Innovation Forum

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.

Upcoming webinars

Nestlé income accelerator program: Annual Progress Report

In 2022, Nestlé launched the “Income Accelerator Program”, an innovative family-centred approach aimed at closing the living income gap and reducing child labour risks...

25 June 2025 - 13:30

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Weekly podcast

Seeing the unseen: data, disruption and supply chain strategy

This week: Olivia Dobson, director of climate and resilience at Verisk Maplecroft, joins Ian Welsh to explore interconnected supply chain risks, the shift toward enterprise-level risk consideration, and emerging challenges around supply chain visibility. They examine how geopolitical uncertainties, regulatory compliance and data management are reshaping sourcing strategies. Plus: Ulla Hueppe, v...

12 Jun 25

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21 Mar 19 | Weekly podcast

Weekly podcast: Global Canopy on why palm oil, soy, cattle and timber supply chains look set to miss 2020 deforestation targets

This week: Global Canopy’s Sarah Rogerson, lead researcher on the just-launched 2018 Forest 500 r...

20 Mar 19 | Podcast

Bunge on why future palm oil supply chains should focus on value not just price

Ben Vreeburg, director, sustainability, at Bunge Loders Croklaan, speaks to Ian Welsh about trans...

19 Mar 19 | Webinar

Webinar – Impossible Foods, Barilla and Mondelēz on the consumer trends driving food innovation

Leading food companies are continually working on what they think will be the key food trends and...

14 Mar 19 | Webinar

Weekly podcast: Eileen Fisher on apparel sector business model innovation

This week: Amy Hall, vice-president social consciousness at apparel brand Eileen Fisher, on suppl...

13 Mar 19 | Podcast

How a landscape approach helps offsetting deliver

Jessica Verhagen, vice-president business development and strategy at Ecosphere+, talks with Ian ...

07 Mar 19 | Podcast

Marks & Spencer on evolving food packaging and giving consumers what they want

Louise Nicholls, head of human rights, food sustainability and food packaging at Marks & Spen...

07 Mar 19 | Weekly podcast

Weekly podcast: Ikea on the potential of circular economy business models

This week: Inter Ikea’s circular supply chain project leader Eleonora Tieri on how and why the fu...

06 Mar 19 | Webinar

Webinar – Mars, Kellogg and Campbell Soup on reducing GHGs in agriculture

Investors and shareholders, amongst other key stakeholders, are showing more and more interest in...

28 Feb 19 | Weekly podcast

Weekly podcast: BT and Total on modern slavery procurement risks, and how to hit corporate carbon targets

This week: BT's head of governance and sustainability Tony Roy and Total's director of global pro...

22 Feb 19 | Podcast

How to extract easy-to-action insight from satellite data

Sarah Middlemiss, space programme manager at Ecometrica, talks with Ian Welsh about trends in how...

21 Feb 19 | Weekly podcast

Weekly podcast: Bunge on traceability challenges in palm oil supply chains

This week: Ben Vreeburg, director, sustainability, at Bunge Loders Croklaan discusses how to achi...

20 Feb 19 | Podcast

BASF on why precision agriculture is the future

Geoff Mackey, corporate affairs and sustainability director, BASF, speaks with Ian Welsh about th...

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