Sustainable Business Podcast by Innovation Forum
Episodes
Weekly podcast: How to get closer to suppliers to tackle child labour
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Elaine McKay, international affairs director at JTI, talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about why getting to know farmers in a suppl...
Weekly podcast: Innovative finance for critical agri-SMEs
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth Thomas, director of the Global Agribusiness Alliance, explains why agri-sector SMEs need better access to sources of finance, and how a new GAA d...
How to get beyond commodity silo thinking in a landscape
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Gunneberg, CEO of PEFC, talks with Ian Welsh about why it’s important for smallholder to be assured that they are able to develop best practices...
Weekly podcast: Cargill’s Dave MacLennan on the dramatic evolution of sustainable business
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: CEO of Cargill Dave MacLennan talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb about key supply chain challenges and how the company is evolving t...
How smallholder farmer resilience drives market access and income
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Ward, chief executive of CottonConnect, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about why building financial and agricultural resilience, and...
Weekly podcast: Why focus on best practice is the route to market access for farmers
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Ben Gunneberg, CEO of PEFC, on how taking a landscape approach to cooperation can benefit smallholder farmers and help them compete with la...
Weekly podcast: Smallholder farm living incomes, and Atlantic plastic pollution crisis
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Yuca Waarts from Wageningen University on the business interventions that can really help smallholder famers. Plus: the new study that sugg...
Can we feed the world while saving the planet?
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mariko Thorbecke, senior sustainability consultant and food sector lead at Quantis, discusses with Ian Welsh how the growth of regenerative agricultur...
What a context-based approach means for corporate water targets
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cargill’s global water lead Truke Smoor explains to Ian Welsh how the company established its new 2030 water targets. She outlines the thinking behi...
Weekly podcast: How smallholder farmers can develop financial resilience and new market linkages
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, on challenges for smallholder farmers emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic, and why they must develop fin...
Why better data is the key to regenerative agriculture
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Franco Costantini, managing director Control Union UK, talks with Ian Welsh about why a shift to regenerative agriculture practices is a route to long...
Weekly podcast: Cargill’s context-based water targets, and natural climate agriculture solutions
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Cargill’s Truke Smoor explains the motivation and science behind the company’s newly announced 2030 water targets. And Mariko Thorbecke...
Keep training relevant to engage suppliers
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Carpenter, manager for business and human rights at Assent Compliance, explains to Ian Welsh why proper engagement means listening to suppliers....
Weekly podcast: What is the potential for regenerative farming?
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Franco Costantini, managing director of Control Union UK, on the growth of regenerative agriculture and how food producers are switching to...
Is market intervention necessary for the cocoa sector long-term?
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Westhelle, development manager for sustainability and partnerships at Fairtrade America argues that it’s hard to see how cocoa supply chai...
Weekly podcast: How to get to grips with supplier human rights training
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Sarah Carpenter, manager for business and human rights at Assent Compliance, on how to tackle the challenges of taking supplier training to...
Why food sector climate action requires better understanding
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Lynch, practice director, sustainability, at BSI talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about what food sector companies can do to drive actio...
Webinar – How to ensure ethical and secure supply chains during a pandemic
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this hour-long session, co-hosted with the Accountability Framework initiative, hear on-the-ground insight from commodity producers – palm oil in...
Weekly podcast: How to develop sustainable cocoa farmer communities
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Stephanie Westhelle, development manager for sustainability and partnerships, Fairtrade America, on challenges for developing farmer income...
What good looks like for food sector environmental impacts
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Charlotte Bande, food sector and climate strategy lead at Quantis, talks with Ian Welsh about best practice in the food sector for reducing environmen...
Why serious human rights risks remain in ICT sector supply chains
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Felicitas Weber, Know the Chain project director at the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, outlines to Ian Welsh the results of the new Know t...
Weekly podcast: How the food sector can really drive climate change action
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Ryan Lynch, practice director for sustainability at BSI, discusses what’s required from food companies to meet environmental targets, how...
How ‘purchasing with purpose’ is impacting apparel consumer choice
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Lawler, fabric development manager for Naia at Eastman, discusses with Ian Welsh changing consumer habits in the apparel sector and why they are...
How to engage all the supply chain to deliver more sustainable cotton
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amol Mishra, global commercial director, CottonConnect describes to Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh why partnering with both apparel brands and cotton ...
Weekly podcast: Why HP and Samsung lead IT human rights benchmark, and food sector net-zero impact
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Felicitas Weber, Know the Chain project director at the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, on the results of the latest human right...
Why clarity from customers helps target salient human rights risks
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Intel’s Mike McDonnell, senior manager for supply chain sustainability, talks with Ian Welsh about how knowing what your customers want from your bu...
Pandemic labour rights impacts in coffee and cocoa supply chains
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Linell-Simmons, director of marketing at Fairtrade America, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about some of the human rights impacts of t...
Weekly podcast: CottonConnect on why natural capital accounting can help projects scale
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Amol Mishra, global commercial director at CottonConnect, talks about some of the challenges around scaling projects in the developing worl...
The recycling, design and performance balance for fashion
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Renee Henze, global marketing and channel development director at Dupont Biomaterials, discusses, with Ian Welsh, some of the challenges for apparel b...
How the apparel sector can cut supply chain emissions and water use
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
PEFC’s CEO and secretary-general Ben Gunneburg and Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh talk about how sourcing fibres from sustainably managed and certif...
Weekly podcast: Consumer shifts and pandemic impacts on apparel supply chains
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Terry Lawler, fabric development manager for Naia at Eastman, discusses what the coronavirus pandemic has meant for the apparel sector, and...
The corporate challenges in achieving net zero emissions
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pauline Op de Beeck, client manager at the Carbon Trust, and Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh discuss the importance of definitions for companies and or...
How to increase apparel supply chain transparency beyond tier 2
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb at the recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference are Patagonia’s senior manager for traceability Nic...
Weekly podcast: Intel on supplier mapping, and Fairtrade America on pandemic impacts on human rights
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Mary Linnell-Simmons, Fairtrade America’s director of marketing, discusses some of the trade and human rights implications of the coronav...
How to develop effective grievance systems that workers trust
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Northern, director, global anticorruption at Cook Group, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about how business should respond to human rig...
Can apparel successfully transition to a circular economy?
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded at the recent Innovation Forum sustainable apparel and textiles conference are Anna Maria Rugarli, senior director of sustainability and resp...
Weekly podcast: Sustainable forest fibres and net-zero emissions challenges
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Ben Gunneberg, CEO of PEFC International, on the benefits for the apparel sector from switching to forest-based fibres. And Pauline Op de B...
Weekly podcast: Dupont on apparel sector circular economy models
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Renee Henze, global marketing and channel development director, Dupont Biomaterials, talks about the challenges for the apparel and textile...
FSC and Eastman Naia on the sourcing sustainable wood pulp challenges
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
FSC and Eastman Naia on the sourcing sustainable wood pulp challenges Ruth Farrell, textiles marketing director at Eastman Naia, and Andrés Ortolano,...
Webinar – Farm environmental impact: innovation and progress in animal agriculture
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Webinar – Farm environmental impact: innovation and progress in animal agriculture In this webinar, the panel discusses the pressing need within the...
Weekly podcast: Why business must develop human rights with recourse
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Drew Northern from US-based Cook Group describes the importance of establishing effective human rights grievance mechanisms that workers tr...
Tracking food supply chains to develop pandemic response
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Yates, general manager and director of sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Orbital Insight, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh ab...
Weekly podcast: The forest fibre potential for the apparel sector
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Andrés Ortolano, FSC Italy chain of custody manager, and Ruth Farrell, textiles marketing director at Eastman Naia, debate how and why the...
How the pandemic should be managed to minimise human rights impact
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Bloomer, executive director of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about where the burdens of ...
Weekly podcast: H&M and Puma on apparel’s low carbon future
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: H&M’s Pascal Brun and Puma Group’s Stefan Seidel debate action on climate change and what future low carbon business models will look l...
Weekly podcast: How geospatial data analysis can track pandemic impacts on food supply chains
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Bryan Yates, general manager and director of sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Orbital Insight, talks about how analysis of geosp...
Weekly podcast: How to work with suppliers to tackle critical human rights risks
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Why education and active engagement is how to work with suppliers to implement human rights policy, and how to overcome the inevitable capa...
Weekly podcast: The supply chain human rights risks to watch for from Covid-19 impacts
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Phil Bloomer, executive director of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, discusses with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh some key i...
Why the plastics debate must focus on collection and recycling
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kristin Hughes, director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership, a multistakeholder initiative coordinated by the World Economic Forum, talks with I...
Webinar – Companies as human rights defenders: the future of ethical trade?
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this session, an expert panel discusses the opportunity for business to act as human rights defenders. They assess when and how companies should ta...
Webinar – What is the right level of corporate disclosure on human rights?
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Corporate transparency on human rights has never been more important, and many initiatives have been developed to help businesses get this right. In t...
Webinar – Responsible recruitment: How to mitigate risk of modern slavery reaching supply chains
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At the point of recruitment, workers are often at their most vulnerable to falling into modern slavery. But how can brands protect the rights of worke...
Webinar – Child labour monitoring and remediation: How are corporate approaches evolving?
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The effective abolition of child labour is one of the 10 UN Global Compact principles aiming to promote sustainable businesses practices. However, chi...
Webinar – Supplier engagement and training on human rights: How to scale programs across supply chains
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Working with suppliers is key to implementing human rights policy, and driving greater understanding and impact. Education and active engagement is ha...
Weekly podcast: how global human rights rules impact corporate supply chains
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Highlights from a recent Innovation Forum webinar discussing evolving business and human rights legislation, the compliance challenges, and...
Wageningen University on poverty alleviation in cocoa, coffee and tea supply chains
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Yuca Waarts, senior researcher, sustainable value chain development, Wageningen University talks with Ian Welsh about the challenges developing living...
Webinar – Supply chain risk mapping: Advances in tech to map and monitor supply chain risks
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Traceability is incredibly important in mapping and monitoring high risk areas of the supply chain. But, tracing and tracking vast numbers of supplier...
Webinar – Evolving legislation and worldwide compliance: How to keep ahead of the regulatory curve
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With continually evolving regulatory growth, international compliance has become all the more complicated. Business must be aware of how current – a...
Weekly podcast: Developing Veja’s sustainable supply chains, and important news from Innovation Forum
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: François-Ghislain Morillion, co-founder of trainer brand Veja, on how the business has developed short and sustainable supply chains for m...
Why due diligence on human rights should be central to corporate purpose
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Wallis CEO of charity Unseen talks with Ian Welsh about the key human rights risks that business can’t ignore, and the unintended consequence...
Weekly podcast: Evidence-based approach to tackling plastic pollution
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Kristin Hughes, director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership, on how a holistic multistakeholder approach is necessary to deal with pl...
Forest 500 on the lack of corporate progress on deforestation
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
New Forest 500 report authors Sarah Rogerson and Emma Thomson, from Global Canopy, discuss with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh why the 2020 report arg...
Weekly podcast: Yum! Brands, Mondelēz and Nestlé on food sector action on climate change
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Yum! Brands’ Jon Hixon, Mondelēz International’s Christine McGrath and Nestlé’s Anna Turrell debate the action the food sector is t...
How to boost soil health for greater productivity
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Yoder, CEO of agri-tech business Anuvia Plant Nutrients, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh on how from organic waste material can be turne...
Webinar – The future of fashion: how action on climate change will transform the apparel industry
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With targets looming and the ever-present reminders of the impact of climate change, 2020 is set to be a pivotal year in sustainability. Fashion, an i...
The role of business in tackling global climate challenges via deforestation
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nathalie Walker, director, tropical forests and agriculture, at the US’s National Wildlife Federation, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh abo...
Why better satellite data is the key to effective deforestation action
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Airbus’s head of sales, agriculture and forest solutions, Patrick Houdry, and Earthworm Foundation’s director of technical services, Rob McWilliam...
Weekly podcast: Interventions that can really lift agriculture supplier communities out of poverty
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Yuca Waarts from Wageningen University on living income challenges for smallholder farmers and plantation workers, and what agriculture sec...
Webinar – The future of ethical trade: what are the human rights risks that brands must address?
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recent years have seen calls for major changes in human rights due diligence and reporting gathering momentum. This tidal wave of governments making l...
Webinar – Implementing living wage policies: how Patagonia creates meaningful change on-the-ground
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past decade, various apparel brands have made major commitments to deliver living wages to workers in their supply chains. However, a recent ...
Weekly podcast: The big brands that still 'do nothing' on deforestation, and Patagonia on living wages
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Forest 500 report authors Sarah Rogerson and Emma Thomson, from Global Canopy, outline what progress companies are making on deforestation,...
Why plastic is a victim of its own success
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jo Griffiths, global food community director for the British Standards Institute – BSI, speaks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the challen...
Weekly podcast: Future of fertiliser?
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Amy Yoder, CEO of agri-tech business Anuvia Plant Nutrients, on innovation in fertilisers that add organic matter to boost soil health and ...
Technology that enables traceability from farm to fork
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Jutla, founder and co-CEO of blockchain technology developers Peer Ledger, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about how technology is revo...
Webinar – Reducing climate impacts in agriculture: How are leading food brands taking action?
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In order to limit global temperatures to 1.5C, greenhouse gas emissions must fall 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 and to net zero by 2050, according to t...
Weekly podcast: The global links between business, tropical deforestation and the climate crisis
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Nathalie Walker, director, tropical forests and agriculture at the US’s National Wildlife Federation on why her work preserving natural h...
Faster and clearer deforestation data for the palm oil sector
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Niels Wiellard, managing director of Satelligence, discusses the potential of the new Radar Alerts for Detecting Deforestation initiative with Innovat...
Weekly podcast: Airbus on supply chain transparency and tackling tropical deforestation
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Airbus’s Patrick Houdry and Earthworm Foundation’s Rob McWilliam on the development and implementation of satellite remote sensing syst...
How business can transform supply chains, drive resilience and empower communities
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At the recent Innovation Forum sustainable landscapes and commodities conference in London, Ian Welsh and Tom Idle spoke to a number of expert partici...
Weekly podcast: The rise and rise of supply chain traceability, and what plastic food packaging standards might look like
17 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Dawn Jutla from blockchain technology developers Peer Ledger on how technology is revolutionising consumer engagement with products and sup...
Why palm oil success will mean not having to talk about deforestation
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anita Neville, senior vice president for corporate communications at Golden Agri-Resources, and Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh talk about why the palm...
Why plastic use should be lessened not demonised
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Franco Costantini, managing director of Control Union UK talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about why certification can be useful for companies...
Weekly podcast: Real-time monitoring of palm oil deforestation risks
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Niels Wiellard, managing director of Satelligence, on how a new satellite monitoring initiative in the palm oil sector – known as RADD –...
Why sustainability belongs at the centre of company operations
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CB Bhattacharya, professor of sustainability and ethics at the University of Pittsburgh and author of Small Actions, Big Difference, discusses with In...
Partnerships and incentives for more sustainable palm oil
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Kunen from Nestlé, Gotz Martin from Golden Agri-Resources and Róisín Mortimer from Earthworm Foundation debate with Innovation Forum’s Ian ...
Weekly podcast: Palm oil traceability and farmer livelihoods, and some reasons to be positive about 2020
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Anita Neville, senior vice president for corporate communications at Golden Agri-Resources, debates the state of play for the palm oil sect...
Defining a landscape approach and why it’s so important
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Adams, executive director of the Tropical Forest Alliance talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the urgency for collective action on ...
The importance of ‘active listening’ for business planning
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
At IFC’s manufacturing conference in Morocco, Irache Pardo, finance and treasury director for Spanish hi-tech business CIE Automotive and Ian Welsh ...
Innovation, technology and industry 4.0: a Mexican case study
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Frédéric Garcia, advisor for industry to the head of staff of the president of Mexico, and formerly CEO of Airbus Mexico, and Innovation Forum’s I...
Weekly podcast: Business sustainability – why small changes can have big impact
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week: CB Bhattacharya, professor of sustainability and ethics at the University of Pittsburgh and author of Small Actions, Big Difference, on how...
Accountability Framework initiative: developing corporate deforestation and commodity commitments
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of a new podcast series about the Accountability Framework initiative, Rainforest Alliance director of global programmes Jeff Milder talk...
Webinar – Can audits work to tackle human rights violations?
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this webinar panellists from QIMA, Aldo, Twinings and BAT discuss how companies and suppliers can improve auditing practices. They assess how to le...
Weekly podcast: Can business help balance smallholder farm conservation and livelihoods?
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Emily Kunen from Nestlé, Gotz Martin from Golden Agri-Resources and Róisín Mortimer from Earthworm Foundation debate how business and pa...
Why Bangladesh’s garment factories must continue to be more innovative
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rubana Huq, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, and managing director of Mohammadi Group, talks with Ian Wels...
Why corporate targets are no longer just fingers in the wind
29 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Shuler, sustainability solutions architect at Schneider Electric Energy & Sustainability Services, and Ian Welsh debate the continued rise in i...
Weekly podcast: How can certification be effective in the plastics debate?
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Franco Costantini, managing director of Control Union UK on how and why certification can help companies rationalise their use of plastics ...
How to scale a landscape approach for sustainable commodities
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Conference minipod: Justin Adams, executive director of the Tropical Forest Alliance, talks with Ian Welsh about some of the critical factors in devel...
How to implement a landscape approach
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Conference minipod: Peter Stanbury-Davis, principal at the Frontier Practice, and Ian Welsh discuss some of the main talking points from a landscapes ...
Is the smallholder farm business model viable?
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Conference minipod: Laurence Ruffieux, director of operations, sustainability, at Philip Morris International, tells Innovation Forum’s Tom Idle why...
How to tackle deforestation through communities and smallholders
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Conference minipod: Stephen Donofrio, director of Forest Trends’ Supply Chain Initiative, talks with Innovation Forum’s Tom Idle about the importa...