This week: Laura Satkowski, senior product manager at CIBO Technologies, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about some of the challenges for growers accessing finance — from public and private sectors — to enable more sustainable and regenerative agriculture practices.
Plus: US shifts to support plastic production limits in global treaty; UK supermarket ... Show More
Aug 4
Weekly podcast – Digital product passports: from voluntary pilot to mandatory infrastructure
This week: Pauline God, industry and policy expert at TrusTrace, talks with Ian Welsh about the state of play on digital product passports in apparel. They discuss the gap between mandatory infrastructure and still-voluntary product obligations, and the four biggest lessons from ... Show More
27m 45s
Aug 4
Beyond the checkbox: why forced labour hides in plain sight
Rachel Rigby, senior director, extended supply chains and responsible sourcing, and Quinn Kepes, senior regional lead Americas, at Verité, talk with Ian Welsh about the sharp rise in forced labour enforcement. They discuss the EU's new forced labour regulation and its reversed bu ... Show More
16m 35s
Sep 2023
Transforming Africa's Farming and Food
Alloysius Attah, Co-Founder and CEO of Farmerline, discusses climate financing, products and education for local agribusinesses and famers in Africa.
Hosts: Jess Menton and Simone Foxman. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11m 11s
Aug 2025
AI creeps in, KATSEYE milkshakes, and China says “Zaijian!” to US soybeans
It’s … Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news. On today’s episode: AI shuts out youth from the grind, China leaves U.S. soybeans behind, Gap has the then-and-now in marketing mind. Related episodes: AI creates, trans ... Show More
9m 29s
Nov 2023
AGCO CEO on Harvesting Tech for the Future of Farming
Eric Hansotia, Chief Executive Officer at AGCO, discusses growth, technology and sustainability in the agriculture industry. theSkimm Co-Founder Danielle Weisberg talks about their Show Us Your Child Care initiative. Bloomberg News Chief Correspondent for Global Macro Markets Liz ... Show More
39m 58s
Dec 2021
Business Weekly: 25/12/2021
On this edition of Business Weekly, we’re looking at the rising cost of energy across Europe, and hear from Emma Pinchbeck of Energy UK on how producers and consumers are coping, plus Tom Wilson from The Financial Times analyses the causes behind the price hike.
We hear about how ... Show More
50m 2s