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

A how-to guide for a deforestation-free palm oil supply chain

Goetz Martin, director for sustainability and strategic projects at Golden Agri-Resources, discus...

Nestlé's road to a collaborative net-zero strategy

This week: Owen Bethell, environmental impact lead, global public affairs, at Nestlé, talks about...

Why supplier relationships are key to achieving ambitious targets

Britvic’s supply chain director Nigel Paine talks with Ian Welsh about how the £2bn soft drinks b...

Is the revolution in plant-based diets a fixture?

Chiara Vitali, senior consultant at Robertsbridge, discusses with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh so...

Cargill’s commodity sourcing challenges in Brazil

This week: Renata Nogueira from Cargill discusses how to work with suppliers in Brazil to prevent...

Due diligence regulation – the risk of smallholder exclusion

Assistant professor of environmental policy at ETH Zürich Rachael Garrett and Musim Mas’s directo...

What bold social and environmental regulation implementation looks like

Environment and human rights expert Etelle Higonnet, formerly senior advisor at the National Wild...

How supply transparency drives competitive advantage

This week: Goetz Martin, director for sustainability and strategic projects at Golden Agri-Resour...

The engagement, governance and integration pillars for net zero success

Krishna Manda, vice-president for corporate sustainability at Lenzing, the textile sector fibre m...

Palm oil’s evolving regulatory risks

Ian Suwarganda, head of policy and partnerships at Golden Agri-Resources, talks with Ian Welsh ab...

Britvic’s sparkling net zero and packaging strategy

This week: Insight from soft drinks manufacturer Britvic’s supply chain director Nigel Paine into...

How to boost soil health and accurately measure the carbon benefits

At the recent online future of food conference, Anastasia Volkova, CEO of Regrow, Britt Lundgren,...

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