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.

State of play – The State of the energy transition: are we on track or falling behind?

The energy transition has seen remarkable growth in renewables, yet fossil fuels still account for ~80% of the global energy mix. Progress is undeniable, but ambition ...

19 November 2025 - 10:00

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Coffee Landscapes Forum – 10 Years of Conservation International's Sustainable Coffee Challenge

Join Conservation International for the 10-year milestone of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, marking the transition from our community’s first decade of building par...

11 December 2025 - 15:00

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How can palm oil growers thrive amid climate and market risks?

This week: In Colombia, Cargill and Solidaridad are partnering to help smallholder palm oil growers build more sustainable and climate-resilient supply chains. Leticia Kawanami and Joel Brounen talk with Ian Welsh about how farmer-led action plans, shared investment, and collaborative data tools are driving measurable progress – and how these lessons can scale across Latin America.Plus: at the ...

30 Oct 25

Scaling factory impacts through partnerships and collaboration

In this Innovation Forum webinar, hear an expert panel outline some effective and current collabo...

Big data’s impact on corporate human rights risks

John Morrison, chief executive of the Institute for Human Rights and Business, talks to Innovatio...

Cargill: focus company resources where impact is greatest

Companies need to establish what relevant and challenging goals look like, set targets and then m...

How to connect people with business purpose

Gray argues that overall corporate strategy is becoming increasingly the core focus of employee e...

EICC’s new proactive cross-sector approach to forced labour

The new initiative is designed to facilitate cross-sector collaboration, exporting EICC’s due dil...

New principles to drive tech-based worker engagement

Companies don’t know what is going on in their supply chains on human rights and forced labour, a...

Apparel supply chains: why circularity is possible and will come

Eileen Fisher is already collecting previously worn clothing – some of which is then re-sold, som...

Clarks on the next steps for leather supply chain collaboration

As a byproduct the leather sector’s ability to leverage has traditionally been lessened and there...

The technology that will trace, track and monitor supply chains

There are many benefits of supplier mapping, but what are the key elements in an efficient mappin...

Get beyond tier 1 suppliers to engage with labour risks

Smith, analyst with Ecovadis, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about how companies are now...

Modern slavery – how corporate culture is evolving

A whole company approach to disclosure is necessary, and this requires new and innovative solutio...

How to be proactive on modern slavery migration risks

Lyon and Welsh discuss where companies can find information that helps them uncover where the mig...

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