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

Business and deforestation – are companies going to meet their supply chain commitments?

In this webinar, the findings from two new reports from Forest Trends’ Supply Change initiative a...

Forests, farming and food security – a frank discussion on how to engage Africa’s smallholders

They discuss how companies and their advisers, NGOs, local communities and all levels of governme...

How transparency has fostered innovation in palm oil supply chains

They discuss why transparency and trust have been crucial in the moves towards sustainable value ...

Radical transparency and genome editing in agricultural seed development

Join experts from Walmart, McDonald's, Syngenta, Unilever, PepsiCo, Monsanto and many more at Inn...

What are the sustainable agriculture trends that will scale?

The resulting impact on the environment is significant – but for long term food security, we need...

How innovative sustainable business tools track progress and measure impact

In this webinar, expert panellists offer different perspectives on how they use tools to manage i...

2016’s rollercoaster impacts on progressive business

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How to accelerate implementation of zero deforestation commitments

Debating what companies and their stakeholders can do are:Tom Bregman, project manager, Forest 50...

Is the new HCS approach a deforestation breakthrough?

Panel:Dr Simon Lord, group chief sustainability officer, Sime DarbyGrant Rosoman, forests campaig...

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