29 Oct 20 | Podcast
Commodity trader impacts in ‘hour-glass’ supply chains
Janina Grabs from ETH Zurich and Sophia Carodenuto from the University of Victoria discuss with I...
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
How apparel brands can prepare for digital product passport compliance
This week: Tara St James from Moose Knuckles and Ian Welsh unpack how digital product passports are reshaping supply chain transparency and compliance ahead of incoming EU regulations. They explore the challenges of supplier onboarding, data collection and engaging consumers with evolving sustainability tools. Plus: UK food sector urged to adopt AI; US secures Ukraine minerals access deal; B Co...
02 May 25
23 Oct 20 | Weekly podcast
Pandemic impacts on food sector forced labour risks
This week: The new food and beverage sector forced labour and human rights issues benchmark from ...
22 Oct 20 | Podcast
What are the business-led solutions for smallholder communities?
Peter Stanbury and Ian Welsh discuss some of the initial insights from Innovation Forum’s action ...
16 Oct 20 | Weekly podcast
The sustainable South American supply chains challenge
This week: Renata Nogueira, South America sustainability manager for Cargill, and Gonzalo La Cruz...
15 Oct 20 | Webinar
Webinar – Addressing gaps in sustainability: why fashion brands need more data
As apparel brands work to implement sustainability commitments across their supply chains, access...
15 Oct 20 | Podcast
Why engaging growers is an opportunity not a burden
Gotz Martin, head of sustainability implementation at Golden Agri-Resources, and Ian Welsh summar...
09 Oct 20 | Weekly podcast
How traders can be the facilitators for brand sustainability goals
This week: Janina Grabs from ETH Zurich and Sophia Carodenuto from the University of Victoria tal...
08 Oct 20 | Podcast
What drives children to work in agriculture?
Recorded during a Q+A session at Innovation Forum’s recent ethical trade and human rights confere...
01 Oct 20 | Webinar
Webinar – How to collect, collate and utilise on-farm data so the entire supply chain benefits
To ensure crop yields are optimised and inputs minimised, food brands and their suppliers need cl...
01 Oct 20 | Weekly podcast
Evolving buyer-grower supply chain relationships, and Fairtrade America on cocoa
This week: Some early pointers from Innovation Forum’s new smallholder farmer research group – in...
30 Sep 20 | Podcast
Why the world’s food supply chains remain resilient
Dave MacLennan, CEO of Cargill, talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about the evolution of su...
25 Sep 20 | Weekly podcast
Incentives for smallholders that help save forests
Golden Agri-Resources head of sustainability implementation Gotz Martin talks about finding solut...