21 Aug 25 | Webinar
Webinar recording: What’s the role of food retailers in enabling packaging sustainability?
Food retailers sit at the intersection of supply chain and consumer choice. They are uniquely pos...
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.
State of play – The state of the energy transition: are we on track or falling behind?
The energy transition has seen remarkable growth in renewables, yet fossil fuels still account for ~80% of the global energy mix. Progress is undeniable, but ambition ...
19 November 2025 - 10:00
Financing the energy transition: trends, risks, and investor appetite
Financing remains one of the greatest barriers to scaling the energy transition. As global capital seeks stable, long-term returns, the challenge is to create financia...
25 November 2025 - 10:00
Building credibility in sustainability storytelling: How B2B companies are strengthening trust through transparent communication
As companies set increasingly ambitious sustainability targets, the challenge is no longer just what to achieve, but how to communicate progress credibly and consisten...
25 November 2025 - 15:00
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
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
Can microbes make the food system more sustainable?
This week: Cargill's vice president of global core research and development, Cordell Hardy, talks with Ian Welsh about how fermentation can reshape food production. From zero-calorie sweeteners to plant-based materials and localised protein sources, they discuss how microbes are being used as miniature manufacturing plants. Plus: cocoa shortages drive rise in chocolate alternatives; luxury bran...
13 Nov 25
21 Aug 25 | Podcast
Reality check: securing cocoa supply through innovation
At the recent scope 3 innovation forum in Amsterdam, Tilmann Silber, head of net zero at Barry Ca...
21 Aug 25 | Weekly podcast
How can apparel build real resilience in the face of climate risk?
This week: Beth Jensen, chief impact officer at Textile Exchange talks with Innovation Forum's Ta...
20 Aug 25 | Webinar
Scaling coastal climate solutions: the potential for blue carbon in net-zero strategies
Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes – collectively known as blue c...
19 Aug 25 | Webinar
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...
18 Aug 25 | Podcast
Monday briefing – Decarbonising critical minerals: tackling energy, access and market volatility
In this briefing, a snippet from the recent critical minerals webinar with World Resources Instit...
15 Aug 25 | Podcast
Circular fashion: decoupling growth from new garment production
At the recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference in New York, Ellen MacArthur Foundation...
14 Aug 25 | Weekly podcast
Dissolving the problem: zero-waste solutions for flexible packaging
This week: Vidhu Nagpal, director for flexible packaging, and Alex Abbott, chief revenue officer ...
12 Aug 25 | Podcast
Weekly briefing – The packaging and packaging waste directive: what it means for your business
This week: Davide Braghiroli, director for packaging sustainability solutions at Tetra Pak, talks...
08 Aug 25 | Weekly podcast
Why healthy soils mean greater crop yields
This week: Alex Udermann and Mark Gutierrez, farmers from the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, ta...
07 Aug 25 | Podcast
How EUDR compliance can create business value
In the second episode of Innovation Forum’s podcast series on corporate readiness for the EU Defo...
04 Aug 25 | Podcast
Monday briefing – Can business growth and emission cuts really go hand in hand?
This week: Kevin Rabinovitch, chief climate officer at Mars, talks with Ian Welsh about embedding...