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Supply chains and livelihoods

It shouldn’t cost the earth for supply chains to meet our needs. Yet entrenched in many global supply chains are environmental abuse, poor working conditions, unequal distribution of profits, and inefficient use of resources.

Shifting these complex problems requires us to collaborate, remove barriers to progress, coordinate our efforts and innovate solutions in the face of disruptive change. Only then can we secure sustainable supply, viability and fair livelihoods across global industries.

What are our goals?

  • Engaging brands, retailers and consumers in buying sustainably sourced products.
  • Transforming supply chain business models to distribute value more equally.
  • Addressing barriers to transparency.
  • Identifying and building opportunities for sustainable jobs and livelihoods, and growing the resilience of farmers, workers and communities.

Talk to Charlene Collison, our Associate Director, Sustainable Value Chains and Livelihoods, or see more of our work below.

We're tracking this challenge live on the Futures Centre, head over to see what #signalsofchange we're spotting.

Re-imagining Future Value Chains

Re-imagining Future Value Chains

A futures and innovation process to drive development of resilient, regenerative and just agricultural value chains in an increasingly disrupted world Read more

Published: 28th July, 2022

Updated: 3rd March, 2023

Author: Tanya Grueneberger

Tackling Microfibres at Source

Tackling Microfibres at Source

Tackling Microfibres at Source offers textile manufacturers, brands and fashion retailers an opportunity to design intervention strategies. Learnings and insights from this project will be shared across the fashion industry pre-competitively in order to accelerate change. Read more

Published: 20th December, 2021

Updated: 23rd February, 2023

Author: Fern Yu

A Compass for Just and Regenerative Business

A Compass for Just and Regenerative Business

In partnership with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Forum sets out a working definition of what it means for a business to be ‘just and regenerative’ and provides practical guidance on how to get there. The report, ‘A Compass for Just and Regenerative Business’, launched in November 2021, and provides a ‘Business Transformation Compass’ to support you in navigating change - and putting theory into practice. Read more

Published: 15th November, 2021

Updated: 22nd February, 2023

Author: Ulrike Stein

Cotton 2040: aligning sustainability impact metrics

Cotton 2040: aligning sustainability impact metrics

As part of Cotton 2040, we are working with the major sustainable cotton standards, programmes and codes on greater alignment of sustainable cotton impact metrics. Creating more credible, consistent and comparable data will help brands and retailers to more confidently track the impact of their sustainable cotton sourcing decisions. Read more

Published: 23rd September, 2020

Updated: 22nd February, 2023

Author: Ulrike Stein

Circular Leap Asia

Circular Leap Asia

A new Forum report shines a light on the huge untapped potential of fashion manufacturers to contribute to the fashion sector’s circular transformation and highlights the opportunity to recalibrate industry power dynamics as the industry emerges from the COVID-19 crisis. Read more

Published: 1st September, 2020

Updated: 3rd March, 2023

Author: Madeleine Wild

Envisioning the future of Man-made Cellulosic Fibres (MMCF)

Envisioning the future of Man-made Cellulosic Fibres (MMCF)

Man-made cellulosic fibres (MMCF) – including viscose, rayon, modal and lyocell – have the potential to contribute to a more sustainable future. The MMCF 2030 Vision outlines how it could build a more resilient apparel and textile industry and contribute to regeneration across its value chain. Read more

Published: 17th June, 2020

Updated: 22nd February, 2023

Author: Lucinda Thurmer

Growing our Future USA

Growing our Future USA

Working together to accelerate the transition to a just and regenerative agriculture system in the United States. Read more

Published: 20th May, 2020

Updated: 4th March, 2023

Author: Maria Powazka

Creating sustainable value chains

Creating sustainable value chains

Resources for organisations working to pilot and scale alternative business models that have the potential to balance nature, people and economy. Read more

Published: 17th February, 2020

Updated: 15th March, 2021

Author: Maria Powazka

Fashion Futures 2030

Fashion Futures 2030

An interactive toolkit exploring how current trends - from climate change to nationalism and AI - could shape fashion in 2030 Read more

Published: 14th May, 2019

Updated: 22nd February, 2023

Author: Ulrike Stein

Decent Rural Living Initiative

Decent Rural Living Initiative

Identifying, supporting and scaling solutions that improve the lives of rural workers in Indonesia. Read more

Published: 26th November, 2018

Updated: 22nd February, 2023

Author: George Harding-Rolls

Eliminating single-use plastics with Asian food delivery companies

Eliminating single-use plastics with Asian food delivery companies

Promising convenience, affordability and choice for busy consumers, food delivery services have burgeoned in recent years, particularly in Asia. In 2015, the Asia Pacific region accounted for nearly half the total value of global home food delivery, and it’s expected to be the industry’s fastest growing region in the next 2 years. Read more

Published: 25th September, 2018

Updated: 3rd March, 2023

Author: Madeleine Wild

Consumer Futures 2020

Consumer Futures 2020

A practical tool based around four future scenarios to help consumer goods organisations plan for the years ahead. Read more

Published: 17th September, 2018

Updated: 22nd February, 2023

Author: George Harding-Rolls

CottonUP guide

CottonUP guide

Together with the partners in the Cotton 2040 coalition, we are calling on brands and retailers to radically increase their sourcing of sustainable cotton and have launched a digital guide to support them with fast-tracking their sourcing strategies Read more

Published: 26th June, 2018

Updated: 22nd February, 2023

Author: Madeleine Wild

Tea 2030

Tea 2030

Tea 2030 was set up in 2013 to help deliver a sustainable tea industry, from crop to cup. To do that, we needed the cooperation and collaboration across the tea industry, from pickers and packers to producers and purchasers. Read more

Published: 29th November, 2017

Updated: 22nd February, 2023

Author:

Cotton 2040

Cotton 2040

Cotton 2040 aims to create a resilient cotton industry in an increasingly climate-disrupted world by bringing together stakeholders across the value chain. Read more

Published: 29th November, 2017

Updated: 3rd March, 2023

Author:

Beauty and Personal Care Sustainability Project

Beauty and Personal Care Sustainability Project

Demand for sustainable products is growing, and calls for safe and sustainable products, with transparent and clear ingredient lists, are increasing. So, how do we get more sustainable products on retailers’ shelves? Read more

Published: 29th November, 2017

Updated: 22nd February, 2023

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