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.

Coffee Landscapes Forum – 10 Years of Conservation International's Sustainable Coffee Challenge

Join Conservation International for the 10-year milestone of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, marking the transition from our community’s first decade of building par...

11 December 2025 - 15:00

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Building credibility in sustainability storytelling: B2C brands and the consumer trust gap

As consumers pay closer attention to brands’ sustainability claims, the challenge is no longer solely what companies do, but how they explain it clearly and honestly.T...

22 January 2026 - 14:00

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What real support for regenerative farming can look like

This week: Danone’s senior manager of mission and sustainability, Ginny Maceda, talks with Ian Welsh about how the company is scaling regenerative agriculture through long-term, direct relationships with dairy farmers. She outlines why trust-based collaboration, flexible incentives, and farmer-led improvement plans are central to achieving both environmental and commercial outcomes. Plus: Carls...

05 Dec 25

Granular on-farm data: the key to measuring and reducing agricultural emissions?

This week: Ian Welsh speaks with Niklas Wallsargård, CEO of agri-sector business Improvin’, about...

Driving sustainable development and conservation through transformative partnerships

Recognising the vital link between environmental conservation and human well-being, the U.S. Agen...

How leading brands make packaging material choices: weighing pros, cons, and unintended consequences

In this webinar, we discussed how brands make packaging decisions, balancing cost, performance, a...

Monday briefing — How to understand your land footprint, manage risk and create positive impact

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh and Emily Heslop talk about what to expect at the sustain...

Alternative proteins: from olive waste to insect protein

This week: in the first in story of a startup series, alternative protein business InsectBiotech’...

Digitising agriculture: innovation through science with Agmatix

In this episode of the Innovation Forum podcast, host Ian Welsh speaks with Jonathan Sullivan, vi...

Monday briefing – What’s driving sustainable packaging challenges and opportunities?

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh and Hanna Halmari share latest updates on the upcoming su...

Adaptation to Regulation: a test of corporate resilience under incoming EUDR, CS3D and CSRD regulation – Audio recording

Click here to watch the video recordingIn this webinar, we discussed the evolving regulatory envi...

How ofi plans to make the right choices for agricultural change

This week: Roel van Poppel and Christopher Stewart from food ingredients supplier ofi talk with I...

Rethinking textiles: strategies for effective decarbonisation

Krishna Manda, vice president of sustainability at sustainable cellulose textiles manufacturer Le...

Monday briefing – EUDR clock is ticking: the need for collaboration, alignment and clarity

This week: Innovation Forum’s Emily Heslop and Ian Welsh share the latest updates on the upcoming...

Adaptation to Regulation: a test of corporate resilience under incoming EUDR, CS3D and CSRD regulation – Video recording

Click here to listen to the recording as a podcastIn this webinar, we discussed the evolving regu...

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