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.

From data gaps to compliance: the role of Geospatial AI in sustainability

Sustainability claims are facing increasing scrutiny, with rising costs, data uncertainty and growing pressure on businesses to provide verifiable proof of their effor...

22 May 2025 - 14:00

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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 Dakota-based farmer and chair of USFRA, talk with Ian Welsh about the evolving challenges facing US agriculture. They explore how climate volatility, trade policies and supply chain pressures are reshaping farming, and why resilience, community and innovation are key to long-term success.Plus: Apple ...

24 Apr 25

What’s stopping apparel brands to decarbonise?

This week: Krishna Manda, vice president of sustainable cellulose textiles manufacturer Lenzing, ...

What effective stakeholder engagement looks like

Innovation Forum’s Tanya Richard and Ian Welsh talk about best practices to engage with stakehold...

What's wrong with reuse?

When it comes to reuse and refill, we hear a lot more about pilots than we do about scale. So, wh...

How to unlock agricultural finance

This week: Laura Satkowski, senior product manager at CIBO Technologies, talks with Innovation Fo...

Satellite to soil: the power of remote sensing in agriculture

Indigo Ag’s senior director of remote sensing and data inference, Nick Malizia, talks with Innova...

Monday briefing – Navigating packaging challenges: evolving regulations, reuse systems and more

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh talks with Sarah Jackson about some of the pressing issue...

Landscape approaches in action: aligning stakeholders for sustainable land use

This week: IDH’s global director of landscapes Matthew Spencer talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby...

Breaking down sustainable packaging trends

Ian Welsh talks with John Kotlarczyk, a waste management expert, about the evolving landscape of ...

Monday briefing — Are we ready to be EUDR compliant?

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh talks with Emily Heslop about the latest updates for this...

How corporate comms can be authentic and transparent

Innovation Forum’s Tanya Richard and Ian Welsh talk about what organisations can do to engage dif...

What’s the role of recycling in sustainable packaging?

Ian Welsh talks with Natalie Betts, assistant vice president for sustainability at the Recycled M...

Agriculture from above: remote sensing's role in farming

This week: Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh spoke with Nicholas Malizia, senior director of remote se...

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