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

SourceUp: connecting landscapes with their markets and buyers

IDH’s Matthew Spencer, Proforest’s Ruth Nussbaum and Conservation International’s John Buchanan t...

Is business moving to a ‘just in case’ approach to supply chains?

This week: David Grayson, campaigner and former director of the Doughty Centre at Cranfield Schoo...

Cocoa child labour – how cash transfer schemes can help

Megan Passey, head of knowledge and learning at the International Cocoa Initiative, talks with Ia...

Nestlé’s plan to tackle cocoa child labour

Toby Webb and Peter Stanbury reflect on Nestlé’s new strategy for the cocoa sector, with the ambi...

How to identify human rights risks in production landscapes

This week: José Luis López, palm oil and biodiversity programme manager at Solidaridad, and Mario...

How the apparel sector can cut 45% emissions by 2030

Textile Exchange’s COO Claire Bergkamp and director of Climate+ strategy Beth Jenson talk with Ia...

Due diligence opportunities from new EU directive

This week: Salla Saastamoinen, director for civil and commercial justice, DG Justice and Consumer...

Effective landscape approaches unpacked – ISEAL’s practical step-by-step guidance

Leony Aurora, landscapes and partnership lead at the Tropical Forest Alliance, and Patrick Mallet...

The unintended consequences of due diligence for palm oil

Ian Suwarganda, Golden Agri-Resources’ head of policy and partnerships, sustainability and commun...

What does ‘transformational change’ mean in practice for commodity landscapes?

In this session, recorded at Innovation Forum’s sustainable landscapes and commodities conference...

Why supply chain due diligence needs better data

This week: Niels Wielaard, founder of Satelligence, talks about how financial institutions are ra...

Is a standardised approach to soil carbon measurement possible?

Through sequestration, soil plays a pivotal role in mitigating climate change. Improved agricultu...

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