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.

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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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 March 2026 - 14:00

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Can we scale carbon projects without perfect data?

This week: Nathan Truitt, executive vice president of climate funding at the American Forest Foundation, talks with Ian Welsh about the evolving role of carbon finance in supporting US family forest owners, and the tension between credit quality and affordability. They discuss what it will take for carbon markets to earn broad credibility as the world moves toward net zero.Plus: Intel retreats ...

12 Dec 25

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...

Britvic’s sparkling net zero and packaging strategy

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

Palm oil’s evolving regulatory risks

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

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,...

Why traceability is not all good news for palm oil

This week: Palm oil company Musim Mas's director of sustainability Olivier Tichit, and assistant ...

Apparel companies’ role in overcoming barriers to circularity

At Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference Toby Webb was joined by ...

How to plot a realistic and robust route to net zero

This week: Krishna Manda, vice-president for corporate sustainability at textile sector fibre man...

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