Sustainable Business Podcast by Innovation Forum
Episodes
How a community development approach can deliver for smallholder farmers
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eunice Oduro, project manager at anti-poverty NGO CARE, and Samuel Apana, Cargill’s cocoa sustainability lead in Ghana, talk with Innovation Forum’...
How to work with uncertified palm oil farmers
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Samuel Avaala, general manager of Benso Oil Palm Plantation in Ghana, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about how the business uses the Accoun...
Weekly podcast: Can food really be climate-positive?
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Daniel Baertschi, food and agriculture sector lead at Quantis, discusses how making the right choices for food companies – thinking about...
Challenges to the seafood sector from a changing climate
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At Innovation Form’s recent Future of Food conference, Erin Priddle, northern Europe regional director at the Marine Stewardship Council, Tracy Camb...
Weekly podcast: Barry Callebaut and Cargill on how data drives value chain traceability
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Taco Terheijden, director, cocoa sustainability at Cargill, and Nicko Debenham, vice president and head of sustainability at Barry Callebau...
How natural climate solutions deliver effective GHG reductions
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At the recent future for climate action conference, Marie-Pierre Bousquet Lecomte, science-based targets implementation director at Danone, Robert Hor...
Apparel sector’s ‘massive’ forced labour policy-practice gap
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Felicitas Weber from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about some of the key conclusions from th...
Weekly podcast: Solving the traceability challenges for uncertified palm oil
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Samuel Avaala from Benso Oil Palm Plantation in Ghana, talks about how to work with suppliers to improve traceability and transparency from...
Sir Ian Boyd on food sector efficiency challenges on the road to COP26
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb talks with Sir Ian Boyd, professor of biology at the University of St Andrews, and former chief scientific adviser to t...
Weekly podcast: How partnership empowers Ghana’s cocoa growers
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Eunice Oduro, project manager at anti-poverty NGO CARE in Ghana and Samuel Apana, Cargill’s cocoa sustainability lead in Ghana, talk abou...
CCC’s Julia King on business adaptation for climate change
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At Innovation Forum’s recent future for climate action conference, Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, chair of the Carbon Trust, and chair of ...
Webinar – 10 years of sustainability in action: towards a forest positive future
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2010, Nestlé made a commitment to end deforestation in its supply chain. In this webinar, join Nestlé's forest and sustainable sourcing leaders a...
Weekly podcast: Seafood sector climate change impacts, and apparel sector forced labour risks
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Expert insight from Cargill’s Dave Robb, Thai Union’s Tracy Cambridge, the Marine Stewardship Council’s Erin Priddle and the Nature C...
Why responsible forests mean supply chain clarity
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pina Gervassi, FSC’s climate director, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the benefits from transparency in forest-based raw material s...
Weekly podcast: Why natural climate solutions are about much more than just planting trees
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Danone’s Marie-Pierre Bousquet Lecomte, Nestlé’s Conor McMahon, Cargill’s Robert Horster, and Everland’s Joshua Tosteson join Innovation Foru...
How to align targets in a coffee and cocoa landscape
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Quijandría, director for the tropical Andes at Rainforest Alliance is joined by project partners Camila Olmedo, from agriculture commodities...
Regenerative forestry’s role in cutting fossil fuel plastics
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eduardo Rojas-Briales, forestry professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, and a board member of PEFC, talks with Ian Welsh about the potent...
Weekly podcast: How to unlock food sector efficiencies
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Sir Ian Boyd, professor of biology at the University of St Andrews, talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb. Their discussion includes th...
Weekly podcast: Why business needs to accelerate climate adaptation, now
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, chair of the Carbon Trust and from the UK’s Committee on Climate Change, talks about what busine...
Textile Exchange on COP26 apparel sector policy impacts
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference, Textile Exchange COO Claire Bergkamp talked with Ian Welsh about what she ...
Apparel’s supply chain data standardisation challenge
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Antje Fehling, brand services manager for Europe at Bluesign talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the difficulties in data alignment in app...
Webinar – Incentives that work: how to implement supply chains natural climate solutions
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To reach net zero by 2050, companies must deliver on tough scope 3 climate targets through innovation, circular systems and natural climate solutions....
Is apparel upcycling the quickest route to carbon neutrality?
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Bethell, founder of Bank & Vogue and Beyond Retro, talks with Ian Welsh about the massive potential for what can happen to all the apparel item...
Weekly podcast: Can forests solve apparel’s microplastics problem?
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Eduardo Rojas-Briales, forestry professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, and a board member of PEFC, on the potential for fores...
How producers can demonstrate the value of resilient practices
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anastasia Volkova, CEO of Regrow, outlines to Ian Welsh the benefits for farmers who can transparently prove to their customers and other stakeholders...
Weekly podcast: Landscape level challenges for cocoa and coffee in Peru
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Representatives from Rainforest Alliance, agriculture commodities trader Ecom and finance provider Norandino discuss the implementation of ...
Will gene editing’s potential be realised in agriculture?
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Genetic Literacy Project’s Jon Entine and Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb talk about why gene editing has yet to make significant impact in the a...
Weekly podcast: Unintended risks tackling deforestation, and what a good supply chain tool looks like
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Antje Fehling from Bluesign on some techniques that help apparel companies really get to know their supply chain – and why it’s unavoid...
Ford’s route to electrifying commercial vehicles
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Gawron, manager in the Ford commercial vehicle team, talks with Ian Welsh about how electrification of corporate fleets can be taken to scale – ...
Weekly podcast: The road to COP26, and apparel’s upcycling opportunities
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Textile Exchange’s COO Claire Bergkamp on how to prepare for this year’s COP26 meeting, the outcomes that are likely, and her hopes for...
How to operationalise your approach to deforestation
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
National Wildlife Federation’s Simon Hall, senior manager for tropical forests and agriculture, talks with Ian Welsh about what the route to getting...
Real rural resilience: How to connect smallholder farmers directly to global markets
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Innovation Forum’s “Innovation Accelerator” action research programme recently published ground-breaking research on how companies can enable sm...
Weekly podcast: How the right data can help producers access carbon credits
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Anastasia Volkova, CEO of Regrow, talks about the challenges for producers to be able to demonstrate implementation of regenerative agricul...
Shining a spotlight: food sector still lacks progress on the ground
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Five years on from the Behind the Brands campaign, Oxfam America’s Matt Hamilton talks with Ian Welsh about progress in the food and beverage sector...
Beefing up approaches to cattle methane emissions
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cargill’s sustainability director for animal nutrition and health, Heather Tansey, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about how methane emiss...
Weekly podcast – Route to net zero: why vehicle electrification is the vital spark
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: To eliminate emissions in operations – and to tackle scope 3 supply chain emissions – widespread electrification of corporate fleets is...
Palm oil: it’s all about viable producer communities
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gotz Martin from Golden Agri-Resources catches up with Ian Welsh about some of the big palm oil sector's challenges and reflects on the findings from ...
Weekly podcast – Deforestation risks: much more than just putting out fires
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Simon Hall, senior manager for tropical forests and agriculture at the National Wildlife Federation, discusses why the best approach to com...
Chemical complexity: Why we need to move beyond organic versus synthetic
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Entine, who leads the Genetic Literacy Project, a science communication non-profit, joins Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb to discuss chemicals and ...
Weekly podcast: Why brands struggle to translate global goals into local progress
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Oxfam America’s Matt Hamilton discusses the conclusions from the new Shining a Spotlight report into progress on commitments and implemen...
Fifty shades of green: the unintended consequences of planting trees
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of an occasional podcast series, sustainability expert Simon Lord and Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb talk about some of the challenges ar...
What does the roadmap to regenerative apparel look like?
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Tkach, chief impact officer at the Rodale Institute, and Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb talk about how regenerative apparel should be defined, an...
Weekly podcast: How Cargill cuts methane from cattle supply chains
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Heather Tansey, sustainability director for animal nutrition and health, talks about the innovations that can tackle methane emissions in d...
Why multi-cropping is essential to boost smallholder incomes
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Reflecting on recent Innovation Forum research, one of the project partners, Silke Peters, team leader in the sustainable agriculture supply chains an...
Greenpeace on certification’s failings, and how they should be fixed
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toby Webb speaks with Grant Rosoman, senior forests campaigner at Greenpeace, about the organisation’s new report – Destruction: Certified. The di...
Weekly podcast: Is smallholder farming really a broken model?
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gotz Martin, head of sustainability implementation at Golden Agri-Resources, explains why food systems face a big problem if smallholder farming commu...
What's the solution to the profit pursuit problem?
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Business has lost its purpose, says Prof Andy Hoffman from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, talking with Ian Welsh. He says ...
Weekly podcast: What will future materials be made from?
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Neste’s Lars Börger, Covestro’s Lynette Chung, Unilever’s Marika Lindstrom and Werner Bosmans from the European Commission debate with Toby Web...
Organic cotton's sector-changing potential
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of a new quarterly podcast series, Textile Exchange CEO La Rhea Pepper talks with Innovation Forum founder Toby Webb about how organic co...
Weekly podcast: GIZ on why producer communities need a stronger voice
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Silke Peters from the sustainable agriculture supply chain initiative at GIZ talks about the challenges involved in developing effective mu...
How cotton learns from other commodity supply chains
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, talks with Ian Welsh about the durability of cotton supply chains and why apparel brands can gain from working dire...
Weekly podcast: Will future business leaders use their power differently?
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Andy Hoffman, professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, on why business has to evolve to embrace sustainabili...
Potential labour and human costs of a successful energy transition
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jessie Cato, natural resources and human rights programme manager at the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, talks with Ian Welsh about the sig...
Weekly podcast: How an ecosystems services approach helps all producer communities
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Hear Musim Mas’s Olivier Tichet outline his ‘magic ingredients’ for landscape level solutions for agricultural commodity supply chain...
Are financial institutions ignoring deforestation?
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Rogerson and Emma Thomson from Global Canopy talk with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the conclusions of the latest Forest 500 report. 202...
Weekly podcast: Manage apparel sector human rights risks by empowering producer communities
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, discusses how brand buyers can work with cotton producer communities to access markets and finance, and ...
Materials innovation and sustainability: the business opportunities in 2021
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this extended discussion, hear experts from Neste, Covestro, Unilever and the European Commission talk about scalable, affordable solutions to the ...
Weekly podcast: Renewable energy’s human rights risks
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Jessie Cato from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre talks about the latest tracker following the forced labour risks in the supp...
Deforestation commitments without implementation in palm oil
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ZSL’s Eleanor Spencer and Ian Welsh talk about the latest SPOTT survey into transparency and strength of corporate commitments on deforestation at t...
Weekly podcast: Why financial institutions have $2.7tn of exposure to deforestation
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Global Canopy’s Sarah Rogerson and Emma Thomson discuss the latest Forest 500 report, which highlights the lack of deforestation policies...
How the US will regain climate leadership
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nathalie Walker, director for tropical forests and agriculture at the National Wildlife Federation, talks with Ian Welsh about the new legislation tha...
Weekly podcast: How to align palm oil value chains
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ying Xuen Hoe, project manager, Proforest Southeast Asia, Rashyid Redza bin Anwarudin, head, group sustainability, Sime Darby Plantation, and Olivier ...
Scaling-up finance for sustainable agriculture
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Crawford, manager of the Investment Partnership Network at Just Rural Transition, and from the World Business Council for Sustainable Develop...
How better visibility can help de-commoditise supply chains
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Niels Wielaard founder and CEO of Satelligence talks with Ian Welsh about initiatives that are developing to transfer the lessons learned in one commo...
Weekly podcast: 2020 targets missed, so what now for palm oil?
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Eleanor Spencer, palm oil specialist at ZSL, on the latest SPOTT survey assessment on the strength of deforestation and conservation commit...
What action is necessary for resilient smallholder supply chains?
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Stanbury, senior associate at Innovation Forum, talks with Ian Welsh about new research into how business can help develop really sustainable an...
Can beef be sustainable?
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Horlock, managing director for global food and retail supply chains at BSI talks with Ian Welsh about why beef and red meat production has attra...
Weekly podcast: Will a due diligence approach impact deforestation?
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Nathalie Walker, director for tropical forests and agriculture at the National Wildlife Federation, discusses how the changing legislative ...
How to build a resilient production landscape
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marianne Marinet, programmes director for the Earthworm Foundation, Emily Kunen, global responsible sourcing lead for palm oil and seafood at Nestlé,...
Weekly podcast: Why action on deforestation needs facts-based trust
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Niels Wielaard founder and CEO of Satelligence talks about how greater traceability can help brands and traders take the lessons learned in...
Webinar – Innovation Accelerator: How to drive systemic change for smallholder farmer communities
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Low famer incomes, human rights abuses and environmental degradation still plague smallholder-based supply chains of soft commodities and other agricu...
Weekly podcast: How can investors unlock supply chain opportunities?
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Victoria Crawford, manager of the Investment Partnership Network at Just Rural Transition, discusses some of the steps necessary to enable ...
How to develop common language and trust for palm oil
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ying Xuen Hoe, project manager, Proforest Southeast Asia, Rashyid Redza bin Anwarudin, head, group sustainability, Sime Darby Plantation, and Olivier ...
Webinar – Real-world plastic and carton recycling solutions that work
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Collection and recycling of material plays a vital part in enabling a circular economy and is an inherently complex challenge to tackle. The problem i...
Why are landscape approaches a good fit for palm oil?
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Olivier Tichit, director for sustainable supply chains at integrated palm oil business Musim Mas, talks with Ian Welsh about the characteristics of su...
Weekly podcast: Why there’s confusion about red meat’s sustainability
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: David Horlock from the British Standards Institute talks about how to develop sustainability standards for red meat. He argues that, despit...
New ‘climate positive’ alternative for plastic sector
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tato Bigio, CEO of UBQ Materials Israel, talks with Ian Welsh about UBQ’s process that creates material – that can be used as a substitute for pla...
Weekly podcast: How Nestlé partners to create resilient landscapes in Peru
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Emily Kunen, global responsible sourcing lead for palm oil and seafood at Nestlé, Sandra Doig, head of sustainability at Grupo Palmas and ...
The challenges for Coca-Cola to meet plastics targets
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Franses, vice-president sustainability, Coca-Cola European Partners talks with Ian Welsh about the company’s plastics targets, the challenges ge...
Weekly podcast: Can waste be converted into plastic?
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Tato Bigio, CEO of UBQ Materials Israel, explains how waste destined for landfill can be converted into new thermoplastic material that can...
How the 43 largest food sector companies tackle forced labour
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Felicitas Weber, Know the Chain project lead at the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, talks with Ian Welsh about the latest food and beverage...
Weekly podcast: What is necessary for a landscape approach to work for palm oil?
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Olivier Tichit, director for sustainable supply chains at Musim Mas, talks about the essential elements required for a successful landscape...
How to drive continual agri supply chain improvements
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Renata Nogueira, South America sustainability manager for Cargill, and Gonzalo La Cruz, managing director, Solidaridad South America, talk with Ian We...
How greener marketing counters greenwash
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Grant, writer of the new book Greener Marketing, talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about how marketing has adapted in the past decade. Th...
Weekly podcast: How corporate forest policy impacts indigenous human rights
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Griffiths, coordinator of the responsible finance programme at the Forest Peoples Programme, talks about why there has been a disconnect between h...
How commodities are going deforestation-free in Colombia
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rainforest Alliance’s Mauricio Galindo, WWF’s Camila Cammaert and Laura Rojas Salazar, ONF Andina’s Luz Andrea Silva, and Forest Peoples Program...
Weekly podcast: The path to 100% recycled plastic for Coca-Cola
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Joe Franses, vice-president for sustainability at Coca-Cola European Partners, discusses how the brand will achieve its goals of 100% recyc...
Commodity trader impacts in ‘hour-glass’ supply chains
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Janina Grabs from ETH Zurich and Sophia Carodenuto from the University of Victoria discuss with Ian Welsh their research into why commodity traders –...
Weekly podcast: Pandemic impacts on food sector forced labour risks
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: The new food and beverage sector forced labour and human rights issues benchmark from Know the Chain is analysed by the Business and Human ...
What are the business-led solutions for smallholder communities?
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Stanbury and Ian Welsh discuss some of the initial insights from Innovation Forum’s action research group that’s examining the challenges fa...
Weekly podcast: The sustainable South American supply chains challenge
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Renata Nogueira, South America sustainability manager for Cargill, and Gonzalo La Cruz, managing director, Solidaridad South America, discu...
Why engaging growers is an opportunity not a burden
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gotz Martin, head of sustainability implementation at Golden Agri-Resources, and Ian Welsh summarise some of the discussion points from a recent Innov...
Webinar – Addressing gaps in sustainability: why fashion brands need more data
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As apparel brands work to implement sustainability commitments across their supply chains, access to the right data is key. Collecting and utilising t...
Weekly podcast: How traders can be the facilitators for brand sustainability goals
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Janina Grabs from ETH Zurich and Sophia Carodenuto from the University of Victoria talk about their research into how commodity trader comp...
What drives children to work in agriculture?
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded during a Q+A session at Innovation Forum’s recent ethical trade and human rights conference, Elaine McKay, international affairs director a...
Weekly podcast: Evolving buyer-grower supply chain relationships, and Fairtrade America on cocoa
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Some early pointers from Innovation Forum’s new smallholder farmer research group – involving Clinton Foundation, COLEACP, CottonConnec...
Webinar – How to collect, collate and utilise on-farm data so the entire supply chain benefits
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To ensure crop yields are optimised and inputs minimised, food brands and their suppliers need clear, unambiguous data. Analysing the right numbers ca...
Why the world’s food supply chains remain resilient
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dave MacLennan, CEO of Cargill, talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about the evolution of sustainability at the company and across the food and...
Weekly podcast: Incentives for smallholders that help save forests
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Golden Agri-Resources head of sustainability implementation Gotz Martin talks about finding solutions for viable smallholder farmer communi...
Why vibrant rural economies drive agri-sector strength
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth Thomas, director of the Global Agribusiness Alliance, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the GAA’s new digital platform designed t...