16 Apr 20 | Webinar
Webinar – Responsible recruitment: How to mitigate risk of modern slavery reaching supply chains
At the point of recruitment, workers are often at their most vulnerable to falling into modern sl...
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
16 Apr 20 | Webinar
Webinar – What is the right level of corporate disclosure on human rights?
Corporate transparency on human rights has never been more important, and many initiatives have b...
15 Apr 20 | Webinar
Webinar – Human rights legislation and worldwide compliance: How to keep ahead of the regulatory curve
With continually evolving regulatory growth, international compliance has become all the more com...
09 Apr 20 | Webinar
Webinar – Child labour monitoring and remediation: How are corporate approaches evolving?
The effective abolition of child labour is one of the 10 UN Global Compact principles aiming to p...
09 Apr 20 | Weekly podcast
How to work with suppliers to tackle critical human rights risks
This week: Why education and active engagement is how to work with suppliers to implement human r...
08 Apr 20 | Webinar
Webinar – Supply chain risk mapping: Advances in tech to map and monitor supply chain risks
Traceability is incredibly important in mapping and monitoring high risk areas of the supply chai...
03 Apr 20 | Weekly podcast
The supply chain human rights risks to watch for from Covid-19 impacts
This week: Phil Bloomer, executive director of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, dis...
02 Apr 20 | Podcast
Why the plastics debate must focus on collection and recycling
Kristin Hughes, director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership, a multistakeholder initiative ...
27 Mar 20 | Weekly podcast
How global human rights rules impact corporate supply chains
This week: Highlights from a recent Innovation Forum webinar discussing evolving business and hum...
26 Mar 20 | Podcast
Wageningen University on poverty alleviation in cocoa, coffee and tea supply chains
Yuca Waarts, senior researcher, sustainable value chain development, Wageningen University talks ...
20 Mar 20 | Weekly podcast
Developing Veja’s sustainable supply chains, and important news from Innovation Forum
This week: François-Ghislain Morillion, co-founder of trainer brand Veja, on how the business has...
19 Mar 20 | Podcast
Why due diligence on human rights should be central to corporate purpose
Andrew Wallis CEO of charity Unseen talks with Ian Welsh about the key human rights risks that bu...