Sustainable Business Podcast by Innovation Forum
Episodes
Weekly podcast – Engaging on EU waste regulation? It’s all about the data
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Leontien Hasselman-Plugge, CEO of ImpactBuying, talks with Ian Welsh about how companies are preparing for EU plastics waste regulation and...
Regenerative sourcing: Building resilient supply chains through system-level thinking (webinar recording)
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Regenerative agriculture practices are proving their potential – delivering healthier soils, stronger farming communities, and more resilient supply...
Weekly podcast – How to scale next generation apparel materials
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Innovation Forum’s Niamh Campbell speaks with Femke Jonkmans, senior innovation associate at Fashion for Good, about some barriers impact...
Is zero textile waste to landfill really achievable?
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Innovation Forum’s Niamh Campbell talks with Esme Chiverton and Fiona Bretherton from Untouched World about how collaboration can make zero waste am...
Why due diligence means embedding worker empowerment
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Thomas Radal, global worker engagement expert at Ulula, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about how worker empowerment programmes can...
Why flexible packaging recycling isn’t scaling (yet)
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dana Mosora, senior consultant at CEFLEX, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the push to make flexible packaging circular in Europe. They...
Weekly podcast – How food brands can win today’s consumers
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: highlights summary from a recent food webinar on how consumer expectations are reshaping the food sector. Moderated by Innovation Forum’s...
Can commodity shipping overcome the green premium challenge?
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Dieleman, president of Cargill's ocean transport business, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about the challenge of decarbonising global shi...
Consumers want nutritious, low-impact food: How can innovation deliver at scale?
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From a growing focus on health and nutrition, to rising demand for lower-impact food, evolving consumer expectations are reshaping how value is create...
Weekly podcast – Can camelina help reshape climate-smart agriculture?
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: a highlight from the recent webinar organised in partnership with Cargill. Anne Schwagerl from the Minnesota Farmers Union, University of M...
Why businesses are calling for stronger human rights due diligence
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Welsh speaks with Andrew Wallis, co-founder and CEO of Unseen, about the rapid rise of mandatory human rights due diligence and forced labour regu...
Weekly podcast – Chasing the final 1% in textile waste
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Esme Chiverton and Fiona Bretherton, from Untouched World, talk with Innovation Forum’s Niamh Campbell about the brand’s drive to achi...
Circular textiles: infrastructure, innovation and collaboration
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Karla MaGruder, founder and board chair of Accelerating Circularity, talks with Ian Welsh about scaling textile-to-textile recycling. They explore the...
Advancing climate-smart crops: R&D driving on-farm change (webinar recording)
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As the agriculture sector accelerates toward more resilient systems, the search for climate-smart crops continues to gather pace. Innovation in crop ...
Weekly podcast – Why responsible sourcing is good for growth
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Andrew Wallis, CEO of Unseen talks with Ian Welsh about the evolving landscape of mandatory human rights due diligence and forced labour le...
Making tracks: Michelin’s scope 3 progress in action
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kara Fulcher, director of sustainability strategy for Michelin in North America, talks with Ian Welsh about corporate engagement on scope 3 emissions....
Leading the way for systems change: Helena Helmersson on making sustainability a core business imperative
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Few leaders in the apparel and textiles industry bring as much hands-on experience across buying, production and CSR as Helena Helmersson did during h...
Avoiding double counting in agricultural scope 3
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kendra Tolly, chief product officer at Athian talks with Ian Welsh about how to ensure scope 3 agriculture projects are credible, scalable and defensi...
Weekly podcast – How Europe can truly scale flexible packaging recycling
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Dana Mosora, senior consultant at CEFLEX talks with Ian Welsh about the push to make flexible packaging in Europe circular. They discuss PP...
AI and technology: How digital transformation is driving the energy transition
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Digitalisation is no longer a side enabler — it’s becoming central to system-wide acceleration, efficiency and optimisation. At the same time, que...
Shipping decarbonisation: steering fuel transition progress
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Jan Dieleman, president of Cargill’s ocean transport business, talks with Ian Welsh about the decarbonisation challenge facing global sh...
Building credibility in sustainability storytelling: How NGOs can strengthen trust through transparent communications
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As scrutiny of sustainability claims rises, NGOs are under growing pressure to communicate impact clearly, explain complexity, and be transparent abou...
Can carbon markets recover as standards tighten
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Verra's chief programme development and innovation officer, Candace Vinke, talks with Ian Welsh about the improvements that can strengthen carbon cred...
Innovation for resilient food and health systems: how bioscience is driving transformational impact (webinar recording)
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The world faces mounting pressure to accelerate sustainable innovation at the intersection of food, health and industrial production, but moving from ...
Weekly podcast – Inside Michelin’s scope 3 strategy and supply chain transition
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Reflecting on the recent climate resilience innovation forum, Michelin's director of sustainability strategy North America, Kara Fulcher, t...
Why forest conservation cannot wait for perfect carbon markets
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Truitt, executive vice president of climate funding at the American Forest Foundation, talks with Ian Welsh about how climate finance can unloc...
From regulation to resilient value chains: The business case for due diligence after CSDDD simplification
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Due diligence fatigue has long affected the apparel and textiles sector, with heavy administrative workloads and repeated supplier checks that often f...
Weekly podcast – The textile-to-textile recycling route to circularity
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Karla Magruder, founder and president of Accelerating Circularity, talks with Ian Welsh about why systems thinking, collaboration across th...
How Danone helps farmers adopt regenerative practices
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Regenerative agriculture is increasingly seen as critical to tackling supply chain emissions, but scaling it requires more than technical fixes. At th...
Building credibility in sustainability storytelling: B2C brands and the consumer trust gap (webinar recording)
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hear from Patagonia, Primark, Kantar and Nestlé on credible sustainability communications and how to deepen consumer trust in turbulent times. As co...
Can green hydrogen decarbonise heavy industry?
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: StormFisher Hydrogen’s chief executive officer, Judson Whiteside, talks with Ian Welsh about developing carbon-neutral e-methanol and e-m...
Eileen Fisher’s approach to circular systems
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Carmen Gamma, director of circular design at fashion brand Eileen Fisher, joins Innovation Forum’s Ellen Atiyah, to discuss how the brand’s circul...
The unintended consequences of packaging EPR
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Read, chief sustainability and external affairs officer at Suez UK, joins Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh to discuss how EPR and simpler recycling r...
Weekly podcast – The credibility questions for scope 3 ag projects
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Athian Ag’s chief product officer, Kendra Tolley, talks with Ian Welsh about why demonstrable credibility is essential for agriculture sc...
Weekly podcast – Are carbon markets entering a new phase?
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Verra's chief programme development and innovation officer, Candace Vinke, talks with Ian Welsh about how improvements in methodologies, ve...
Have we been treating nature like a free factory?
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Earthworm Foundation CEO Bastien Sachet reflects with Ian Welsh on why environmental and supply chain shocks are caused by long-term neglect rather th...
Weekly podcast – Is packaging waste policy catching up with reality?
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Adam Read, chief external affairs and sustainability officer at Suez UK talks with Ian Welsh about the impacts of extended producer respons...
Is the fermentation the future of food production?
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cargill's vice president of global core research and development, Cordell Hardy, talks with Ian Welsh about the potential of fermentation in providing...
Monday briefing - How ASDA approaches remediation and responsible sourcing
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Duncan Warner, senior responsible sourcing and human rights manager at ASDA, talks with Ian Welsh about the role of retailers in driving e...
What's driving change in the global fashion sector?
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv Simpliciano, head of policy and research at Fashion Revolution, talks with Innovation Forum’s Niamh Campbell about What Fuels Fashion...
Coffee Landscapes Forum: 10 Years of Conservation International's Sustainable Coffee Challenge (audio recording)
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Conservation International for the 10-year milestone of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, marking the transition from our community’s first dec...
Weekly podcast – Can we scale carbon projects without perfect data?
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Nathan Truitt, executive vice president of climate funding at the American Forest Foundation, talks with Ian Welsh about the evolving role ...
Weekly podcast – How can real support for regenerative farmers look like?
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Danone’s senior manager of mission and sustainability, Ginny Maceda talks with Ian Welsh outlines how the company is scaling regenerative...
Why farmer finance is the missing link in resilient food supply chains
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cargill's Leticia Kawanami and Solidaridad's Joel Brounen talk with Ian Welsh about the financial and structural barriers preventing farmers, particul...
How B2B companies are strengthening trust through transparent communication (webinar audio recording)
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As sustainability strategies mature, the pressure is increasing on how companies communicate progress, both within their value chains and to consumers...
Monday briefing – A farmer’s view on resilience and the realities of climate volatility
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: As climate volatility intensifies, UK farmer Thomas Gent discusses with Innovation Forum's Hanna Halmari the operational realities of farmi...
Weekly podcast – The benefits of circular fashion: a look at Eileen Fisher’s recycling operations
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Carmen Gama, director of circular design at Eileen Fisher, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ellen Atiyah about the operational and financial...
The business case for innovative circular fashion solutions
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Barry McGeough, group vice president of innovation and strategy at AmeriCo Group, talks with Innovation Forum's Niamh Campbell and explores how applie...
Monday briefing – A rancher's view from the front line of regenerative agriculture
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Rancher and UK television host, Jay Doan from Blackleg Ranch, talks with Ian Welsh about how Blackleg Ranch has practiced regenerative agri...
Weekly podcast – How regenerative agriculture can cut through
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week:Â Earthworm Foundation's CEO Bastien Sachet joins Ian Welsh to explore why regenerative agriculture and farmer empowerment remain slow to sc...
What effective EPR could mean for packaging and recycling systems
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amcor’s chief sustainability officer David Clark joins Ian Welsh to unpack the rapid rise of extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes and what...
Monday briefing – The reality of digital product passports: what, how, and why?
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Tara St James, senior director of sustainability at Canadian apparel brand Moose Knuckles, talked with Ian Welsh at the latest apparel conf...
Building trust with smallholders in Indonesia's palm oil sector
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Nicholls, general manager for programmes and projects at palm oil business Musim Mas, and Kaixiang Chin, sustainability manager for Asia at Bunge,...
Can microbes make the food system more sustainable?
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Cargill's vice president of global core research and development, Cordell Hardy, talks with Ian Welsh about how fermentation can reshape fo...
Building a better recycling system: data, design, and policy
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keefe Harrison, CEO of The Recycling Partnership, talks with Ian Welsh about how data, design, and policy are transforming recycling in the US. From t...
Weekly podcast – What fuels fashion’s challenges?
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Innovation Forum’s Niamh Campbell talks with Liv Simplicianco, head of policy and research at Fashion Revolution about the findings in th...
Weekly podcast – How can palm oil growers thrive amid climate and market risks?
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: In Colombia, Cargill and Solidaridad are partnering to help smallholder palm oil growers build more sustainable and climate-resilient supp...
Building trust and finance for regenerative supply chains
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sajeev Mohankumar, senior technical specialist at the FAIRR Initiative, talks with Ian Welsh about the future of food and the urgent need for regener...
Weekly podcast – What circular fashion can learn from tech and energy
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Barry McGeough, group vice president of innovation and strategy at AmeriCo Group, talks with Innovation Forum's Niamh Campbell to discuss ...
Risk-proofing agrifood supply chains: demonstrating the business case for regenerative agriculture (audio recording)
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the recording of an expert-led discussion with Unilever, Nestlé, Klim and Rabobank on how regenerative agriculture can drive ROI and reduce...
The farmer's perspective: how Ghana's cocoa growers view the potential EUDR delay
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cocoa farmer and council chairman of Ghana’s Cocoa Abrabopa Association, Pomasi Ismail talks with Innovation Forum's Diana Kim, about how the EU’s...
Navigating complex supply chains through smart traceability
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Florent Bouguin, chief technology officer at OPTEL Group, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the strategic role of traceability in global...
Weekly podcast - Unpacking Extended Producer Responsibility with Amcor’s David Clark
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: David Clark, chief sustainability officer at packaging manufacturer Amcor, joins Ian Welsh to discuss the rise of extended producer respons...
Weekly briefing – Carbon credits: a necessary tool or a convenient distraction?
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Once dismissed as greenwashing, carbon markets are now being reframed as a vital part of corporate decarbonization strategies. David Anton...
Weekly podcast – Sustainable palm oil: how buyers and producers can work as true partners
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Rob Nicholls, general manager for programmes and projects at palm oil business Musim Mas, and Kaixiang Chin, sustainability manager for Asi...
Building shared value: inside Dôen’s supplier partnership model
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kristine Kim, senior director of impact and responsible sourcing at Dôen, talks with Innovation Forum’s Niamh Campbell about how the brand builds l...
Monday briefing – EUDR and beyond: navigating risks, delays and opportunities
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Mark Gutierrez and Alex Udermann from the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition talk with Ian Welsh about how farmers are leading a quiet revolut...
Weekly podcast – The $17bn challenge: building a better recycling system
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Keefe Harrison, chief executive of the Recycling Partnership, talks with Ian Welsh about how US recycling can scale through data, design, a...
Deforestation-free leather: ambition or reality?
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fernando Bellese, senior director for beef and leather supply chains at WWF, talks with Ian Welsh about how a new deforestation free leather fund aims...
Weekly podcast – Who pays? Sharing the costs and risks of regenerative agriculture
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Sajeev Mohankumar, senior technical specialist at FAIRR Initiative, talks with Ian Welsh about the role of value chain actors in de-risking...
From beans to biodiversity: rethinking coffee’s hidden impacts
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Etelle Higonnet, founder of Coffee Watch, talks with Ian Welsh about the big sustainability challenges in coffee, from deforestation and water stress ...
Scaling coastal climate solutions: the potential for blue carbon in net-zero strategies
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes – collectively known as blue carbon – are some of the most efficient natural ca...
Weekly briefing – The economic case for financing the future of critical minerals
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: With the global race to secure sustainable critical mineral supply chains intensifying, financing remains one of the sector’s toughest hu...
Weekly podcast – Traceability is like air traffic control: why companies can't fly blind
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Florent Bouguin, chief technology officer at Optel, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about the top and bottom line benefits and opp...
Breaking silos: what apparel can learn from food and other sectors
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fashion’s climate and nature strategies are converging – but what does that mean for brands and suppliers? Beth Jensen, chief impact officer at Te...
Weekly briefing – Beneath the surface: unlocking the climate potential of blue carbon ecosystems
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: blue carbon ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass and salt marshes, can sequester carbon up to ten times faster than terrestrial forests, ...
Weekly podcast – Why supply chain resilience starts with purchasing practices
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: From tariffs to COVID-19, recent shocks have shown that resilient supply chains rely on trust, not transactions. Kristine Kim, senior direc...
Might zero-waste flexible packaging be possible?
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vidhu Nagpal and Alex Abbott from SmartSolve Industries talk with Ian Welsh about why recycling rates for flexible packaging remain so low, and how ne...
Monday briefing – Sink or swim: collaboration to tackle scope 3 emissions
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Henkel’s vice president for sustainability, Ulla Hueppe, spoke with Ian Welsh at the recent scope 3 innovation forum about the company’...
Weekly podcast – Could leather go deforestation free?
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: WWF's senior director for beef and leather supply chains, Fernando Bellese, talks with Ian Welsh about the launch of the new deforestation ...
From hard lessons to healthy soils: farmers helping farmers in Minnesota
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Udermann and Mark Gutierrez, farmers at the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, join Ian Welsh to share how they and their colleagues across the sta...
Monday briefing – Bridging the gap: data, regulation and farmer livelihoods
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week:Â Nicole Cramer from the Rainforest Alliance talks with Ian Welsh about how data collection can actually help farmers instead of burdening t...
Weekly podcast – The true cost of your cup of coffee
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Etelle Higgonnet, founder of CoffeeWatch talks with Ian Welsh about the environmental and human costs behind global coffee production. From...
Are farmers finally getting a seat at the table?
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Farmers Jocelyn Schlichting and Carla Schultz share their perspectives on the risks and realities of implementing regenerative practices in the US agr...
Weekly podcast – How can apparel build real resilience in the face of climate risk?
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Beth Jensen, chief impact officer at Textile Exchange talks with Innovation Forum's Tanya Richard about key conversations and takeaways fr...
Reality check: securing cocoa supply through innovation
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the recent scope 3 innovation forum in Amsterdam, Tilmann Silber, head of net zero at Barry Callebaut talks with Ian Welsh about the current challe...
Monday briefing – Decarbonising critical minerals: tackling energy, access and market volatility
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this briefing, a snippet from the recent critical minerals webinar with World Resources Institute (WRI), Harmony Gold Mining Company, The Weir Grou...
Circular fashion: decoupling growth from new garment production
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference in New York, Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Danielle Holly spoke with Innovation Forum’s T...
Weekly podcast – Dissolving the problem: zero-waste solutions for flexible packaging
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Vidhu Nagpal, director for flexible packaging, and Alex Abbott, chief revenue officer at SmartSolve Industries, talk with Ian Welsh about w...
Weekly briefing – The packaging and packaging waste directive: what it means for your business
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Davide Braghiroli, director for packaging sustainability solutions at Tetra Pak, talks with Ian Welsh about the impact of the European Unio...
Weekly podcast – Why healthy soils mean greater crop yields
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Alex Udermann and Mark Gutierrez, farmers from the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, talk with Ian Welsh about how working on improving soil...
How EUDR compliance can create business value
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of Innovation Forum’s podcast series on corporate readiness for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), in collaboration with ...
Monday briefing – Can business growth and emission cuts really go hand in hand?
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Kevin Rabinovitch, chief climate officer at Mars, talks with Ian Welsh about embedding climate targets into core business strategy, decoupl...
A rancher’s take on the future of agriculture
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: North Dakota rancher and UK Channel 5 TV personality Jay Doan joins Ian Welsh to share a frontline perspective on regenerative agriculture ...
The economics of recycling: why some packaging gets left behind
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Julien Tremblin, European general manager at TerraCycle talks with Ian Welsh about the challenges of making sustainable packaging economically viable....
Weekly briefing – How to ensure effective farmer data collection
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Nicole Cramer, Rainforest Alliance, talks with Ian Welsh about the challenges involved in collecting farm level data, in particular the nee...
Testing trust: is your organic cotton really organic?
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Rosenkranz and Bettina Fafengut from testing and certifiers Hohenstein Group talk with Ian Welsh about how cotton certification is raising the b...
Weekly podcast – Tropical commodities running out of time? Resilience against the clock
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Barry Callebaut's head of net zero Tilmann Silber talks with Ian Welsh about how physical climate risks are emerging in tropical commodity ...
Monday briefing – The supply-demand challenges for critical minerals
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Innovation Forum’s Emilia Colman and Ian Welsh talk about innovation in the critical minerals sector and how business models are evolving...
Can circularity lead to more sustainable packaging?
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Amsterdam recently Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh spoke with Carolina Gregorio, sustainability policy and advocacy director at Dow about the role o...