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

Palm oil’s implementation versus commitments gap

Imperial College’s Josh Lyons-White discusses with Toby Webb a new study into barriers for palm o...

Weekly podcast: how to boost smallholder livelihoods, and modern slavery risk trends to watch

This week: IDH Indonesia’s Fitrian Ardiansyah speaks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb on how com...

The sprint to 2020: Partnerships in action to end commodity-driven deforestation.

In this webinar, in collaboration with TFA2020, an expert panel discuss examples of partnership i...

Mars: using science-based targets to reduce impacts

Ashley Allen, climate and land senior manager, Mars, talks with Toby Webb about the company’s str...

Weekly podcast: shadow companies in palm oil supply chains, and business’s social licence to operate

This week Aid Environment’s Tim Steinweg talks with Toby Webb about the work of Chain Reaction Re...

Cocoa sector’s joined up thinking in west Africa

Speaking in Accra, Ghana, the World Cocoa Foundation’s Ethan Budiansky and Innovation Forum’s Tob...

Supply chain data – why 100% standardisation doesn’t work

Supply Shift’s Jamie Barsimantov talks with Ian Welsh about trends in how companies are engaging ...

Anglo American: using targets to catalyse action

Jon Samuel, group head of social performance and engagement talks with Ian Welsh about AngloAmeri...

Fast fashion’s viscose deforestation impact

Nicole Rycroft, director, Canopy, outlines the links between the apparel sector and forest destru...

Has certification lost its way?

Nusa Urbancic, campaigns director, Changing Markets, debates the challenges for certification sch...

Weekly podcast: Novo Nordisk on why the SDGs are a tectonic shift for business

In this week’s podcast, Susanne Stormer, vice-president for sustainability at Novo Nordisk, talks...

How and why genome editing can transform agriculture

Joining Innovation Forum's Toby Webb are Jon Entine from the Genetic Literacy Project, Perry Hack...

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