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.
Episodes
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This week: Joseph D'Cruz, CEO of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, and Olivier Tichit, chief sustainability officer at Musim Mas, talk with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about the impact of the EU's deforestation regulation on the palm oil sector. They discuss its potential unintended consequences, such as impacting smallholder farmers’ market access and the development of segregated supply chains. They also share action points for stakeholders across the value chain as the regulation is due to be fully enforced by the end of the year.
Plus: PepsiCo achieves its 2025 water efficiency target two years early; the UK government rows back on deforestation-related products import ban; and, the US state of Florida's new bill banning legislation to protect agricultural workers from heat exposure, in the news digest.
Host: Ian Welsh
2 days ago
2 days ago
Jessica Sansom, sustainability director at Huel, talks with Innovation Forum's Hannah Oborne about how food brands are devising new means of balancing sustainability with accessibility and nutrition. They discuss how the future of food will be impacted by changes in consumer trends and share advice on how brands can be successful in the convenience food industry and to generate consumer trust.
Jessica will be speaking at this year's Future of Food conference in Amsterdam alongside other experts from Unilever, Mars, Kellogg, Nestlé and more. There's still time to join us, click here for full registration details.
3 days ago
3 days ago
Max Dougherty, carbon business development lead at Bayer Crop Science, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about the importance of a farmer-centric approach to regenerative agriculture and how to foster effective multi-stakeholder collaboration. They discuss some case studies on what good regenerative agricultural practices look like and the potential routes to funding for agricultural transition.
4 days ago
4 days ago
This week: Ian Welsh and Diana Kim reveal details of the complimentary Innovation Forum webinars coming up in the next few weeks. They discuss what to expect at the Brazilian agribusiness case study webinar, held in partnership with Orbitas on the 30th April. They also talk about the importance of sustainable crop nutrition ahead of a webinar on the role of fertilisers in regenerative agriculture in partnership with Yara.
Ian Welsh also shares some agenda and speaker highlights that will be coming up at the scope 3 innovation forum in Amsterdam on 12th-13th June. The discussions will include how to enable business to tackle supply chain greenhouse gas emissions, deliver on climate targets and establish the path to net zero. Register by this Friday for a €300 discount on conference passes.
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Weekly podcast: What a good scope 3 emissions strategy looks like
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Friday Mar 22, 2024
This week: Saif Hameed, CEO of Altruistiq, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about the challenges for companies tackling their scope 3 supply chain emissions. They discuss how to identify scope 3 hotspots, avoid the common mistakes companies make and more.
Plus: during Innovation Forum’s responsible sourcing and ethical trade event in London, some of the expert participants spoke with Ian, reflecting on conversations from the conference. Hear reflections from Alenka Turnsek from EY and International Justice Mission's Andrey Sawchenko.
Host: Ian Welsh
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Responsible recruitment: safeguarding migrant worker rights
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Neill Wilkins, head of the migrant workers programme at the Institute for Human Rights and Business, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about human rights risks in recruitment, particularly for women migrant workers. They discuss the challenges in responsible recruitment and how initiatives such as IHRB's responsible recruitment register can help.
Click here to read IHRB's report on responsible recruitment for women migrant workers.
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Weekly briefing: building ethical, responsible and transparent supply chains
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
This week, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh talks about what to expect at this week's responsible sourcing and ethical trade forum in London. He introduces this year's focus on the practical implications of evolving legislation, and highlights key speakers who will be joining over the two days.
Plus: Innovation Forum's Hanna Halmari shares further updates on the upcoming sustainable apparel and textiles conference taking place in Amsterdam on 23rd-24th April. Click here for more information and registration details.
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Weekly podcast: A look into the future of critical metals for decarbonisation
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
This week: Gerard Barron, CEO of deep sea mining exploration company The Metals Company, speaks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh on the challenges and environmental impacts of traditional extraction methods and what the future demand for critical metals and minerals is going to look like. They discuss the latest innovation in extracting vital resources from the sea floor with significantly less harmful impacts.
Plus: the Science Based Targets initiative updates progress on its Business Ambition for 1.5C programme; World Trade Organization finds fault in EU's move against palm oil biofuel; and, EU's corporate sustainability due diligence directive in revision with a greater focus on smaller suppliers' compliance, in the news digest.
Host: Ian Welsh
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Nestlé Global Virtual Event: A 2023 Climate Progress Update
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Please note that this is an audio recording of a webinar containing slides and presentations. To view the video recording, click here.
On 12th March, Innovation Forum and Nestlé hosted a webinar sharing Nestlé's 2023 climate progress update
In particular they discussed:
- The importance of transparency in climate disclosures, particularly on progress across scopes and different GHGs
- Evolutions in target setting, including Nestlé’s SBTi approved FLAG objectives.
- The critical role of nature-based solutions in driving emissions reductions in agricultural supply chains (via two impactful case studies)
The panel:
- Florence Henry, global head of sustainability nutrition, Nestlé
- Benjamin Ware, global head of climate and sustainable sourcing, Nestlé
- Sukumaran Karuthara, head of agriculture services, coffee and tea, Nestlé India
- Barbara Sollero, sustainable agriculture manager, Nestlé Brazil
- Charlotte Podeur, strategy and ESG manager, Nestlé Coffee Brands
- Alexandre Berndt, researcher, The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporate (Embrapa)
- Moderator: Ian Welsh, publishing director, Innovation Forum
This webinar was hosted in partnership with Nestlé.
See here for more on Nestlé’s 2023 Creating Shared Value and Sustainability Report.
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Setting the corporate climate agenda: ambition, action, accountability
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Pilar Cruz, chief sustainability officer at international food business Cargill, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about where corporate efforts should be focused over the coming months and through to the COP30 climate meetings in Brazil at the end of 2025. They discuss the drivers for multi-stakeholder collaboration in tackling climate challenges and to produce food sustainably.