Can the future of chocolate be cocoa-free?

This week: Innovation Forum’s Bea Stevenson talks with Ahrum Pak, CEO and co-founder of WNWN Food Labs about the launch of first cocoa-free “chocolate” made from cereals and legumes. They discuss how the product has been developed and the potential implications for the chocolate industry of such alternative innovations.

Plus: ClientEarth activists sue Shell’s directors over climate strategy; plastic recycling rates still eclipsed by virgin plastic production says Minderoo Foundation research; and, new WWF biodiversity risk filter for corporate risk assessment, in the news digest.

And, Innovation Forum’s Catie Ball gives an update on the Sustainable Apparel Textiles USA conference on 21st-22nd June in New York City.

Host: Ian Welsh

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