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 data gaps to compliance: the role of Geospatial AI in sustainability

Sustainability claims are facing increasing scrutiny, with rising costs, data uncertainty and growing pressure on businesses to provide verifiable proof of their effor...

22 May 2025 - 14:00

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Voices from the field: how US farmers are shaping sustainable farming

This week: Kevin Burkum, CEO of US Farmers and Ranchers in Action, and Michael Crinion, a South Dakota-based farmer and chair of USFRA, talk with Ian Welsh about the evolving challenges facing US agriculture. They explore how climate volatility, trade policies and supply chain pressures are reshaping farming, and why resilience, community and innovation are key to long-term success.Plus: Apple ...

24 Apr 25

The ‘knowing what to do with farm data’ cocoa sector challenge

At the recent Innovation Forum Future of Food conference, Nicko Debenham, vice president and head...

Packaging strategy in a less plastic world

This week: Nestlé’s Jodie Roussell, senior public affairs manager for packaging and sustainabilit...

Is climate positive food possible?

Daniel Baertschi, food and agriculture sector lead at Quantis, argues the case for developing a w...

The corporate challenges in tackling climate change at pace

This week: Myles McCarthy, director for implementation and e-mobility at the Carbon Trust, talks ...

Asking the unasked questions about smallholder farmer supply chains

Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb and Peter Stanbury talk about why entire value chains have to be sus...

Climate risks to worker health in commodity supply chains

New podcast: Epidemiologist Jason Glaser, CEO of La Isla Network, talks about the risks for any c...

How a community development approach can deliver for smallholder farmers

Eunice Oduro, project manager at anti-poverty NGO CARE, and Samuel Apana, Cargill’s cocoa sustain...

How to make the right food sector climate choices

This week: Daniel Baertschi, food and agriculture sector lead at Quantis, discusses how making th...

How to work with uncertified palm oil farmers

Samuel Avaala, general manager of Benso Oil Palm Plantation in Ghana, talks with Innovation Forum...

Challenges to the seafood sector from a changing climate

At Innovation Form’s recent Future of Food conference, Erin Priddle, northern Europe regional dir...

How natural climate solutions deliver effective GHG reductions

At the recent future for climate action conference, Marie-Pierre Bousquet Lecomte, science-based ...

Barry Callebaut and Cargill on how data drives value chain traceability

This week: Taco Terheijden, director, cocoa sustainability at Cargill, and Nicko Debenham, vice p...

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