It's time to look to the future

Forum's annual publication, the Future of Sustainability, identifies dynamic trends and pathways to help us, our partners and the wider world make sense of change, plan for the future, and understand our roles in creating a more sustainable future.

The unprecedented disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty it brings makes this year’s report more relevant than ever before. The report will explore the wide-ranging dynamics at play in the world around us. It will also highlight a suite of futures trajectories, each underpinned by a different 'mindset' and designed to help us understand possible ways forward from this moment of radical disruption, with a focus on how we can harness the energy we are seeing around the Transform trajectory – the one that will allow us to emerge into a truly sustainable, just and resilient world.  



The report launch is scheduled for mid-September and will involve a series of virtual events, with more details coming.

In the meantime, throughout July, we are running a series of webinars, gathering diverse insights and perspectives from participants to help further inform the report. Upcoming sessions are timed for easy participation for our partners in APAC/India or the US:

Wednesday 22 July
8 am BST / 12.30 pm IST / 3 pm Singapore

APAC/India-friendly webinar: Has the disruption from COVID-19 accelerated the transition to a sustainable future, or made it more challenging?

Join our expert panel from Aditya Birla Group, Flipkart Group, Olam International and Yayasan Anak Bangsa Bisa to discuss how business, government, civil society and communities can seize this moment to address resiliency and deliver a more just and sustainable world.
 
Thursday 30 July 
6.30 pm BST / 1.30 pm EDT

US-friendly webinar: How can we harness the radical disruption presented by today’s crisis to drive a truly sustainable, just and resilient future?

Join our leading panelists from Kimberly-Clark, Target and more to discuss what is next for the fields of sustainability, impact investing and philanthropy. We will also share possible ways forward to address some of the world's most pressing issues.
 

In case you missed it

UK/Europe Webinar

On 8 July 2020, we held the first in our Future of Sustainability 2020 webinar series.

Hosted by Forum for the Future's Chief Executive, Dr Sally Uren, and UK/EU Director Hannah Pathak, with panelists Leslie Johnston, Chief Executive Officer, Laudes Foundation; Nick Cliffe, Deputy Challenge Director, Innovate UK; Keith Writer, Supply Director, Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate; and Rebecca Marmot, Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever

Watch the recording

Our Partners

This work has been made possible with support from a number of very generous partners, who provided both financial support, and who have fed into our research and conversations to date.

Partnership opportunities for Future of Sustainability 2020 are still available. If you would like to be associated with the report, please be in touch with [email protected] to explore what this might mean for you.

Our temporary home for the Futures Centre

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Much of our Future of Sustainability content originates from our unique and participatory Futures Centre platform. We are working on a new Futures Centre website, which will launch in early September. In the meantime, you can submit signals of change and view newly submitted signal content here.
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