Forum for the Future

To scale back or double down on sustainability ambitions? How to navigate shifting sands with 'futures thinking'

Management

To scale back or double down on sustainability ambitions? How to navigate shifting sands with 'futures thinking'

As President Trump’s return to the White House leaves businesses navigating rapidly shifting sands, Forum for the Future's new CEO Hannah Pathak explores how foresight can help sustainability leaders address looming uncertainties

clock 10 February 2025 • 4 min read
Embracing the 'transformation blueprint' that's already shaping the future of sustainability

Climate change

Embracing the 'transformation blueprint' that's already shaping the future of sustainability

In a world facing multiple and cascading crises, incremental change won't cut it - but transformational change remains possible, according to Forum for the Future's Sally Uren

clock 05 December 2024 • 5 min read
Without a focus on social sustainability, agriculture's green transition will falter

Management

Without a focus on social sustainability, agriculture's green transition will falter

Farmers' ability to shift to greener practices rests on the adoption of robust social frameworks in transition planning, writes Forum for the Future’s Duncan Williams

clock 02 October 2024 • 4 min read
Seven essential shifts for resilient, fair and thriving value chains

Management

Seven essential shifts for resilient, fair and thriving value chains

Today's value chain models are not fit for the volatile future we face - but they can reconfigured to drive just and regenerative outcomes, writes Forum for the Future's Hannah Cunneen

clock 19 August 2024 • 5 min read
How businesses can champion climate justice

Management

How businesses can champion climate justice

Climate solutions developed by businesses must prioritise climate justice, writes Forum for the Future’s Ksenia Benifand

clock 20 June 2024 • 4 min read
Creating a future-fit energy system requires a just and regenerative mindset

Energy

Creating a future-fit energy system requires a just and regenerative mindset

Forum for the Future's Kunal Sharma asks what it will take to overhaul the global energy system

clock 01 May 2024 • 4 min read
Why business needs to move away from sustainability silos

Management

Why business needs to move away from sustainability silos

Business resilience, productivity and growth depends on a full integration of social and environmental sustainability efforts, writes Forum for the Future’s James Payne

clock 22 February 2024 • 5 min read
Climate, nature and public health: Maximising the co-benefits of net zero

Net Zero Festival

Climate, nature and public health: Maximising the co-benefits of net zero

WATCH: The Net Zero Festival 2023 hears from Bupa's Julia Giannini, Neil Jones at Walgreens Boots Alliance, and Forum for the Future's international MD Hannah Pathak on the need for interlinked corporate action on climate, nature and public health

clock 23 November 2023 • 1 min read
Firms must go beyond risk reporting to manage climate disruption

Management

Firms must go beyond risk reporting to manage climate disruption

A reliance solely on reporting as a means to manage environmental risks could limit companies' future ability to thrive, write Forum for the Future's Ariel Muller and Gemma Bridgman

clock 17 October 2023 • 6 min read
'The worst thing businesses can do now is be quiet': How can firms navigate a green path through the global 'polycrisis'?

Risk

'The worst thing businesses can do now is be quiet': How can firms navigate a green path through the global 'polycrisis'?

Rather than 'greenhushing', now is the time for firms to be even bolder in their support for the net zero economy, Forum for the Future's chief executive Sally Uren tells BusinessGreen

clock 05 September 2023 • 10 min read