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

Weekly podcast: ZSL on palm oil sector progress, and why non-plastic packaging works for drinks

This week: Michael Guindon, palm oil specialist from the Zoological Society of London, gives his ...

Why the plastics debate needs to focus on avoiding waste

Felix Gummer, director, Sancroft, and Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh debate why brands are becoming...

Weekly podcast: Ocado on the difficult choices around plastic packaging, and CottonConnect on supply chain resilience

This week: Suzanne Westlake, head of corporate responsibility and corporate affairs at Ocado, out...

Baroness Young on how to move from talk to action on modern slavery

Baroness Lola Young talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about her frustration at the lack of ...

Greenpeace’s business solutions to cut plastic waste

Louise Edge, European campaign coordinator at Greenpeace, discusses with Innovation Forum’s Toby ...

Dow on how to define materiality and drive strategy

Erica Ocampo, global sustainability strategy manager, Dow Chemical, talks with Innovation Forum’s...

Weekly podcast: how to measure business outcomes and impacts, and capacity building to eliminate modern slavery

This week: Toby Webb and Davd Westlake, CEO of the International Justice Mission debate how compa...

Why Mondelez takes a holistic approach to supply chain risks

Christine McGrath, chief well-being, sustainability, public and government affairs officer at Mon...

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...

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