinar audio recording)

In the third webinar in the 'EUDR unpacked' series, we addressed critical questions surrounding t...

What to expect in 2025 for sustainable business

This week: In the latest state-of-sustainable-business series conversation, Brendan May, business...

EUDR unpacked #3: palm and soy plantations under the lens (webinar video recording)

In the third webinar in the 'EUDR unpacked' series, we addressed critical questions surrounding t...

Monday briefing: What does best-in-class procurement strategy look like?

 This week, Innovation Forum’s Hannah Oborne and Ian Welsh reflect on some of the conversation in...

EUDR unpacked #2: coffee and cocoa supply chains under the lens (audio recording)

This webinar examined the effects of the newly-proposed December 2025 and June 2026 deadlines, ho...

INC-5: what's next for the plastic treaty? (webinar audio recording)

In this webinar, experts from Nestlé and Planet Tracker unpack the challenges and opportunities a...

EUDR unpacked #2: coffee and cocoa supply chains under the lens (webinar recording)

This webinar examined the effects of the newly-proposed December 2025 and June 2026 deadlines, ho...

How legislation is shaping the future of human rights in business

Giles Bolton, executive director of the Ethical Trading Initiative, talks with Ian Welsh about th...

The role of reuse and recycling in packaging strategy

This week: Tom Szaky, CEO of recycling innovators Terracycle, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian W...

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