How can systems thinking be applied and broken down in practice? What qualifies as a ‘systemic problem’ when we talk about social change? In this long-read, Hansika Singh, Principal Strategist, explores system change through COVID-19 and India’s healthcare system. Read more
Can transformative interventions from corporates balance out the evident cooling down of governmental support for green recovery packages? Here, Jonathon Porritt explores negative and positive shifts in sustainability commitments around the world in the latest of our Corporate Leadership in the Time of Corona series. Read more
Five-takeaways from sessions co-hosted by Forum for the Future and Textile Exchange on the Net Positive future for the Man-Made Cellulosic Fibre industry. Read more
In the latest of our Corporate Leadership in the Time of Corona series, Dr Sally Uren explores how organisations are harnessing the disruption caused by COVID-19 to put us on a ‘Transform’ trajectory – one set to create a truly regenerative future in which we recognise human health equals planetary health and we deliver a just transition towards a net zero global economy. Read more
Sophie Robins, Change Designer, on why the Future Plates initiative is betting on young and trainee chefs to transform the food sector. Read more
In the sixth of our Corporate Leadership in the Time of Corona series, Dr Sally Uren explores the latest in nature-based solutions (NbS) and the interconnected nature of five key capitals –and calls on business to advocate for greater uptake and investment in these high-impact solutions. Read more
In the fifth of our Corporate Leadership in the Time of Corona series, Jonathon Porritt explores how intricately linked climate change and public health are, and the crucial need for business to play its part in ensuring we strengthen healthcare systems in the bid to ‘build back better’ post COVID-19. Read more
Dr Sally Uren discusses the context for the MMCF Vision and the plans to build on the existing MMCF Roundtable and the newer Hub in order to create a vehicle for accelerated action, faster collective innovation and problem solving as well as build resilience and regeneration. Read more
Moving beyond lockdown doesn’t mean we are past disruption and unpredictability. James Payne, Associate Director of Transformational Strategies at Forum for the Future, weighs in on how businesses can better prepare for a turbulent decade. Read more
In the fourth of our Corporate Leadership in the Time of Corona series, Dr Sally Uren, explores why we must reform our economic and societal structures, and how businesses are using their vast resources and influence to build societal resilience in a world where all the rules are changing, daily. Read more
In the third of our Corporate Leadership in the time of Corona series, Jonathon Porritt looks at the way companies in the energy sector are either digging in to protect their current positions, or explicitly hoping to transform global energy markets. Read more
In the second of our Corporate Leadership in the Time of Corona series, Dr Sally Uren, explores the different possible trajectories that could emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, and highlights how business leadership could help ensure we build back better. Read more
Caroline Ashley, Global Director of System Change Programmes, examines the emergent positive and negative forces actively shaping the post-COVID-19 reality and reasserts the need for a just transition. Read more
Corporate Leadership in the Time of Corona: This is the first of a weekly series of blogs, in which Forum for the Future’s Founder Director, Jonathon Porritt, and Chief Executive, Dr Sally Uren, will each explore different aspects of corporate leadership in addressing the coronavirus crisis. Read more
Lesley Mitchell, Associate Director, Sustainable Nutrition, introduces the collaborative context, vision and roadmap outlined in Forum for the Future's latest report Growing our Future: Scaling Regenerative Agriculture in the US. Read more
Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director of Forum for the Future, examines the COVID-19 shock to the aviation industry, and what that means not just for a sustainable future for airlines, but their survival. Read more
Green businesses can lead the recovery and also equip others to create a more sustainable future, argues Forum for the Future's Hannah Pathak Read more
Have we lost sight of a sustainable future for food? The food system is being tested, and people in the food industry are trying to manage short-term needs with essential long-term planning. Written by Lesley Mitchell and Roberta Iley. Read more
As Environment Ministers from 30 countries are this week meeting in a two-day conference online to explore how to organise a green economic recovery post COVID-19, Dr Sally Uren pens an open letter to governments outlining a wish list of sustainability considerations that must be central to coronavirus recovery plans. Read more
There is a narrow window of opportunity to re-shape agricultural commodity value chain systems to be regenerative, distributive and resilient in the conditions of a post-COVID and climate-changing world. Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic is a call for us to work together in new ways. How will we respond? Louise Armstrong and Sean Andrew look at how Forum is changing and what is needed to thrive in uncertainty. Read more
Sally Uren, Chief Executive, examines how the novel COVID-19 virus could help us prepare for necessary change and the likely disruptions in the next decade, as we urgently transform entire systems to achieve carbon neutrality. Read more
How does the aviation industry fit into a low carbon world? Oriana Brine, Senior Sustainability Strategist, recounts insights on practical actions from a recent Sustainability Masterclass for Air New Zealand run by Founder-Director Jonathan Porritt, Chair of Air New Zealand’s Sustainability Advisory Panel. Read more
Elizabeth Rich, Sustainability Strategist at Forum for the Future Americas, reflects on recent work and offers lessons for sustainability for the apparel industry in light of Fashion Month. Read more
Jacqueline Culleton interviews the great plant-based pioneer Bruno Loubet who led the way for many other chefs who were interested in a different way of cooking Read more
The climate crisis can’t be addressed by a single solution but we are beginning to see how much our food choices can help solve the climate challenge. What might your lunch of the future look like? Read more
Will Dawson, Forum's Associate Director, Climate and Energy, sets out the key drivers for climate action next year. Read more
Andy Richardson, Head of Corporate Affairs, Volac, examines the current state of the protein market from the perspective of a Protein Challenge 2040 Leadership group member. Read more
Keeping up with the latest action in the protein system during the research for Forum for the Future’s latest report, The Future of Food, was as challenging as it was exciting. But is all this action shaping up to deliver transformational change? Roberta Iley, Protein Challenge 2040 lead at Forum, shares her insights. Read more
Recent research has produced models predicting that India’s economic and financial powerhouse, Mumbai, will be flooding under the high tide line in approximately 30 years. What does this mean for the people living in and connected to Mumbai? Anna Warrington, Director of Forum for the Future, India, outlines how to respond to this existential threat. Read more