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.

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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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

Weekly podcast: how data tools can deliver supply chain transparency, and viscose supply chain deforestation risks

This week: Jamie Barsimantov from SupplyShift, Stefan Sabo-Walsh and Erin McVeigh from Verisk Map...

PepsiCo, Cargill and Proforest on the business-benefits of palm oil collaboration

Cargill's Marie Lavialle-Piot, PepsiCo's Natasha Schwarzbach and Proforest's Sophie Higman discus...

Weekly podcast: how to save lives in tropical commodity supply chains, and JLL on mapping modern slavery risks

This week: Jason Glaser, founder of La Isla Network, on how simple measures to allow farm workers...

Cargill on how business can protect smallholder suppliers

Kate Clancy, sustainability manager, cocoa, at Cargill, talks with Ian Welsh about how companies ...

Webinar – Actionable intelligence: combining data and tools to enhance supply chain visibility

In this webinar hear expert discussion on how companies can blend different data streams to proac...

Weekly podcast: Marks & Spencer on the future for packaging and food supply chains

This week: Louise Nicholls, head of human rights, food sustainability and food packaging at Marks...

Why the future for drinks packaging might be aluminium

Ramon Arratia, sustainability director, Ball Beverage Packaging Europe, discusses with Innovation...

ZSL on palm oil’s commitments versus activity gap

Michael Guindon, palm oil technical adviser with ZSL, talks with Ian Welsh about how the most rec...

Weekly podcast: how satellite data analysis can transform supply chains, and ETI, Coca-Cola and Walmart on point of recruitment risks

This week: Sarah Middlemiss from Ecometrica on the potential of satellite data analysis for commo...

How to link reporting to better decision-making

Eric Hespenheide, chair of the Global Reporting Initiative, discusses with Ian Welsh how the glob...

The challenges of creating organic wine in Bordeaux

Thomas Duroux, CEO and winemaker Chateau Palmer, an organic winery in the Bordeaux region of Fran...

Freshfields on brands’ evolving modern slavery supply chain risks

Michelle Bramley, global head of knowledge, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, talks with Ian Welsh ...

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