13 May 22 | Podcast
The human rights risks embedded in your daily cuppa
Ethical Tea Partnership chief executive Jenny Costelloe talks with Ian Welsh about how environmen...
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
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
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
13 May 22 | Podcast
Why due diligence may lead to a ‘wave of litigation’
The potential impacts of due diligence legislation in various jurisdictions are discussed by Fres...
06 May 22 | Weekly podcast
Innovative solutions to the ‘crisis of stuff’
This week: Steven Bethell, co-founder of Bank+Vogue and Beyond Retro, talks about the growth of c...
05 May 22 | Podcast
Has business really shifted from the why to the how on sustainability?
Prof David Grayson, campaigner and former director of the Doughty Centre at Cranfield School of M...
29 Apr 22 | Weekly podcast
Why a zero-tolerance approach to worker recruitment fees is essential
This week: David Pettet, global human rights and sustainable supply chain director at Reckitt, ta...
29 Apr 22 | Podcast
LandScale: tackling landscape level challenges in Guatemala
Mario Rafael Rodriguez, senior associate for LandScale at the Rainforest Alliance, and José Luis ...
28 Apr 22 | Podcast
What EU corporate due diligence rules will actually mean for business
Innovation Forum’s Bea Stevenson talks with Salla Saastamoinen, director for civil and commercial...
22 Apr 22 | Weekly podcast
Tea sector’s blend of supply chain challenges
This week: Jenny Costelloe, chief executive of the Ethical Tea Partnership, discusses how the sec...
21 Apr 22 | Podcast
Does a focus on the facts lead to acceptance of gene editing?
Innovation Forum founder Toby Webb talks with Jon Entine, director of the Genetic Literacy Projec...
21 Apr 22 | Podcast
Why there is no such thing as perfect company data
Craig Mills, CEO of Vizzuality, talks with Ian Welsh about how companies are changing the process...
14 Apr 22 | Weekly podcast
The environmental and human rights legal risks business needs to know about
This week: Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer’s Elizabeth Forster and Innovation Forum’s Bea Stevenson...
13 Apr 22 | Podcast
Why companies must continue to source from ‘high-risk’ countries
Niels Wielaard, founder of Satelligence, and Ian Welsh, talk about traceability-to-plantation inn...