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

Why business should be more proactive on modern slavery

Andrew Wallis, CEO, Unseen, discusses with Ian Welsh how slavery and forced labour risks are evol...

Weekly podcast: BASF on innovation in precision agriculture, and how to engage on science-based targets

This week: Geoff Mackay, sustainability director at BASF, on how innovation in precision agricult...

GM’s zero-emissions transport ambition

David Tulauskas, director of sustainability at General Motors, talks with Ian Welsh about how GM ...

Ocado on how to evolve plastic packaging business models

Suzanne Westlake, head of corporate responsibility and corporate affairs at Ocado, talks with Inn...

Cotton Connect on how gender empowerment strengthens supply chains

Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, talks with Ian Welsh about why developing better life skills i...

Weekly podcast: Cargill, PepsiCo and Proforest on landscape-level palm oil supply chain collaboration

This week: insight from Cargill's Marie Lavialle-Piot, PepsiCo's Natasha Schwarzbach and Profores...

Business-led behaviour change on plastic packaging

Andy Napthine, group marketing controller at UK food producer Cranswick, and Nick Green from Veri...

The importance of soil health for sustainable wine

Anna Chilton, from agricultural producer, Camellia, owner of the Linton Park winery in South Afri...

Do companies even want to know what’s material to them?

Joe Arvai, professor of social enterprise and director of the Erb Institute, and Ian Welsh debate...

Weekly podcast: Cargill on more-sustainable smallholder suppliers, and Freshfields on evolving modern slavery legal risks

This week Kate Clancy, sustainability manager, cocoa and chocolate, at Cargill discusses what bus...

Developing capacity for justice systems around the world

David Westlake, CEO, International Justice Mission, talks with Innovation Forum founder Toby Webb...

Weekly podcast: ZSL on palm oil sector progress, and why non-plastic packaging works for drinks

This week: Michael Guindon, palm oil specialist from the Zoological Society of London, gives his ...

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