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 get beyond commodity silo thinking in a landscape

Ben Gunneberg, CEO of PEFC, talks with Ian Welsh about why it’s important for smallholder to be a...

Cargill’s Dave MacLennan on the dramatic evolution of sustainable business

This week: CEO of Cargill Dave MacLennan talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about key supply...

How smallholder farmer resilience drives market access and income

Alison Ward, chief executive of CottonConnect, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about why ...

Why focus on best practice is the route to market access for farmers

This week: Ben Gunneberg, CEO of PEFC, on how taking a landscape approach to cooperation can bene...

Can we feed the world while saving the planet?

Mariko Thorbecke, senior sustainability consultant and food sector lead at Quantis, discusses wit...

Smallholder farm living incomes, and Atlantic plastic pollution crisis

This week: Yuca Waarts from Wageningen University on the business interventions that can really h...

What a context-based approach means for corporate water targets

Cargill’s global water lead Truke Smoor explains to Ian Welsh how the company established its new...

How smallholder farmers can develop financial resilience and new market linkages

This week: Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, on challenges for smallholder farmers emerging from...

Why better data is the key to regenerative agriculture

Franco Costantini, managing director Control Union UK, talks with Ian Welsh about why a shift to ...

Cargill’s context-based water targets, and natural climate agriculture solutions

This week: Cargill’s Truke Smoor explains the motivation and science behind the company’s newly a...

Keep training relevant to engage suppliers

Sarah Carpenter, manager for business and human rights at Assent Compliance, explains to Ian Wels...

What is the potential for regenerative farming?

This week: Franco Costantini, managing director of Control Union UK, on the growth of regenerativ...

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