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

Apparel sector’s ‘massive’ forced labour policy-practice gap

Felicitas Weber from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre talks with Innovation Forum’s ...

Solving the traceability challenges for uncertified palm oil

This week: Samuel Avaala from Benso Oil Palm Plantation in Ghana, talks about how to work with su...

Sir Ian Boyd on food sector efficiency challenges on the road to COP26

Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb talks with Sir Ian Boyd, professor of biology at the University of S...

How partnership empowers Ghana’s cocoa growers

This week: Eunice Oduro, project manager at anti-poverty NGO CARE in Ghana and Samuel Apana, Carg...

Webinar – Nestlé's 10 years of sustainability in action: towards a forest positive future

In 2010 Nestlé made a commitment to end deforestation in its supply chain. In this webinar, hear ...

CCC’s Julia King on business adaptation for climate change

At Innovation Forum’s recent future for climate action conference, Julia King, Baroness Brown of ...

Seafood sector climate change impacts, and apparel sector forced labour risks

This week: Expert insight from Cargill’s Dave Robb, Thai Union’s Tracy Cambridge, the Marine Stew...

Why responsible forests mean supply chain clarity

Pina Gervassi, FSC’s climate director, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the benefits...

Why natural climate solutions are about much more than just planting trees

Danone’s Marie-Pierre Bousquet Lecomte, Nestlé’s Conor McMahon, Cargill’s Robert Horster, and Eve...

How to align targets in a coffee and cocoa landscape

Patricia Quijandría, director for the tropical Andes at Rainforest Alliance is joined by project ...

Regenerative forestry’s role in cutting fossil fuel plastics

Eduardo Rojas-Briales, forestry professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, and a board ...

Textile Exchange on COP26 apparel sector policy impacts

At Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference, Textile Exchange COO Cl...

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