Reinventing the way the world works.

Forum for the Future is a leading international sustainability non-profit.

For over 20 years we’ve been working in partnership with business, governments and civil society to accelerate the shift toward a sustainable future.

Climate change, poverty, malnutrition, civil unrest: the world today is facing complex challenges because our fundamental systems are broken.

We specialise in addressing critical global challenges by catalysing change in key systems, from food to apparel, energy to shipping.

We do this by convening transformational collaborations to drive change, by partnering with organisations to help them lead by example, and by building a global community of pioneers and change makers.

Together we can reinvent the way the world works.

Transformational strategies

System change collaborations

Equipping people to drive change

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Data protection rules are being relaxed across the globe in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

At least 27 countries have made changes to data privacy rules, including Europe, the UK and the US, where data protection laws have been relaxed or there is a provision to do so.
Consumers adapt to online life as millions are confined to homes

Consumer behaviour has shifted online in many areas of the world as social distancing restrictions mean billions of people are confined to their homes for the majority of the day.
Universal Basic Income to become new-normal in Western nations?

Unprecedented citizen bailout measures have been taken by governments, but uncertainty around timeframes leaves room for long-lasting change.
Turning up for work in post-COVID times

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.

The Five Capitals

There are five types of sustainable capital from where we derive the goods and services we need to improve the quality of our lives.
Reinventing the way the world works.

We specialise in addressing critical global challenges by catalysing change in key systems, from food to apparel, energy to shipping.
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Sustainability and system change
Characteristics of a sustainable business model

Over the last year a new term has been rising up – the sustainable business model. So far it has been used to signal the need to go beyond innovating products or services, and change the fundamentals of how a business makes money. At Forum for the Future we are trying to work through the detail of what makes a sustainable business model so more and more companies can act.
Transformational strategies

Pioneering organisations create systemic impacts beyond their own boundaries. We help them understand the opportunities, and how to unlock them.
Protein Challenge 2040

The Protein Challenge 2040 is the first global coalition of its kind, aiming to tackle the question: How do we provide up to 10 billion people with enough protein in a way that is healthy, affordable and good for the planet?
Fashion Futures 2025

Working with Levi Strauss and Co using futures techniques to develop global scenarios for a sustainable fashion industry.
Net Positive

We reinvent strategies for a 1.5°C world. Our Net Positive approach helping business put back more into society and environment than it takes out. Unilever’s pioneering commitment to eliminate fossil fuels from its operations and directly support the generation of more renewable energy than they consume was driven behind the scenes by Forum.
Become a system change agent

Applications are now open for Basecamp #9 Americas, kicking off in early May 2020 in the US. Apply now!