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

Weekly podcast: Global Canopy on why palm oil, soy, cattle and timber supply chains look set to miss 2020 deforestation targets

This week: Global Canopy’s Sarah Rogerson, lead researcher on the just-launched 2018 Forest 500 r...

Bunge on why future palm oil supply chains should focus on value not just price

Ben Vreeburg, director, sustainability, at Bunge Loders Croklaan, speaks to Ian Welsh about trans...

Webinar – Impossible Foods, Barilla and Mondelēz on the consumer trends driving food innovation

Leading food companies are continually working on what they think will be the key food trends and...

Weekly podcast: Eileen Fisher on apparel sector business model innovation

This week: Amy Hall, vice-president social consciousness at apparel brand Eileen Fisher, on suppl...

How a landscape approach helps offsetting deliver

Jessica Verhagen, vice-president business development and strategy at Ecosphere+, talks with Ian ...

Weekly podcast: Ikea on the potential of circular economy business models

This week: Inter Ikea’s circular supply chain project leader Eleonora Tieri on how and why the fu...

Marks & Spencer on evolving food packaging and giving consumers what they want

Louise Nicholls, head of human rights, food sustainability and food packaging at Marks & Spen...

Webinar – Mars, Kellogg and Campbell Soup on reducing GHGs in agriculture

Investors and shareholders, amongst other key stakeholders, are showing more and more interest in...

Weekly podcast: BT and Total on modern slavery procurement risks, and how to hit corporate carbon targets

This week: BT's head of governance and sustainability Tony Roy and Total's director of global pro...

How to extract easy-to-action insight from satellite data

Sarah Middlemiss, space programme manager at Ecometrica, talks with Ian Welsh about trends in how...

Weekly podcast: Bunge on traceability challenges in palm oil supply chains

This week: Ben Vreeburg, director, sustainability, at Bunge Loders Croklaan discusses how to achi...

BASF on why precision agriculture is the future

Geoff Mackey, corporate affairs and sustainability director, BASF, speaks with Ian Welsh about th...

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