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

Less is more: collaborative efforts to tackle agricultural decarbonisation

This week: Anke Kwast, vice president for regenerative agriculture and climate frameworks at Yara...

Leveraging technology for carbon accounting in agriculture

Peter Bunce, vice president and head of cotton and microbials at Indigo Ag, talks with Innovation...

Monday briefing – Collaboration to drive progress on decarbonisation

This week: At the recent scope 3 innovation forum, Ian Welsh spoke with Katy Stevens from the Eur...

Tackling agricultural emissions and food loss

IFC’s senior industry specialist Ahmad Slaibi, and Tom Cumberlege, director at the Carbon Trust, ...

How to make tasty foods healthier

This week: Tate + Lyle's president of innovation and commercial development, Victoria Spadaro Gra...

Beneath the surface: how data and technology can drive carbon farming and resilience at farm-level (webinar audio recording)

On 20th June 2024, Innovation Forum hosted a free virtual event with Bayer Crop Science. We discu...

Navigating opportunities to deliver sustainable food systems

At Innovation Forum's future of food and beverage conference in Amsterdam, some of the expert par...

Monday briefing – What's the sustainable approach to cotton?

This week: CottonConnect's Alison Ward spoke with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh at the recent sust...

ofi’s sustainability strategy launch: making ‘Choices for Change’ in the global food system (webinar audio recording)

Increasing regulatory requirements are tasking food and beverage companies with more robust corpo...

Beneath the surface: how data and technology can drive carbon farming and resilience at farm-level (webinar recording)

On 20th June, Innovation Forum hosted a free virtual event with Bayer Crop Science. We discussed ...

Legislation to implementation: ESPR and digital product passports

This week: Debbie Shakespeare, senior director, sustainability and compliance at Avery Dennison t...

Circular plastics: challenges and opportunities ahead

Eastman's circular policy director, Christopher Layton, discusses current progress and trends in ...

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