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.

State of play – The State of the energy transition: are we on track or falling behind?

The energy transition has seen remarkable growth in renewables, yet fossil fuels still account for ~80% of the global energy mix. Progress is undeniable, but ambition ...

19 November 2025 - 10:00

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Coffee Landscapes Forum – 10 Years of Conservation International's Sustainable Coffee Challenge

Join Conservation International for the 10-year milestone of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, marking the transition from our community’s first decade of building par...

11 December 2025 - 15:00

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How can palm oil growers thrive amid climate and market risks?

This week: In Colombia, Cargill and Solidaridad are partnering to help smallholder palm oil growers build more sustainable and climate-resilient supply chains. Leticia Kawanami and Joel Brounen talk with Ian Welsh about how farmer-led action plans, shared investment, and collaborative data tools are driving measurable progress – and how these lessons can scale across Latin America.Plus: at the ...

30 Oct 25

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...

Ford’s route to electrifying commercial vehicles

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

Landscape level challenges for cocoa and coffee in Peru

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

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...

The road to COP26, and apparel’s upcycling opportunities

This week: Textile Exchange’s COO Claire Bergkamp on how to prepare for this year’s COP26 meeting...

Shining a spotlight: food sector still lacks progress on the ground

Five years on from the Behind the Brands campaign, Oxfam America’s Matt Hamilton talks with Ian W...

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