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.

Product carbon footprinting: Advancing supplier engagement to scale decarbonization

As pressure mounts on net zero targets, product carbon footprinting (PCF) is a key emerging tool that can help companies understand and reduce the climate impact of th...

29 July 2025 - 14:00

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Recyclable, but not recycled: why labels don't equal action

This week: Julien Tremblin, European general manager at TerraCycle, talks with Ian Welsh about the hidden economic challenges behind sustainable packaging and why many "recyclable" items never get recycled. They discuss why lightweight designs and contamination render many materials worthless to recyclers, and how policy gaps perpetuate the cycle.Plus: younger shoppers push for greener packagin...

11 Jul 25

Rethinking organic cotton: engaging consumers with transparency

This week: Sarah Rosenkranz and Bettina Fafengut, from the product specialist team at testing and...

Forest 500: leaders and laggards in global deforestation action

Emma Thomson, Forest 500 and tracking lead at Global Canopy, talks with Ian Welsh about the lates...

Deforestation-free supply chains: Addressing 2025 target dates and future trajectories (webinar video recording)

2025 is a milestone year for corporate action on deforestation and ecosystem conversion. As compa...

Scaling circular packaging beyond the buzz

Diageo's global sustainability and innovation director Dave Lütkenhaus, talks with Ian Welsh abou...

Monday briefing – A temperature check on corporate 2025 deforestation-free targets

This week: Jeff Milder, director of the Accountability Framework Initiative (AFi) talks with Ian ...

Seeing the unseen: data, disruption and supply chain strategy

This week: Olivia Dobson, director of climate and resilience at Verisk Maplecroft, joins Ian Wels...

Integrating sustainability and finance: Lindex’s CSRD journey

Anna-Karin Dahlberg, chief sustainability officer at Lindex talks with Ian Welsh about how the Sw...

Nestlé income accelerator program: Annual Progress Report webinar

In 2022, Nestlé launched the “Income Accelerator Program”, an innovative family-centred approach ...

The global plastics treaty: are we getting warmer?

Jodie Roussell, global public affairs lead of packaging and sustainability at Nestlé and co-chair...

Why regenerative agriculture needs a farmer-centric reboot

This week: Simon Haldrup, co-founder and CEO of agri-tech company Agreena talks with Ian Welsh ab...

Weekly briefing – What beverage giants, beauty brands and chemical companies have in common

This week: Innovation Forum's Natasha Bodnar and Ian Welsh discuss the importance of a cross-indu...

Inside the sustainable packaging strategy of a beverage giant

This week: Dave Lütkenhaus, global sustainability and innovation director at Diageo, talks with I...

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