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.

The climate-carbon conundrum for the soft commodities: what’s next for resilience?

Climate-related disruptions have stark financial implications for businesses. Last year alone, global climate-related economic losses reached a staggering $380bn, with...

4 September 2025 - 15:00

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The true cost of your cup of coffee

This week: Etelle Higgonnet, founder of CoffeeWatch talks with Ian Welsh about the environmental and human costs behind global coffee production. From deforestation and biodiversity loss to pesticide overuse and child labour, they explore how agroforestry, living wages and responsible corporate practices can transform the industry.Plus: UK supermarket Asda launches sustainable supply chain fina...

29 Aug 25

How EUDR compliance can create business value

In the second episode of Innovation Forum’s podcast series on corporate readiness for the EU Defo...

Monday briefing – Can business growth and emission cuts really go hand in hand?

This week: Kevin Rabinovitch, chief climate officer at Mars, talks with Ian Welsh about embedding...

A rancher’s take on the future of agriculture

This week: North Dakota rancher and UK Channel 5 TV personality Jay Doan joins Ian Welsh to share...

The economics of recycling: why some packaging gets left behind

Julien Tremblin, European general manager at TerraCycle talks with Ian Welsh about the challenges...

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 ...

Weekly briefing – How to ensure effective farmer data collection

This week: Nicole Cramer, Rainforest Alliance, talks with Ian Welsh about the challenges involved...

Testing trust: is your organic cotton really organic?

Sarah Rosenkranz and Bettina Fafengut from testing and certifiers Hohenstein Group talk with Ian ...

Tropical commodities running out of time? Resilience against the clock

This week: Barry Callebaut's head of net zero Tilmann Silber talks with Ian Welsh about how physi...

Monday briefing – The supply-demand challenges for critical minerals

This week: Innovation Forum’s Emilia Colman and Ian Welsh talk about innovation in the critical m...

Can circularity lead to more sustainable packaging?

In Amsterdam recently Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh spoke with Carolina Gregorio, sustainability p...

Why supply chain risks are now a C-suite challenge

Olivia Dobson, director, climate and resilience at Verisk Maplecroft, talks with Innovation Forum...

Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility: Strategies for local compliance and global consistency

To date, 7 US states have passed packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws, with more...

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