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

The emerging role of business in building systemic resilience

The link between climate change and human health is clear. Now we need business to step up and de...

COPwatch7: draft agreement made in Scotland, but not from girders

In the latest update from the COP26 meetings in Glasgow from Ian Welsh, news of how the first dra...

COPwatch6: Obama’s the star, but is it too late?

The latest update from Glasgow on the COP26 meetings with Ian Welsh. As Barack Obama wows the cit...

COPwatch5: how to empower indigenous people to save the forests

In the latest daily update on the COP26 meetings in Glasgow, Ian Welsh reports from the three-day...

The climate health issues where business can make a difference

The key environmental issues related to climate change are clear. But what about the human side? ...

COPwatch4: it’s not easy going green

In the latest daily update from Ian Welsh on the COP26 meetings in Glasgow, news from energy day ...

COPwatch3: show me the money!

The latest daily podcast on the events at the COP26 meeting in Glasgow with Innovation Forum’s Ia...

How to ensure climate change is the focus of business standards

Scott Steedman, director general, standards, at BSI, explains to Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh why...

COPwatch2: $19bn deal to fight deforestation, and real movement on methane

In the latest daily podcast covering the COP26 meetings in Glasgow, Ian Welsh speaks to Mighty Ea...

COPwatch: let’s keep 1.5 alive!

The first daily podcast covering the COP26 meetings in Glasgow, with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh...

The rise and rise of the voluntary carbon markets

Stephen Donofrio, director of Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace project, and co-author of the ...

Regenerative agriculture’s $70bn potential for Africa

Cassandra Austen, senior economist at Vivid Economics, Joe Robertson, senior advisor for sustaina...

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