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.

Building credibility in sustainability storytelling: B2C brands and the consumer trust gap

As consumers pay closer attention to brands’ sustainability claims, the challenge is no longer solely what companies do, but how they explain it clearly and honestly.T...

22 January 2026 - 14:00

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Can we scale carbon projects without perfect data?

This week: Nathan Truitt, executive vice president of climate funding at the American Forest Foundation, talks with Ian Welsh about the evolving role of carbon finance in supporting US family forest owners, and the tension between credit quality and affordability. They discuss what it will take for carbon markets to earn broad credibility as the world moves toward net zero.Plus: Intel retreats ...

12 Dec 25

Highlights from the Sustainable Packaging Innovation Forum

A taster of what it's like to attend one of our Sustainable Packaging Innovation Forums, across E...

Monday briefing – Fashion’s circular future and verifying claims with geo AI

This week: Innovation Forum’s Niamh Campbell and Ian Welsh talk about some trends and hot topics ...

Treaty or stalemate? The race to curb plastic pollution

This week: As negotiations for the global plastics treaty continue, Nestlé’s global public affair...

Why leading businesses are treating sustainability as a financial strategy

Ellen McCormack, head of Europe at Watershed talks with Ian Welsh about how sustainability is mov...

How apparel brands can prepare for digital product passport compliance

This week: Tara St James from Moose Knuckles and Ian Welsh unpack how digital product passports a...

Climate accounting’s blind spot: why super pollutants demand a new metric

The Global Heat Reduction Initiative's Kiff Gallagher talks with Ian Welsh about 'Total Climate A...

Monday briefing – Lessons learned and what's next for sustainable apparel

This week: Niamh Campbell and Ian Welsh talk about what to expect at this year's sustainable appa...

Voices from the field: how US farmers are shaping sustainable farming

This week: Kevin Burkum, CEO of US Farmers and Ranchers in Action, and Michael Crinion, a South D...

System change: the state of sustainable plastics and packaging

Sebastian Munden, chair of the environmental NGO WRAP, talks with Ian Welsh about the potential f...

The ripple effects of challenges and tariffs for the apparel sector

Colin Brown, CEO of Cascale, talks with Ian Welsh about challenges and opportunities within the c...

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 com...

What does it take to make reuse viable at scale?

Unlike recycling, which retains only some material value, reuse systems preserve the full value o...

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