Sustainable Business Podcast by Innovation Forum

Fiona Wheatley, Marks & Spencer, on forest products in fashion's supply chains

Fiona Wheatley from Marks & Spencer and Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh discuss why consumers expect fashion brands to tackle deforestation's challenges, and how they are going about it

Tony Juniper from Robertsbridge on the complexity of deforestation strategies

Tony Juniper talks with Toby Webb about some emerging solutions to deforestation's challenges

Peter MacAllister from ETI on how cooperation can solve ethical trade challenges

The Ethical Trading Initiative's executive director, Peter MacAllister, and Innovation Forum's Toby Webb reflect on the two days of debate and insight at the Ethical Trade and Human Rights Forum

Ignacio Gavilan from the Consumer Goods Forum on big business, palm oil and supply chains

Ignacio Gavilan, sustainability director, the Consumer Goods Forum, talks with Ian Welsh about the CGF's anti-deforestation programmes and sustainable palm oil sourcing guidelines

SIM's Leontien Hasselman-Plugge on better supply chain information for informed purchasing decisions

Leontien Hasselman-Plugge, managing director, Supply Chain Information Management, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about how to develop more tranparent supply chains and why this will help companies develop more sustainable procurement policies 

ETI's Philip Chamberlain on the developing challenges for ethical supply chains

Ethical Trading Initiative's Philip Chamberlain talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh at the recent ethical trading and human rights forum in London about some of the themes from the two days of debate.

Kathy Abusow, Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Kathy Abusow, president and CEO of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, reflects with Innovation Forum's Toby Webb on progress in the forestry sector over the past 20 years, and the impacts of governance, standards and auditing. 

Scott Poynton on certification

Scott Poynton of The Forest Trust talks to Toby Webb about sustainability certification and its discontents

WRI's Dr Nirarta Samadhi on deforestation in Asia

Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh speaks with the World Resources Institute's Dr Nirarta Samadhi about deforestation in Asia and what business is doing about it

Alison Ward, CottonConnect on farmers

Innovation Forum founder Toby Webb discusses how to engage farmers on cotton sustainability with Alison Ward.