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

Human rights in the forest: How REDD+ projects strengthen human rights in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and local communities

To watch the recording as a video, click here.Successful REDD+ projects that protect forests and ...

From nature risk to resilience: rethinking corporate sustainability

This week: Deloitte's senior manager for sustainability, climate and equity, Nabarun Sengupta tal...

Human rights in the forest: How REDD+ projects strengthen human rights in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Successful REDD+ projects that protect forests and preserve biodiversity must work in partnership...

Delivering long-term farm resilience through agroforestry

In the first part of our farmer voice series, Wakinya Samuel, a smallholder coffee farmer from Bu...

How climate change is impacting women farmers

In part two of our farmer voice series, Innovation Forum's Bea Stevenson speaks with Deborah Osei...

Regenerative food systems in Africa: scaling solutions to empower smallholder farmers

Over the coming decades, smallholder farmers throughout Africa will play a pivotal role in suppor...

Monday briefing: a reality check on Paris progress

In this week's briefing, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about the upcoming E...

A coffee conundrum: the impact of EUDR

This week: IDH's regional director for Asia landscapes, Chi Tran, and senior programme manager fo...

How Cargill future-proofs food systems for good

Heather Tansey, vice president for environmental sustainability at Cargill, spoke with Innovation...

Monday briefing: doubling down on climate finance at the World Investment Forum

In this week's briefing, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about the World Inve...

Compliance, collaboration and chemical recycling: the future of plastics and packaging

This week: At Innovation Forum's recent future of plastics and packaging conference, Ian Welsh sp...

How to measure and track corporate emissions data

Saif Hameed, CEO of Altruistiq, talks with Ian Welsh about how companies can keep on top of data ...

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