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

Evidence-based approach to tackling plastic pollution

This week: Kristin Hughes, director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership, on how a holistic m...

Forest 500 on the lack of corporate progress on deforestation

New Forest 500 report authors Sarah Rogerson and Emma Thomson, from Global Canopy, discuss with I...

How to boost soil health for greater productivity

Amy Yoder, CEO of agri-tech business Anuvia Plant Nutrients, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian We...

Yum! Brands, Mondelēz and Nestlé on food sector action on climate change

This week: Yum! Brands’ Jon Hixon, Mondelēz International’s Christine McGrath and Nestlé’s Anna T...

Webinar – The future of fashion: How action on climate change will transform the apparel industry

With targets looming and the ever-present reminders of the impact of climate change, 2020 is set ...

The role of business in tackling global climate challenges via deforestation

Nathalie Walker, director, tropical forests and agriculture, at the US’s National Wildlife Federa...

Why better satellite data is the key to effective deforestation action

Airbus’s head of sales, agriculture and forest solutions, Patrick Houdry, and Earthworm Foundatio...

Interventions that can really lift agriculture supplier communities out of poverty

This week: Yuca Waarts from Wageningen University on living income challenges for smallholder far...

Webinar – The future of ethical trade: what are the human rights risks that brands must address?

Recent years have seen calls for major changes in human rights due diligence and reporting gather...

Webinar – Implementing living wage policies: how Patagonia creates meaningful change on-the-ground

Over the past decade, various apparel brands have made major commitments to deliver living wages ...

The big brands that still 'do nothing' on deforestation, and Patagonia on living wages

This week: Forest 500 report authors Sarah Rogerson and Emma Thomson, from Global Canopy, outline...

Why plastic is a victim of its own success

Jo Griffiths, global food community director for the British Standards Institute – BSI, speaks wi...

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