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

Weekly podcast: Ocado on the difficult choices around plastic packaging, and CottonConnect on supply chain resilience

This week: Suzanne Westlake, head of corporate responsibility and corporate affairs at Ocado, out...

Baroness Young on how to move from talk to action on modern slavery

Baroness Lola Young talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about her frustration at the lack of ...

Greenpeace’s business solutions to cut plastic waste

Louise Edge, European campaign coordinator at Greenpeace, discusses with Innovation Forum’s Toby ...

Dow on how to define materiality and drive strategy

Erica Ocampo, global sustainability strategy manager, Dow Chemical, talks with Innovation Forum’s...

Weekly podcast: how to measure business outcomes and impacts, and capacity building to eliminate modern slavery

This week: Toby Webb and Davd Westlake, CEO of the International Justice Mission debate how compa...

Why Mondelez takes a holistic approach to supply chain risks

Christine McGrath, chief well-being, sustainability, public and government affairs officer at Mon...

Weekly podcast: Coca-Cola on how to cut plastic waste and GAR on the future for rural communities

This week: Coca-Cola European Partners' Joe Franses on what Coke is doing to develop better plast...

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...

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 ...

Tackling global textile waste and moving to circular supply chains

Speaking to Innovation Forum’s Tanya Richard, Cyndi Rhoades, CEO of Worn Again Technologies, outl...

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...

Investment community engagement on modern slavery

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

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