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.

Why healthy soils mean greater crop yields

This week: Alex Udermann and Mark Gutierrez, farmers from the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, talk with Ian Welsh about how working on improving soil health improves productivity and farm profitability. They share insights on how healthier soils build resilience and cut inputs. And, carbon markets expert and former CEO of Verra, David Antonioli reflects on the evolving role of the markets at t...

08 Aug 25

ETI's Philip Chamberlain on the state of ethical trade

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Will workers win from the Trans-Pacific Partnership?

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) mega trade deal, now approved by 12 Pacific-rim countries, wi...

Managing expectations in Africa’s forests *

When very different worlds collide, some discordance should probably be expected. This is what Go...

TFT's Scott Poynton on certification

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Breaking palm oil’s deforestation link

Sime Darby is the largest producer of certified sustainable palm oil. But how would you describe ...

Millennials demand sustainability. Really?

Are so-called millennials – the demographic cohort born from around 1980 up to 2000 – more sustai...

The thoughtful route to circularity

First the easy part: the concept of the circular economy is now well understood. Its basic princi...

Progress in the forests for APP

In October 2014, when Scott Poynton of TFT, Simon Lord of New Britain Palm Oil and I got together...

Talking to farmers about cotton sustainability

Alison Ward outlines her views on how to manage cotton sustainability with farmers, consumers and...

The business case for sustainable cotton

Alison Ward discusses how CottonConnect, with its mission as a social enterprise, is engaging all...

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