16 Sep 25 | Webinar
Streamlining standards: Cutting complexity to strengthen responsible critical minerals supply chains
Standards play a vital role in ensuring environmental stewardship, ethical sourcing, and market c...
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.
Science-based targets: How are corporates turning ambition into business value?
Science-based targets (SBTs) have become the gold standard for corporate climate ambition. Yet setting a target is only the first step. Businesses now face mounting pr...
21 October 2025 - 14:00
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
Unpacking Extended Producer Responsibility with Amcor’s David Clark
This week: David Clark, chief sustainability officer at packaging manufacturer Amcor, joins Ian Welsh to discuss the rise of extended producer responsibility (EPR) and how well-designed EPR systems can drive better packaging, fund recycling infrastructure, and accelerate the transition to circularity across global markets. Plus: New Zealand scales back its methane reduction targets; Silicon Val...
16 Oct 25
15 Sep 25 | Podcast
Weekly briefing – Beneath the surface: unlocking the climate potential of blue carbon ecosystems
This week: blue carbon ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass and salt marshes, can sequester car...
11 Sep 25 | Podcast
Might zero-waste flexible packaging be possible?
Vidhu Nagpal and Alex Abbott from SmartSolve Industries talk with Ian Welsh about why recycling r...
11 Sep 25 | Weekly podcast
Why supply chain resilience starts with purchasing practices
This week: From tariffs to COVID-19, recent shocks have shown that resilient supply chains rely o...
08 Sep 25 | Webinar
Insights from McDonald's: The role of quick service restaurants in scaling packaging sustainability
The conversation explored how McDonald's is approaching circularity, how regulations, infrastruct...
08 Sep 25 | Podcast
Monday briefing – Sink or swim: collaboration to tackle scope 3 emissions
This week: Henkel’s vice president for sustainability, Ulla Hueppe, spoke with Ian Welsh at the r...
05 Sep 25 | Weekly podcast
Could leather go deforestation free?
This week: WWF's senior director for beef and leather supply chains, Fernando Bellese, talks with...
04 Sep 25 | Webinar
Webinar recording: 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, gl...
03 Sep 25 | Podcast
From hard lessons to healthy soils: farmers helping farmers in Minnesota
Alex Udermann and Mark Gutierrez, farmers at the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, join Ian Welsh ...
03 Sep 25 | Webinar
INC5.2: Where do we go from here?
The Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty commissioned modelling showing that a plastic...
01 Sep 25 | Podcast
Monday briefing – Bridging the gap: data, regulation and farmer livelihoods
This week: Nicole Cramer from the Rainforest Alliance talks with Ian Welsh about how data collect...
29 Aug 25 | Weekly podcast
The true cost of your cup of coffee
This week: Etelle Higgonnet, founder of CoffeeWatch talks with Ian Welsh about the environmental ...