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

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...

Webinar: how can materiality drive sustainability reporting and strategy?

There are many factors that have lead to the increased awareness of environmental, social and gov...

How to go all in on corporate sustainability

David Grayson, emeritus professor of corporate responsibility, Cranfield University, speaks with ...

Weekly podcast: Diageo’s return from social and environmental investment

This week: Harriet Howey from Diageo talks to Ian Welsh about how the business tracks the impacts...

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