27 Aug 20 | Weekly podcast
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...
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
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
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
20 Aug 20 | Weekly podcast
Smallholder farm living incomes, and Atlantic plastic pollution crisis
This week: Yuca Waarts from Wageningen University on the business interventions that can really h...
20 Aug 20 | Podcast
Can we feed the world while saving the planet?
Mariko Thorbecke, senior sustainability consultant and food sector lead at Quantis, discusses wit...
19 Aug 20 | Podcast
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...
14 Aug 20 | Weekly podcast
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...
13 Aug 20 | Podcast
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 ...
23 Jul 20 | Weekly podcast
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...
22 Jul 20 | Podcast
Keep training relevant to engage suppliers
Sarah Carpenter, manager for business and human rights at Assent Compliance, explains to Ian Wels...
17 Jul 20 | Weekly podcast
What is the potential for regenerative farming?
This week: Franco Costantini, managing director of Control Union UK, on the growth of regenerativ...
16 Jul 20 | Podcast
Is market intervention necessary for the cocoa sector long-term?
Stephanie Westhelle, development manager for sustainability and partnerships at Fairtrade America...
10 Jul 20 | Podcast
Why food sector climate action requires better understanding
Ryan Lynch, practice director, sustainability, at BSI talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh abo...
10 Jul 20 | Weekly podcast
How to get to grips with supplier human rights training
This week: Sarah Carpenter, manager for business and human rights at Assent Compliance, on how to...