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.

A rancher’s take on the future of agriculture

This week: North Dakota rancher and UK Channel 5 TV personality Jay Doan joins Ian Welsh to share a frontline perspective on regenerative agriculture and farm resilience. Recorded at the recent Future of Food and Beverage conference in Minneapolis, they talk about why regenerative agriculture is far from a trend, it’s a decades-old practice rooted in resilience, land stewardship, and long-term ...

31 Jul 25

EICC’s new proactive cross-sector approach to forced labour

The new initiative is designed to facilitate cross-sector collaboration, exporting EICC’s due dil...

New principles to drive tech-based worker engagement

Companies don’t know what is going on in their supply chains on human rights and forced labour, a...

Clarks on the next steps for leather supply chain collaboration

As a byproduct the leather sector’s ability to leverage has traditionally been lessened and there...

Apparel supply chains: why circularity is possible and will come

Eileen Fisher is already collecting previously worn clothing – some of which is then re-sold, som...

The technology that will trace, track and monitor supply chains

There are many benefits of supplier mapping, but what are the key elements in an efficient mappin...

Get beyond tier 1 suppliers to engage with labour risks

Smith, analyst with Ecovadis, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about how companies are now...

How to be proactive on modern slavery migration risks

Lyon and Welsh discuss where companies can find information that helps them uncover where the mig...

Modern slavery – how corporate culture is evolving

A whole company approach to disclosure is necessary, and this requires new and innovative solutio...

Modern slavery – the move from reporting to fundamental corporate change

The changing legislative landscape has meant that companies are under pressure to be transparent ...

Could forced labour cost your company access to the US market?

The 2016 US Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act introduced restrictions on importation i...

Phil Bloomer: how to learn from leading companies on modern slavery

Bloomer points out that the content of the first 1,700+ modern slavery statements demonstrates th...

Why market access is essential for smallholders

Companies needs smallholder entrepreneurs to ensure supply security, and farming communities are ...

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