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.

Deforestation-free supply chains: Addressing 2025 target dates and future trajectories

2025 is a milestone year for corporate action on deforestation and ecosystem conversion. As companies with agricultural and forestry supply chains approach 2025 target...

17 June 2025 - 15:00

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Nestlé income accelerator program: Annual Progress Report

In 2022, Nestlé launched the “Income Accelerator Program”, an innovative family-centred approach aimed at closing the living income gap and reducing child labour risks...

25 June 2025 - 13:30

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Seeing the unseen: data, disruption and supply chain strategy

This week: Olivia Dobson, director of climate and resilience at Verisk Maplecroft, joins Ian Welsh to explore interconnected supply chain risks, the shift toward enterprise-level risk consideration, and emerging challenges around supply chain visibility. They examine how geopolitical uncertainties, regulatory compliance and data management are reshaping sourcing strategies. Plus: Ulla Hueppe, v...

12 Jun 25

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...

The power of data in food supply chains

 Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh speaks with Anne Rosenbarger, global engagement manager for supply ...

Monday briefing – Ready, target, action: business progress in tackling scope 3 emissions

This week: Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh talks with Hannah Oborne about what to expect at this yea...

Agriculture’s just transition from emissions to efficiency

At the recent Scope 3 Innovation Forum in Amsterdam, Anke Kwast, vice-president for regenerative ...

Sustainable plastics and packaging in the US: trends, innovations, regulations

This week: Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh talks with packaging and waste expert John Kotlarczyk abo...

Monday briefing – Incentivising change for farmers with the US COVER Act

This week: Arohi Sharma, deputy director for regenerative agriculture at Natural Resources Defens...

Achieving functionality and recyclability in packaging design

This week: Natalie Betts, assistant vice president for sustainability at the Recycled Materials A...

Nutritious, affordable, sustainable: redefining ultra-processed foods

Tate + Lyle’s president of innovation and commercial development, Victoria Spadaro Grant, talks w...

Monday briefing – What regenerative poultry farming looks like

This week: Reginaldo Marroquin, CEO of Tree Range Farms, talked with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh...

The power of data in food and farming

This week: Allison Kopf from TRACT and Anne Rosenbarger from World Resources Institute speak with...

How can digital product passports empower consumers?

Debbie Shakespeare, senior director of sustainability and compliance at Avery Dennison, talks wit...

Monday briefing – Scope 3 emissions: what can procurement do?

This week: Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh interviews Bertrand Conquéret, Henkel's chief procurement...

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Scope 3 and climate
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