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

Sustainable commodities: is the landscape approach the future?

With 2020 fast approaching, companies are facing increasing pressure in cleaning up their supply ...

Plastic pollution: design products so they can be made again

Sara Wingstrand, new plastics economy research analyst from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, talks...

Why palm oil is about more than deforestation

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

Weekly podcast: Mondelez’s deforestation impacts in west Africa

This week: Christine McGrath from Mondelez International and Meghann Jones from Ipsos talk with I...

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...

How sanctions are nudging business on forced labour

Stephanie Brown Cripps global sanctions counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, talks with Ian W...

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...

Diageo's business case for social and environmental impact engagement

Harriet Howey, global sustainability reporting executive at Diageo, explains to Innovation Forum’...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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