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

How and why genome editing can transform agriculture

Joining Innovation Forum's Toby Webb are Jon Entine from the Genetic Literacy Project, Perry Hack...

Why Mars thrives when its farmers thrive

Francesca New, global sustainability manager at Mars, explains to Ian Welsh how the company engag...

Weekly podcast: Novo Nordisk on why the SDGs are a tectonic shift for business

In this week’s podcast, Susanne Stormer, vice-president for sustainability at Novo Nordisk, talks...

Due diligence versus disclosure on human rights

Alexandra Channer from Verisk Maplecroft talks with Ian Welsh about how companies can make sense ...

Collaboration’s positive impact on apparel supply

At Innovation Forum’s sustainable apparel conference, Alison Ward, CEO CottonConnect, spoke with ...

Weekly podcast: how to focus business effort on modern slavery

Tim Gehring from the International Justice Mission gives insight to Ian Welsh into IJM’s work dev...

Weekly podcast: why audits don’t work, plus innovation in the cocoa supply chain

This week: World Cocoa Foundation director, environment, Ethan Budiansky talks with Innovation Fo...

What does sustainable soy farming look like?

Josiah McClellan, director of food markets issues and sustainability, United Soybean Board, talks...

What are the financial risks from deforestation?

Gabriel Thoumi, head of capital markets at Climate Advisers, outlines to Toby Webb the financial ...

Weekly podcast: science-based climate targets for Mars

This week, Mars’s climate and land senior manager Ashley Allen talks with Toby Webb about commitm...

Pirelli’s move towards more sustainable rubber

Eleonora Pessina, group sustainability officer, Pirelli talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb a...

Mighty Earth: might soy become the new palm oil?

Glenn Hurowitz from Mighty Earth explains to Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb why soy’s deforestation...

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