Sustainable Business Podcast by Innovation Forum

This week: Marco Albani, CEO of Chloris Geospatial, talks with Ian Welsh about the developing remote sensing technology that can enable better understanding of carbon and other impacts. They discuss how companies can best utilise the data to strive for a nature-positive approach.   Plus: none of the UN Sustainable Development Goals on target for 2030; poor progress at Bonn climate conference; mass...

Scheffer's head of commercial, finance and sustainability, Fabiana Furlan, talks with Ian Welsh about the potential for more regenerative agricultural techniques for Brazil’s cotton sector and how they can best be implemented. They discuss how a focus on biodiversity and carbon sequestration can help improve soil health and build more robust and fertile

In this week's preview, Ian Welsh talks with Catie Ball about the upcoming sustainable apparel and textiles conference in New York City starting this Wednesday. They discuss what attendees can expect and the key themes that will be discussed over the two days. Registrations are closing soon –  you can still register here.   And, Hanna Halmari introduces Innovation Forum's sustainable commodities a...

This week: Rikke Kyllenstjerna, senior vice-president, food chains, at Norway-based fertiliser business Yara International, talks with Ian Welsh about the company’s all value chain approach to carbon reduction that can help deliver long-term food sector resilience. They discuss the importance of precision agriculture and the potential for carbon pricing and cost-sharing.   Plus: Net Zero Tracker s...

Debbie Shakespeare, senior director for sustainability and compliance, apparel solutions, at Avery Dennison talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about how hi-tech solutions including radio frequency identification – RFID – can help scale circularity in the apparel sector. They discuss the potential of digital traceability in addressing overproduction, and for end-of-life management, re-use and...

This week: at Innovation Forum's future of food conference in Minneapolis, some of the expert participants spoke with Ian Welsh, reflecting on conversations from the conference. They discussed the importance of farmer incentives, regenerative action for long-term resilience and how to best set science-based targets using the FLAG guidance. Hear from Ted McKinney from the National Association of St...

Katherine Hofmann, sustainability strategic initiatives manager at Eastman, and Ed Higgins, director of product development at Stanley Black & Decker, talk with Ian Welsh about their collaborative progress in developing sustainable power tools using chemically recycled plastics and packaging. They share their strategies on providing end of life solutions and scaling these sustainable approaches wi...

In this week's preview, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about this year's World Environment Day focusing on solutions to plastic pollution, following the second negotiation session for the global plastics treaty. They discuss the agenda for the EU green week on how to deliver a net zero world with newly developing EU environmental policies. Ian also shares information on how th...

This week: Ian Welsh recently spoke with Fabiana Furlan, Head of Commercial, Finance and Sustainability at Scheffer in Brazil. They talked about how a regenerative approach can help farmers to overcome reliance on chemical inputs, restore soil health and rebalance ecosystems. They also discussed the improvements that regenerative practices have on biodiversity and carbon sequestration, and how the...

Chief sustainability officer at Sime Darby Plantation, Rashyid Anwarudin talks to Ian Welsh about the importance of flagging labour rights breaches to deliver truly responsible sourcing supply chains. They discuss Sime Darby Plantation's responsible recruitment procedures and policies to mitigate typical migrant worker risks, from origin and destination countries.

This week: Debbie Shakespeare, senior director, sustainability and compliance, apparel solutions, Avery Dennison and Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh talk about how technology can be a catalyst for the development of circularity in apparel supply chains. They discuss the importance of digital traceability in extending the life of a product, through consumer education and authentication. Plus: UK Clima...

Left vulnerable from the degradation linked to conventional farming, food crops world-over are increasingly exposed to extreme impacts of climate change. For the agri-food industry, regenerative agriculture offers a vital opportunity to re-nourish agricultural land and build up system resilience, whilst relying on and supporting farmers. To implement this at scale, there is a need for strong leade...

Founding director and director of sustainable sourcing at Brodie partners, Georgie Erangey and Dave Pendlington, follow up with Ian Welsh on some of the key topics discussed at Innovation Forum's recent responsible sourcing and ethical trade forum, including evolving corporate attitudes in supply chain risk and transparency. They highlight remediation and the involvement of procurement professiona...

In this week's preview of what's coming up, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about how this year's International Day for Biological Diversity is catalysing action on commitments made at COP15 in Kunming. They also discuss the agenda for the second meeting of the Transitional Committee, charged with establishing a Loss and Damage fund for developing countries. Plus, Innovation Fo...

This week: Katherine Hofmann, sustainability strategic initiatives manager at Eastman, and Stanley Black & Decker’s director of product development, Ed Higgins, share with Ian Welsh how they are collaborating to develop sustainable power tools including using recycled plastics. They discuss the future of sustainable innovation in power tools production, sustainable packaging and how better design...

Ben Aschenaki, delivery unit lead and rebuild facility lead at Regeneration, talks with Ian Welsh about the role of agroforestry in delivering long term resilience in the coffee sector, and the potential for coffee sensitively harvested from within standing forests. With incentives such as increased land productivity, and boosting farmer incomes as they gain better access to international markets,...

The meat sector appears to be at a crossroads. There has been much coverage of the rise and fall (and rise?) of the alternative meat industry. Whilst some critics flag plummeting sales and lower stock prices, others have questioned nutrition and sustainability claims. Simultaneously, evidence continues to mount that we have no choice but to move away from our current land and carbon-intensive meat...

In this week's preview of what's coming up, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about the G7 summit and G20 meeting this week focusing on climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and just energy transition. They also discuss ongoing high consumer food prices as UK prime minister Rishi Sunak is set to meet with supermarket bosses and farmers.   Plus, Innovation Forum's Catie Bal...

This week: Rashyid Anwarudin, chief sustainability officer at Sime Darby Plantation, talks with Ian Welsh about why developing truly responsible commodity sourcing supply chains means seeking out labour rights breaches and remediating them. They discuss Sime Darby Plantation’s strategies to ensure workers are treated ethically including responsible recruitment procedures and grievance mechanisms....

Scott Kelly, senior vice president at Risilience, talks with Ian Welsh about how apparel brands can go beyond planning and implement effective net-zero plans by 2050. They discuss the importance of measuring emission sources then setting a net-zero plan and interim targets, and how to be transparent in reporting progress.

Please note that this is an audio recording of a webinar containing slides and presentations. To view the video recording, click here.    As part of Nestlé’s pledge to source up to 50% of its key ingredients regeneratively by 2030, this live virtual event featured updates of progress to date and deep dive into some case studies. We discussed the role of the food and beverage industry in scaling up...

In this week's preview of what's coming up, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about the World Fair Trade Day on Saturday 13th focusing on regenerative business for future economy including topics of smallholder farmers and sustainable agriculture. They also discuss the continued rise in supermarket food prices — despite wholesale prices coming down — due in part to energy costs,...

This week: Brodie partners' founding director, Georgie Erangey, and director of sustainable sourcing, Dave Pendlington, talk with Ian Welsh about developing ethical sourcing regulation from the EU and other jurisdictions and why procurement professionals are ever-more involved in tackling corporate human rights risks.   Plus: insights from Hanne Søndergaard from Arla Foods, Paulig Group's Lea Rank...

Anurag Gupta, managing director at Usha Yarns, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about how pre-consumer recycled cotton and post-consumer PET can be used to create new yarns. They compare the footprint of recycled and virgin fibres and discuss the drivers for developing the next generation yarns for the apparel sector.

This week: Ben Aschenaki, delivery unit lead and rebuild facility lead from Regeneration talks with Ian Welsh talk about the potential of an agroforestry approach and forest coffee supply chain. They discuss the importance of encouraging farmers to steer away from monocultural practices through providing incentives, training, and linking smallholders to international markets.   Plus: US pledges fu...