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

What genuine collaboration in delivering a living wage looks like

Tiffany Rogers, director of fair compensation and member engagement at the Fair Labor Association...

Can the future of chocolate be cocoa-free?

This week: Innovation Forum's Bea Stevenson talks with Ahrum Pak, CEO and co-founder of WNWN Food...

Collaboration to drive progress on farmer-focused food resilience

Michelle Grogg, vice president for corporate responsibility and sustainable development at Cargil...

The urgent need for better migrant worker protection

This week: Andrew Wallis, CEO of anti-slavery NGO Unseen, talks about the ongoing challenges for ...

Are there reasons to be cheerful about business progress on human rights?

Phil Bloomer, executive director of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, reflects with ...

How the apparel sector can deliver on living wage commitments

This week: Tiffany Rogers, director of fair compensation and member engagement at the Fair Labor ...

What the EU’s deforestation-free rules will mean for business

Anke Schulmeister-Oldenhove, WWF senior forest policy officer, UN policy office, talks with Innov...

How to build food sector supply resilience

This week: Cargill's vice-president for corporate responsibility and sustainable development, Mic...

Sustainable supply chains: Key trends for 2023

 Supply chain sustainability is a key corporate goal. In a fast-changing environment, much busine...

Collaboration to drive progress on deforestation for Indonesian palm oil

Bara Robyn, partnerships and development lead at Earthworm Indonesia, talks with Ian Welsh about ...

Sustainable supply chains: Key trends for 2023

Supply chain sustainability is a key corporate goal. In a fast-changing environment, much busines...

What business might get right on ethical trade in 2023

This week: Phil Bloomer, executive director of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, tal...

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