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.

Why healthy soils mean greater crop yields

This week: Alex Udermann and Mark Gutierrez, farmers from the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, talk with Ian Welsh about how working on improving soil health improves productivity and farm profitability. They share insights on how healthier soils build resilience and cut inputs. And, carbon markets expert and former CEO of Verra, David Antonioli reflects on the evolving role of the markets at t...

08 Aug 25

Olam’s low-impact development challenges in Africa

Stewart outlines how Olam has responded to activist criticisms, why the company has agreed to a m...

IFC pushes for smallholder professionalism

These challenges are a major constraint to growth of the agriculture sector, and impact security ...

Business and deforestation – are companies going to meet their supply chain commitments?

In this webinar, the findings from two new reports from Forest Trends’ Supply Change initiative a...

How transparency has fostered innovation in palm oil supply chains

They discuss why transparency and trust have been crucial in the moves towards sustainable value ...

Forests, farming and food security – a frank discussion on how to engage Africa’s smallholders

They discuss how companies and their advisers, NGOs, local communities and all levels of governme...

Radical transparency and genome editing in agricultural seed development

Join experts from Walmart, McDonald's, Syngenta, Unilever, PepsiCo, Monsanto and many more at Inn...

What are the sustainable agriculture trends that will scale?

The resulting impact on the environment is significant – but for long term food security, we need...

How innovative sustainable business tools track progress and measure impact

In this webinar, expert panellists offer different perspectives on how they use tools to manage i...

2016’s rollercoaster impacts on progressive business

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How to accelerate implementation of zero deforestation commitments

Debating what companies and their stakeholders can do are:Tom Bregman, project manager, Forest 50...

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