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: Coca-Cola on how to cut plastic waste and GAR on the future for rural communities

This week: Coca-Cola European Partners' Joe Franses on what Coke is doing to develop better plast...

Microsoft and Hilton on sustainability’s business case and how to save $1bn

Daniella Foster, senior director for global corporate responsibility at Hilton, and Jennifer Mars...

Weekly podcast: modern slavery progress frustrations and business plastics trends

This week: Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, speaks with Innovation Forum founder Toby Webb ...

Tackling global textile waste and moving to circular supply chains

Speaking to Innovation Forum’s Tanya Richard, Cyndi Rhoades, CEO of Worn Again Technologies, outl...

Investment community engagement on modern slavery

Phil Bloomer, executive director of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, talks with Ian...

Weekly podcast: Greenpeace on plastics pollution and Dow on corporate materiality

This week: Louise Edge, European campaign coordinator at Greenpeace, talks to Toby Webb about som...

Sustainable commodities: is the landscape approach the future?

With 2020 fast approaching, companies are facing increasing pressure in cleaning up their supply ...

Weekly podcast: Mondelez’s deforestation impacts in west Africa

This week: Christine McGrath from Mondelez International and Meghann Jones from Ipsos talk with I...

Why palm oil is about more than deforestation

Anita Neville, Golden Agri-Resources’ vice-president of corporate communications and sustainabili...

Plastic pollution: design products so they can be made again

Sara Wingstrand, new plastics economy research analyst from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, talks...

Weekly podcast: why engaging the C-suite requires more than ‘greed and fear’

This week: Daniella Foster, senior director for global corporate responsibility, and Jennifer Mar...

How sanctions are nudging business on forced labour

Stephanie Brown Cripps global sanctions counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, talks with Ian W...

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