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

Renewable energy’s human rights risks

Jessie Cato from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre talks about the latest tracker fol...

Deforestation commitments without implementation in palm oil

ZSL’s Eleanor Spencer and Ian Welsh talk about the latest SPOTT survey into transparency and stre...

How the US will regain climate leadership

Nathalie Walker, director for tropical forests and agriculture at the National Wildlife Federatio...

Why financial institutions have $2.7tn of exposure to deforestation

This week: Global Canopy’s Sarah Rogerson and Emma Thomson discuss the latest Forest 500 report, ...

How to align palm oil value chains

Ying Xuen Hoe, project manager, Proforest Southeast Asia, Rashyid Redza bin Anwarudin, head, grou...

How better visibility can help de-commoditise supply chains

Niels Wielaard founder and CEO of Satelligence talks with Ian Welsh about initiatives that are de...

Scaling-up finance for sustainable agriculture

Victoria Crawford, manager of the Investment Partnership Network at Just Rural Transition, and fr...

What action is necessary for resilient smallholder supply chains?

Peter Stanbury, senior associate at Innovation Forum, talks with Ian Welsh about new research int...

2020 targets missed, so what now for palm oil?

This week: Eleanor Spencer, palm oil specialist at ZSL, on the latest SPOTT survey assessment on ...

Can beef be sustainable?

David Horlock, managing director for global food and retail supply chains at BSI talks with Ian W...

Will a due diligence approach impact deforestation?

This week: Nathalie Walker, director for tropical forests and agriculture at the National Wildlif...

How to build a resilient production landscape

Marianne Marinet, programmes director for the Earthworm Foundation, Emily Kunen, global responsib...

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