Sustainable Business Podcast by Innovation Forum

Monday briefing – Tackling scope 3 emissions across supply chains, and final COPwatch from Baku

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum’s Natasha Bodnar introduces the 2025 scope 3 innovation forum, returning to Amsterdam on 11th-12th June. She highlights ...

Weekly podcast – Understanding the opportunities from ethical trade practices

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Giles Bolton, executive director of the Ethical Trading Initiative, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the shifting ethical tr...

The financial frontier of climate transition: building agricultural resilience in Brazil

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Niamh McCarthy from Orbitas, a Climate Advisers initiative, explores with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh the financial implications of climate transit...

EUDR unpacked #1: a deep dive into the current landscape and implications of the regulation

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this three-part webinar series, we’ll cut through the noise and tackle these pressing questions. Join us to hear from key experts representing br...

Monday briefing – How responsible sourcing can drive resilience, and COPwatch from Baku

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh and Natasha Bodnar share updates on the upcoming 2025 responsible sourcing and ethical trade forum, taking p...

Weekly podcast – Deep-sea solutions: the future of net zero metals?

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Jon Copley, professor of ocean exploration and science communication at the University of Southampton, talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby...

Bridging compliance and real progress in sustainable commodities

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Innovation Forum’s Catie Ball, Diana Kim and Emily Heslop talk about the evolving landscape of sustainable commodity regulations and the impact of...

Monday briefing – Practical steps to deliver sustainability targets with KFC

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum’s Anamya Anurag and Ian Welsh talk about what’s coming up at the just-launched 2025 future of food and beverage USA fo...

Weekly podcast – Navigating compliance challenges amid potential EUDR delays

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: at the recent sustainable commodities and land use forum, CEO of TRACT, Allison Kopf, spoke with Ian Welsh about how companies are updating...

Out of the bottle: redefining beverage sector sustainability

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Griffiths, global head of sustainable procurement at Diageo, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the company’s efforts to integrate...

Monday briefing – What does the future of apparel look like?

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh and Niamh Campbell talks about what’s new at the sustainable apparel and textiles conference, taking place...

Weekly podcast – Risk, return, resilience: How climate trends are reshaping agriculture

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Niamh McCarthy from Orbitas, a Climate Advisers initiative, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about new research into climate tran...

Scaling back or moving forward? The future of sustainable business

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the first installment of a new series on sustainability, business expert and Robertsbridge founder Brendan May joins Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh...

Monday briefing – Prioritising responsible sourcing for resilient supply chains

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Natasha Bodnar introduces the upcoming responsible sourcing and ethical trade forum in London (19-20 March...

How nature-based solutions can deliver corporate sustainability commitments: webinar audio recording

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nature-based solutions (NBS) play a pivotal role in delivering tangible impact and addressing corporate sustainability commitments. To achieve progre...

Weekly podcast – Empowering smallholders amid global compliance demands

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum's associate Catie Ball, talks with Diana Kim and Emily Heslop about the opportunities and risks the European Union Defores...

Driving sustainable development and conservation through transformative partnerships: webinar audio recording

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can companies create value by aligning their business models with the well-being of partner communities? USAID and the private sector are collabor...

Collaboration to drive progress on food value chain transformation: a how-to guide

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Niklas Wallsargård, CEO of agri-sector business Improvin', talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about how agri-food companies can measure, report ...

Monday briefing – Collaboration to meet scope 3 targets and supply chain compliance

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh and Hannah Oborne look forward to the scope 3 innovation forum, taking place in Washing DC on December 3rd...

Weekly podcast – Regenerative agriculture’s role for sustainable drinks brands

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Diageo’s head of sustainable procurement, Andy Griffiths, talks with Ian Welsh about the company's rolling out of regenerative agricultur...

A circular solution for the future of feed

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alternative protein business InsectBiotech’s co-founder Ignacio Gavilan talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the company's approach to tu...

Monday briefing – Collaboration, environmental conservation and community well-being

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Elizabeth Daut, natural resources specialist at USAID, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ellen Atiyah about the HEARTH initiative and how it ...

Weekly podcast – Is business sustainability at a tipping point?

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: The first in a new state-of-sustainability series, Brendan May, business expert and founder of Robertsbridge, talks with Innovation Forum’...

How ofi is working to drive sustainable supply chains

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Roel van Poppel and Christopher Stewart from global food ingredients supplier ofi talk with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about the company's Choices...

Weekly briefing – How nature-based solutions can deliver real impact

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ellen Atiyah speaks with Andika Putraditama, director of the Rimba Collective at Lestari Capital, about how nature-bas...

The hidden power of family forests

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, host Ian Welsh speaks with Nathan Truitt, executive vice president for climate funding at the American Forest Foundation. They explor...

Granular on-farm data: the key to measuring and reducing agricultural emissions?

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Ian Welsh speaks with Niklas Wallsargård, CEO of agri-sector business Improvin’, about how granular on-farm data can help companies meas...

Monday briefing — How to understand your land footprint, manage risk and create positive impact

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh and Emily Heslop talk about what to expect at the sustainable commodities and land use forum coming up in Oc...

Weekly podcast — Alternative proteins: from olive waste to insect protein

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: in the first in story of a startup series, alternative protein business InsectBiotech’s co-founder Ignacio Gavilan talks with Innovation ...

Digitising agriculture: innovation through science with Agmatix

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Innovation Forum podcast, host Ian Welsh speaks with Jonathan Sullivan, vice president of commercial sustainability, and Shai S...

Monday briefing – What’s driving sustainable packaging challenges and opportunities?

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh and Hanna Halmari share latest updates on the upcoming sustainable packaging innovation forum (Philadelphia,...

Weekly podcast – How ofi plans to make the right choices for agricultural change

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Roel van Poppel and Christopher Stewart from food ingredients supplier ofi talk with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about their recent sust...

Adaptation to Regulation: a test of corporate resilience under incoming EUDR, CS3D and CSRD regulation

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this webinar, we discussed the evolving regulatory environment impacting commodity supply chains. As new regulations like the EU Deforestation Regu...

Rethinking textiles: strategies for effective decarbonisation

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Krishna Manda, vice president of sustainability at sustainable cellulose textiles manufacturer Lenzing Group, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Wels...

Monday briefing – EUDR clock is ticking: the need for collaboration, alignment and clarity

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum’s Emily Heslop and Ian Welsh share the latest updates on the upcoming sustainable commodities and land use forum in Am...

Weekly podcast – How US family-owned forests can unlock carbon solutions

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Nathan Truitt, executive vice president for climate and funding at the American Forest Foundation, talks with Ian Welsh to discuss the cruc...

Finding the funding for farming with public-private partnerships

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Laura Satkowski, senior product manager at CIBO Technologies, talks with Ian Welsh about how innovative financing models can support farmers to adopt ...

Monday briefing – How to break silos for scope 3 emissions reduction

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Ian Welsh talks with Innovation Forum’s Hannah Oborne about this year’s scope 3 innovation forum USA (in Washington DC, 3rd-4th Decembe...

Weekly podcast – How to scale regenerative agriculture with the right data

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Shai Sela and Jonathan Sullivan from agriculture sector data solutions business Agmatix talk with Ian Welsh about the future of regenerativ...

From deforestation to regeneration: navigating sustainable land use approaches

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew Spencer, global director of landscapes at IDH, talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about implementing landscape and jurisdictional appr...

Weekly podcast — What’s stopping apparel brands to decarbonise?

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Krishna Manda, vice president of a sustainable cellulose manufacturer Lenzing, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about challenges i...

What effective stakeholder engagement looks like

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Innovation Forum’s Tanya Richard and Ian Welsh talk about best practices to engage with stakeholders. They discuss the growing need for transparency...

Weekly podcast — How to unlock agricultural finance

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Laura Satkowski, senior product manager at CIBO Technologies, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about some of the challenges for gr...

Satellite to soil: the power of remote sensing in agriculture

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Indigo Ag’s senior director of remote sensing and data inference, Nick Malizia, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the evolving role of...

Monday briefing – Navigating packaging challenges: evolving regulations, reuse systems and more

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh talks with Sarah Jackson about some of the pressing issues within the packaging industry in the US that wi...

Weekly podcast – Landscape approaches in action: aligning stakeholders for sustainable land use

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: IDH’s global director of landscapes talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about the practicalities and challenges of implementing a l...

Breaking down sustainable packaging trends

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Welsh talks with John Kotlarczyk, a waste management expert, about the evolving landscape of sustainable packaging. They discuss emerging trends...

Monday briefing — Are we ready to be EUDR compliant?

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh talks with Emily Heslop about the latest updates for this year’s sustainable commodities and land use foru...

Weekly podcast – How corporate comms can be authentic and transparent

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Innovation Forum’s Tanya Richard and Ian Welsh talk about what organisations can do to engage different stakeholder groups to co-create solutions, a...

What’s the role of recycling in sustainable packaging?

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Welsh talks with Natalie Betts, assistant vice president for sustainability at the Recycled Materials Association, about how recyclers can help dr...

Weekly podcast – Agriculture from above: remote sensing's role in farming

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh spoke with Nicholas Malizia, a remote sensing expert at Indigo Ag. They discuss the rise and trends of remote ...

The power of data in food supply chains

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh speaks with Anne Rosenbarger, global engagement manager for supply chains at the World Resources Institute, and TRACT's C...

Monday briefing – Ready, target, action: business progress in tackling scope 3 emissions

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh talks with Hannah Oborne about what to expect at this year's scope 3 innovation forum in Washington DC, which ...

Weekly podcast – Sustainable plastics and packaging in the US: trends, innovations, regulations

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh talks with packaging and waste expert John Kotlarczyk about evolving landscape of packaging and waste manageme...

Agriculture’s just transition from emissions to efficiency

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

At the recent Scope 3 Innovation Forum in Amsterdam, Anke Kwast, vice-president for regenerative agriculture and climate frameworks at Yara Internatio...

Weekly briefing – Incentivising change for farmers with the US COVER Act

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Arohi Sharma, deputy director for regenerative agriculture at Natural Resources Defense Council, spoke with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh ...

Weekly podcast – Achieving functionality and recyclability in packaging design

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Natalie Betts, assistant vice president for sustainability at the Recycled Materials Association, talks with Ian Welsh about the role and i...

Nutritious, affordable, sustainable: redefining ultra-processed foods

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tate & Lyle’s president of innovation and commercial development, Victoria Spadaro Grant, talks with Innovation Forum’s Hannah Oborne about th...

Monday briefing – What regenerative poultry farming looks like

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Reginaldo Marroquin, CEO of Tree Range Farms, talked with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh at the recent future of food conference in Minneapol...

Weekly podcast – the power of data in food and farming

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Allison Kopf from TRACT and Anne Rosenbarger from World Resources Institute speak with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about data collection a...

How digital product passports can empower consumers

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Debbie Shakespeare, senior director of sustainability and compliance at Avery Dennison, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about how the corporat...

Monday briefing – Scope 3 emissions: what can procurement do?

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh interviews Bertrand Conquéret, Henkel's chief procurement officer, at the recent Scope 3 Innovation Forum. Th...

Weekly podcast – Less is more: collaborative efforts to tackle agricultural decarbonisation

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Anke Kwast, vice president for regenerative agriculture and climate frameworks at Yara International, talks with Ian Welsh about the challe...

Leveraging technology for carbon accounting in agriculture

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Bunce, vice president and head of cotton and microbials at Indigo Ag, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the momentum behind compan...

Monday briefing – Collaboration to drive progress on decarbonisation

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: At the recent scope 3 innovation forum, Ian Welsh spoke with Katy Stevens from the European Outdoor Group and Maria Venus from Swiss outdoo...

Navigating opportunities to deliver sustainable food systems

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

At Innovation Forum's future of food and beverage conference in Amsterdam, some of the expert participants spoke with Ian Welsh, reflecting on discuss...

Tackling agricultural emissions and food loss

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

IFC’s senior industry specialist Ahmad Slaibi, and Tom Cumberlege, director at the Carbon Trust, talk with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about thei...

Weekly podcast – How to make tasty foods healthier

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Tate & Lyle's president of innovation and commercial development, Victoria Spadaro Grant, talks with Innovation Forum's Hannah Oborne a...

Beneath the surface: how data and technology can drive carbon farming and resilience at farm-level

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On 20th June, Innovation Forum hosted a free virtual event with Bayer Crop Science. Data is key to shaping decisions that increase food production, f...

Monday briefing – What's the sustainable approach to cotton?

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: CottonConnect's Alison Ward spoke with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh at the recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference in Amsterdam....

ofi’s sustainability strategy launch

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On 18th June, IF hosted a virtual event for ofi’s sustainability strategy launch Increasing regulatory requirements are tasking food and beverage c...

Legislation to implementation: ESPR and digital product passports

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Debbie Shakespeare, senior director, sustainability and compliance at Avery Dennison talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about how fash...

Circular plastics: challenges and opportunities ahead

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Eastman's circular policy director, Christopher Layton, discusses current progress and trends in developing circular economy models for plastic...

Weekly podcast – Understanding scope 3 emissions in the cotton and grain supply chain

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Peter Bunce, vice president, head of cotton and microbials at Indigo Ag, talks with Ian Welsh about the importance of implementing regenera...

Field by field: scaling regenerative practices beyond pilots to wide adoption

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On June 11th, IF hosted a webinar in partnership with Vayda. Advancing regenerative agriculture farming has become a priority for agri-food stakehold...

Monday briefing – Farmer focus: what's really needed to drive sustainable food systems

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: At our recent Future of Food and Beverage conference in Minneapolis, a Kansas farmer, Dwane Roth, shared the farmer's perspective of what's...

The future of cotton farming: scaling regenerative sourcing

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On 6th June, IF hosted a free webinar in partnership with CottonConnect. Regenerative sourcing has shown significant promise for the cotton industry; ...

Engaging in landscape approaches: a how-to guide

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Mallet, director for innovations at ISEAL Alliance, and Rachel Wall, project manager for landscapes and collaborations at Proforest, talk with...

Weekly briefing: KFC’s climate change commitments

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

KFC's chief sustainability officer Nira Johri and global chief development officer Nivera Wallani speak with Ian Welsh about the company's climate com...

Biological solutions for sustainable agriculture: how agri-food stakeholders can efficiently scale, accelerate and unlock innovation

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On 4th June, IF hosted a webinar in partnership with Bayer Crop Science.  In recent years, the agricultural industry has witnessed a significant shif...

Weekly podcast – How business can account for food loss to drive food security

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: IFC’s senior industry specialist, Ahmad Slaibi and Tom Cumberlege, director at the Carbon Trust talk with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh ...

Climate transitions: how Brazilian soy can adapt to meet future demands

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Niamh McCarthy, director for climate related risks at Climate Advisors, talks with Ian Welsh about the Brazilian soy sector’s risks from climate tra...

Monday briefing – From field to future: engaging smallholder farmers to deliver sustainable food systems

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: At the future of food and beverage conference in Amsterdam, Jason Archie-Acheampong, international commercial programmes manager at Produce...

Weekly podcast — The circular future for plastic and packaging

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Christopher Layton, director of circular policy strategy at Eastman, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the development of cir...

What will drive the regenerative revolution in transforming agriculture?

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vayda's CEO Mike Shoemaker talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh on the company's focus on designing and executing regenerative management plans to ...

Uniting farmers, ranchers and stakeholders across the agricultural value chain

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

US Farmers and Ranchers in Action's CEO Kevin Burkum talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about the critical role USFRA plays in uniting stakeholde...

How can technology and data help us build more sustainable agricultural supply chains?

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On May 21st, IF hosted a free webinar in partnership with Cargill Food and agriculture industries are facing more pressing and interconnected challen...

Weekly briefing – On the road to sustainable, resilient, regenerative food systems

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: At the recent future of food and beverage forum in Amsterdam, Ian Welsh spoke with Unilever’s global food sustainability director Dorothy...

Weekly podcast – How business can benefit from engaging in landscape approaches

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Patrick Mallet, director for innovations at ISEAL Alliance, and Rachel Wall, project manager for landscapes and collaboration from Profores...

Have we become too carbon-focused?

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Raviv Turner, founding member of the Nature Tech Collective and member of the nature data working group at the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial D...

Ensuring quality food and business: how to navigate incoming legislation

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa Spicka de Bevacqua, global director of sustainability consulting at auditor and certifiers NSF, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about the...

Monday briefing – Sustainable food for thought: next steps towards regenerative transition

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Mars Petcare's chief sustainability officer, Marika McCauley Sine, provides some reflection on the future of food and beverage, speaking at...

Weekly podcast – Brazil's soy sector amid climate transitions, and US farmer voices

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Niamh McCarthy, director of climate-related risk at Orbitas, shares findings from a recent report on the impact of climate transitions on...

What certification can do for apparel brands and consumers

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

John Murphy, technical director for Europe at Hohenstein Laboratories, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about the benefits of certification sys...

Financial risks and opportunities in the age of global climate action: a Brazilian agribusiness case study

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On 30th April, IF hosted a virtual event in partnership with Orbitas, a Climate Advisers Initiative, to discuss the financial risks and emerging oppor...

Monday briefing – human rights and fast fashion risks in the apparel sector

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh further reflects with expert participants at the sustainable apparel and textiles conference in Amsterdam. H...

Weekly podcast – Reality check: food sector regulation and the regen agri transition

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Lisa Spicka de Bevacqua, global director of sustainability consulting at auditor and certifiers NSF, talks with Ian Welsh about the trends ...

Trend watch: what the apparel sector needs to know

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kaley Roshitsh, editorial director at Cascale, formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about majo...

Securing sustainable crop nutrition: the role of fertilizers in regenerative agriculture

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On 25th April, IF hosted a webinar in partnership with Yara International to discuss sustainable crop nutrition Regenerative agriculture is an evolvi...

Weekly podcast – How to move from carbon to nature-based disclosure

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week: Raviv Turner, founding member of the Nature Tech Collective and member of the nature data working group at the Taskforce on Nature-related ...