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: Why companies simply aren’t doing enough on deforestation

This week, Greenpeace forest campaigner Richard George debates with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb ...

There’s modern slavery in your supply chain: what next?

The reality is that most complex supply chains will have modern day slavery within their operatio...

Weekly podcast: Pirelli’s sustainable rubber policy and CottonConnect on apparel supply chains

In this week’s podcast Pirelli’s group sustainability officer Eleonora Pessina on why Pirelli is ...

How technology enables impact measurement in responsible supply chains

With examples of new technologies that companies can use to see results from their sustainability...

Weekly podcast: how Mars engages with complex supply chains

In this week’s podcast from Innovation Forum, Verisk Maplecroft’s Alex Channer on how to effectiv...

Weekly podcast: the future for gene-editing in sustainable agriculture

In the new Innovation Forum podcast this week: detailed discussion on gene-editing's role in deve...

New weekly podcast: John Gummer on modern slavery in public procurement

In Innovation Forum's new regular podcast this week hear from former UK environment secretary Joh...

How to speak to your suppliers’ suppliers on modern slavery

Richard Batten, global chief corporate responsibility officer at real estate services business JL...

Are audits just expensive pieces of fiction?

Hilary Thomson, director at TFT, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the use of audits ...

Sustainable agriculture: innovation to feed future generations

As the planet’s population increases, and natural resources are put under ever-more pressure, the...

Plastic packaging that really disappears in landfill and the oceans?

Robert Pocius from Tek Pak Solutions talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about how his compan...

Syngenta: better value chain partnerships will benefit smallholder farmers

Roberto Vega, Syngenta’s head smallholder policy and food chain relations, talks with Innovation ...

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