Sustainable Business Podcast by Innovation Forum

How to scale a landscape approach for sustainable commodities

Conference minipod: Justin Adams, executive director of the Tropical Forest Alliance, talks with Ian Welsh about some of the critical factors in developing a landscape approach, including multistakeholder collaboration, measuring progress, transparency and finding the right incentives for producers.

This one of a series of short podcasts summarising conference sessions recorded at Innovation Forum's sustainable landscapes and commodities event in London.

How to implement a landscape approach

Conference minipod: Peter Stanbury-Davis, principal at the Frontier Practice, and Ian Welsh discuss some of the main talking points from a landscapes approach workshop. Main challenges include the complexity of the issues, the lack of local-level capacity, and finding the right way to simply get things started.

This one of a series of short podcasts summarising conference sessions recorded at Innovation Forum's sustainable landscapes and commodities event in London.

Is the smallholder farm business model viable?

Conference minipod: Laurence Ruffieux, director of operations, sustainability, at Philip Morris International, tells Innovation Forum’s Tom Idle why she thinks smallholder farmers have a long-term future, and the role of big business in ensuring the viability of farm income streams.

This one of a series of short podcasts summarising conference sessions recorded at Innovation Forum's sustainable landscapes and commodities event in London.

 

How to tackle deforestation through communities and smallholders

Conference minipod: Stephen Donofrio, director of Forest Trends’ Supply Chain Initiative, talks with Innovation Forum’s Tom Idle about the importance of business methodologies that engage with smallholder farmers and build long-term relationships.

This one of a series of short podcasts summarising conference sessions recorded at Innovation Forum's sustainable landscapes and commodities event in London.

 

Cocoa and Forests Initiative: lessons for other commodities

Conference minipod: Jonathan Horrell, director for sustainability at Mondelez International, explains to Innovation Forum’s Tom Idle how the multistakeholder Cocoa and Forests Initiative aims to reverse deforestation trends in Ghana and Côte D’Ivoire while protecting farmer livelihoods, and the lessons learned that can be implemented in other sectors.

This one of a series of short podcasts summarising conference sessions recorded at Innovation Forum's sustainable landscapes and commodities event in London.

Finance that drives sustainable performance for landscapes and commodities

Conference minipod: Frances Way, chief strategy officer at CDP, explains to Innovation Forum’s Tom Idle the extent she sees sustainability taking centre stage at financial institutions. She picks out green bonds, sustainability-linked loans and blended finance as the innovations to watch.

This one of a series of short podcasts summarising conference sessions recorded at Innovation Forum's sustainable landscapes and commodities event in London.

Unlocking the potential of smallholder farmers

Conference minipod: Michael Gidney, CEO of the Fairtrade Foundation, and Helen Browning, chief executive of the Soil Association, talk with Ian Welsh about why smallholder farmers represent an enormous opportunity for global commodity supply chains.

This one of a series of short podcasts summarising conference sessions recorded at Innovation Forum's sustainable landscapes and commodities event in London.

How are blockchain and other innovations enabling supply chain traceability?

Conference minipod: Nic Sheen, chief technology officer at Authenticate, describes to Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh how a blockchain can work in practice, taking as an example a Parma ham case study Authenticate has developed. Sheen also outlines the four key elements to a blockchain.

This the first in a series of short podcasts summarising conference sessions recorded at Innovation Forum's sustainable landscapes and commodities event in London.

Weekly podcast: TFA on the tradeoffs that can scale the landscape approach

This week: Justin Adams, executive director of the Tropical Forest Alliance discusses the challenges working with on-the-ground commodities producers in developing economies who are facing poverty every day. Adams critiques lessons-learned from the Amazon Soy Moratorium that can be applied elsewhere, and analyses why landscapes are not a silver bullet solution. And Frédéric Garcia, advisor for industry to the head of staff of the president of the Mexico, on innovation in Mexico and whether the country is ready for the impacts of industry 4.0.

Hosted by Ian Welsh

How to make the sustainable business intangibles tangible

Kevin Eckerle, director for corporate research and engagement at NYU Stern School of Business and Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh discuss how companies can find a methodology of monetising the “soft” intangibles that keep companies from building a solid business case for their sustainability agenda.

Eckerle outlines some case study examples, using Stern’s return on sustainability investment methodology, that demonstrate how to find the data points and future scenario planning that engages corporate boards.