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.

State of play – The State of the energy transition: are we on track or falling behind?

The energy transition has seen remarkable growth in renewables, yet fossil fuels still account for ~80% of the global energy mix. Progress is undeniable, but ambition ...

19 November 2025 - 10:00

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Coffee Landscapes Forum – 10 Years of Conservation International's Sustainable Coffee Challenge

Join Conservation International for the 10-year milestone of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, marking the transition from our community’s first decade of building par...

11 December 2025 - 15:00

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How can palm oil growers thrive amid climate and market risks?

This week: In Colombia, Cargill and Solidaridad are partnering to help smallholder palm oil growers build more sustainable and climate-resilient supply chains. Leticia Kawanami and Joel Brounen talk with Ian Welsh about how farmer-led action plans, shared investment, and collaborative data tools are driving measurable progress – and how these lessons can scale across Latin America.Plus: at the ...

30 Oct 25

Why the future for drinks packaging might be aluminium

Ramon Arratia, sustainability director, Ball Beverage Packaging Europe, discusses with Innovation...

ZSL on palm oil’s commitments versus activity gap

Michael Guindon, palm oil technical adviser with ZSL, talks with Ian Welsh about how the most rec...

Weekly podcast: how satellite data analysis can transform supply chains, and ETI, Coca-Cola and Walmart on point of recruitment risks

This week: Sarah Middlemiss from Ecometrica on the potential of satellite data analysis for commo...

How to link reporting to better decision-making

Eric Hespenheide, chair of the Global Reporting Initiative, discusses with Ian Welsh how the glob...

The challenges of creating organic wine in Bordeaux

Thomas Duroux, CEO and winemaker Chateau Palmer, an organic winery in the Bordeaux region of Fran...

Freshfields on brands’ evolving modern slavery supply chain risks

Michelle Bramley, global head of knowledge, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, talks with Ian Welsh ...

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...

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...

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...

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