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

How to unlock food sector efficiencies

This week: Sir Ian Boyd, professor of biology at the University of St Andrews, talks with Innovat...

Why business needs to accelerate climate adaptation, now

This week: Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, chair of the Carbon Trust and from the UK’s C...

Apparel’s supply chain data standardisation challenge

Antje Fehling, brand services manager for Europe at Bluesign talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian We...

Webinar – Incentives that work: how to implement supply chain natural climate solutions

To reach net zero by 2050, companies must deliver on tough scope 3 climate targets through innova...

Is apparel upcycling the quickest route to carbon neutrality?

Steven Bethell, founder of Bank & Vogue and Beyond Retro, talks with Ian Welsh about the mass...

Can forests solve apparel’s microplastics problem?

This week: Eduardo Rojas-Briales, forestry professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, a...

How producers can demonstrate the value of resilient practices

Anastasia Volkova, CEO of Regrow, outlines to Ian Welsh the benefits for farmers who can transpar...

Landscape level challenges for cocoa and coffee in Peru

This week: Representatives from Rainforest Alliance, agriculture commodities trader Ecom and fina...

Ford’s route to electrifying commercial vehicles

Jim Gawron, manager in the Ford commercial vehicle team, talks with Ian Welsh about how electrifi...

Will gene editing’s potential be realised in agriculture?

The Genetic Literacy Project’s Jon Entine and Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb talk about why gene ed...

Unintended risks tackling deforestation, and what a good supply chain tool looks like

This week: Antje Fehling from Bluesign on some techniques that help apparel companies really get ...

How to operationalise your approach to deforestation

National Wildlife Federation’s Simon Hall, senior manager for tropical forests and agriculture, t...

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