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.

From regulation to resilient value chains: The business case for due diligence after CSDDD simplification

Due diligence fatigue has long affected the apparel and textiles sector, with heavy administrative workloads and repeated supplier checks that often fail to identify r...

20 January 2026 - 11:00

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Building credibility in sustainability storytelling: B2C brands and the consumer trust gap

As consumers pay closer attention to brands’ sustainability claims, the challenge is no longer solely what companies do, but how they explain it clearly and honestly.T...

22 January 2026 - 14:00

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Bioscience for a resilient future

The world faces mounting pressure to accelerate sustainable innovation at the intersection of food, health and industrial production, but moving from scientific discov...

3 February 2026 - 15:00

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Building credibility in sustainability storytelling: How NGOs can strengthen trust through transparent communications

As expectations around sustainability communication continue to rise, NGOs are under increasing pressure to demonstrate impact, explain complexity and be open about li...

5 February 2026 - 14:00

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Leading the way for systems change: Helena Helmersson on making sustainability a core business imperative

Few leaders in the apparel and textiles industry bring as much hands-on experience across buying, production and CSR as Helena Helmersson did during her time at H&...

17 February 2026 - 10:00

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The credibility questions for scope 3 ag projects

This week: Athian Ag’s chief product officer, Kendra Tolley, talks with Ian Welsh about why demonstrable credibility is essential for agriculture scope 3 projects, and how better data, traceability and verification can strengthen confidence in value chain emissions reductions and reporting. Plus: agrifood outlook warns of continued volatility in soft commodity prices; new  questions about exten...

15 Jan 26

Building shared value: inside Dôen’s supplier partnership model

Kristine Kim, senior director of impact and responsible sourcing at Dôen, talks with Innovation F...

Monday briefing – EUDR and beyond: navigating risks, delays and opportunities

This week: Mark Gutierrez and Alex Udermann from the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition talk with Ia...

The $17bn challenge: building a better recycling system

This week: Keefe Harrison, chief executive of the Recycling Partnership, talks with Ian Welsh abo...

Deforestation-free leather: ambition or reality?

Fernando Bellese, senior director for beef and leather supply chains at WWF, talks with Ian Welsh...

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, ma...

Scaling coastal climate solutions: the potential for blue carbon in net-zero strategies – webinar audio recording

Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes – collectively known as blue c...

From beans to biodiversity: rethinking coffee’s hidden impacts

Etelle Higonnet, founder of Coffee Watch, talks with Ian Welsh about the big sustainability chall...

Who pays? Sharing the costs and risks of regenerative agriculture

This week: Sajeev Mohankumar, senior technical specialist at FAIRR Initiative, talks with Ian Wel...

Food, fashion, and farmers: Finding common ground on regenerative agriculture

While the principles of regenerative agriculture aren't new, it's increasingly emerging as the in...

Weekly briefing – The economic case for financing the future of critical minerals

This week: With the global race to secure sustainable critical mineral supply chains intensifying...

Scaling coastal climate solutions: the potential for blue carbon in net-zero strategies – webinar video recording

Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes – collectively known as blue c...

Blue carbon: the untapped potential of coastal ecosystems for climate action

A recent webinar with Terraformation, Salesforce, KindWorld Projects and Conservation Internation...

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