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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Treaty or stalemate? The race to curb plastic pollution

This week: As negotiations for the global plastics treaty continue, Nestlé’s global public affairs lead for packaging and sustainability Jodie Roussell talks with Ian Welsh at the sustainable packaging innovation forum in Amsterdam. They discuss the political will, the regulatory stakes and why time is running short to reach a meaningful agreement. Plus: pushback against US rollback of climate-...

09 May 25

Why palm oil is about more than deforestation

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

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’...

Weekly podcast: why there’s been a transformation in corporate action on modern slavery

This week: Phil Bloomer, executive director of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, on ...

Webinar: what will a sustainable rural community look like in 2030?

Sustainable rural communities are critical to the sustained success of global agri-businesses. Af...

Deforestation: can we separate the food and fuel debates?

Speaking at the recent RSPO meeting in Paris, Mickael Blais from the French Alliance for Forest P...

Webinar: how brands can drive sustainable innovation in plastics and packaging

In this webinar, practitioners from Iceland Foods, Surfdome and CupClub take a pragmatic look at ...

Investor protocols to avoid funding modern slavery

Valentina Gurney, associate programme director, Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility and...

Weekly podcast: what to do about point-of-recruitment modern slavery risks

This week: some highlights from Innovation Forum’s recent webinar on what business needs to know ...

Palm oil’s complex impact on biodiversity

Erik Meijard, founder of Borneo Futures, discusses why the palm oil sector has such a bad reputat...

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