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.

Product carbon footprinting: Advancing supplier engagement to scale decarbonization

As pressure mounts on net zero targets, product carbon footprinting (PCF) is a key emerging tool that can help companies understand and reduce the climate impact of th...

29 July 2025 - 14:00

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Recyclable, but not recycled: why labels don't equal action

This week: Julien Tremblin, European general manager at TerraCycle, talks with Ian Welsh about the hidden economic challenges behind sustainable packaging and why many "recyclable" items never get recycled. They discuss why lightweight designs and contamination render many materials worthless to recyclers, and how policy gaps perpetuate the cycle.Plus: younger shoppers push for greener packagin...

11 Jul 25

EUDR unpacked #2: coffee and cocoa supply chains under the lens (audio recording)

This webinar examined the effects of the newly-proposed December 2025 and June 2026 deadlines, ho...

Monday briefing: What does best-in-class procurement strategy look like?

 This week, Innovation Forum’s Hannah Oborne and Ian Welsh reflect on some of the conversation in...

EUDR unpacked #2: coffee and cocoa supply chains under the lens (webinar recording)

This webinar examined the effects of the newly-proposed December 2025 and June 2026 deadlines, ho...

INC-5: what's next for the plastic treaty? (webinar audio recording)

In this webinar, experts from Nestlé and Planet Tracker unpack the challenges and opportunities a...

How legislation is shaping the future of human rights in business

Giles Bolton, executive director of the Ethical Trading Initiative, talks with Ian Welsh about th...

INC-5: what's next for the plastics treaty? (webinar video recording)

The rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution poses a significant global challenge, adverse...

The role of reuse and recycling in packaging strategy

This week: Tom Szaky, CEO of recycling innovators Terracycle, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian W...

Monday briefing – How to balance packaging innovation, regulation and commercial goals

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh and Hanna Halmari introduce the upcoming sustainable pack...

Deforestation regulation decoded: how to stay ahead of the curve

Alison Kopf, CEO of TRACT, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh at the recent sustainable comm...

Rethinking land use: collaboration to drive progress on climate resilience

This week: Tropical Forest Alliance's executive director Jack Hurd and Gustavo Idigoras, presiden...

Monday briefing – Transforming apparel supply chains, and tackling Scope 3 emissions

This week: Innovation Forum’s Niamh Campbell introduces the upcoming 2025 sustainable apparel and...

Transformative timelines: the evolution of corporate deforestation policies

This week: Scott Poynton, CEO and founder of A Different Way, and founder and former CEO of the T...

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