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

How to make a landscape approach work for the entire value chain

This week: IDH’s Matthew Spencer, Proforest’s Ruth Nussbaum and Conservation International’s John...

Forest 500: little corporate progress on deforestation

Emma Thomson, Forest 500 lead at Global Canopy, talks with Ian Welsh about the recently launched ...

Calculating supply chain carbon: Is a standardised approach to soil carbon measurement possible?

Webinar recording is now available here.Through sequestration, soil plays a pivotal role in mitig...

How to avoid supply chain data overload

This week: Craig Mills, CEO of Vizzuality, talks about how data can best be presented so it is us...

The rise and rise of tree-based cellulosic textile fibres

Textile Exchange’s La Rhea Pepper, Claire Bergkamp and Megan Stoneburner talk with Ian Welsh abou...

Why carbon offsetting must be more than just moving the deckchairs

David Antonioli, CEO of standard setting body Verra, explains to Ian Welsh how carbon offsetting ...

Rubber supply chain innovation hits the road

This week: Karen Steer, manager at the Rainforest Alliance, and lead for the Accountability Frame...

Where landscape approaches are being applied successfully now

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

How will due diligence impact commodity supply chains?

This week: Ian Suwarganda, head of policy and partnerships, sustainability and communications at ...

Better Cotton’s 2030 impact-delivery strategy

Alan McClay, CEO of Better Cotton, talks with Toby Webb about the challenges faced delivering mar...

Innovation for more sustainable shopping baskets

Transforming the food system and overcoming the many environmental challenges it faces will requi...

Landscape and forest restoration: what works in practice?

At this conference session at Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable landscapes and commodities ev...

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