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.

From data gaps to compliance: the role of Geospatial AI in sustainability

Sustainability claims are facing increasing scrutiny, with rising costs, data uncertainty and growing pressure on businesses to provide verifiable proof of their effor...

22 May 2025 - 14:00

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Voices from the field: how US farmers are shaping sustainable farming

This week: Kevin Burkum, CEO of US Farmers and Ranchers in Action, and Michael Crinion, a South Dakota-based farmer and chair of USFRA, talk with Ian Welsh about the evolving challenges facing US agriculture. They explore how climate volatility, trade policies and supply chain pressures are reshaping farming, and why resilience, community and innovation are key to long-term success.Plus: Apple ...

24 Apr 25

Weekly podcast: modern slavery progress frustrations and business plastics trends

This week: Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, speaks with Innovation Forum founder Toby Webb ...

Microsoft and Hilton on sustainability’s business case and how to save $1bn

Daniella Foster, senior director for global corporate responsibility at Hilton, and Jennifer Mars...

Investment community engagement on modern slavery

Phil Bloomer, executive director of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, talks with Ian...

Weekly podcast: Greenpeace on plastics pollution and Dow on corporate materiality

This week: Louise Edge, European campaign coordinator at Greenpeace, talks to Toby Webb about som...

Sustainable commodities: is the landscape approach the future?

With 2020 fast approaching, companies are facing increasing pressure in cleaning up their supply ...

Why palm oil is about more than deforestation

Anita Neville, Golden Agri-Resources’ vice-president of corporate communications and sustainabili...

Weekly podcast: Mondelez’s deforestation impacts in west Africa

This week: Christine McGrath from Mondelez International and Meghann Jones from Ipsos talk with I...

Plastic pollution: design products so they can be made again

Sara Wingstrand, new plastics economy research analyst from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, talks...

Weekly podcast: why engaging the C-suite requires more than ‘greed and fear’

This week: Daniella Foster, senior director for global corporate responsibility, and Jennifer Mar...

Weekly podcast: designing plastics to be used again, and palm oil’s human stories

This week: Sara Wingstrand from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation on how better plastic product desi...

How sanctions are nudging business on forced labour

Stephanie Brown Cripps global sanctions counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, talks with Ian W...

Diageo's business case for social and environmental impact engagement

Harriet Howey, global sustainability reporting executive at Diageo, explains to Innovation Forum’...

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