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** Coming soon: the Future of Sustainability report
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The devastating impact of the COVID-19 crisis continues to underline the fact that we face a decade of discontinuity and uncertainty, with further shocks and systemic disruption ahead. Moments of radical change such as this force us to revisit what we value and to explore how we might reimagine the future.

As we all grapple with 'what next?', now more than ever we need urgent and decisive action at scale and at pace - but where should we focus to drive change?

On 14 October, we will publish our latest Future of Sustainability report, which will reveal five key interconnected dynamic areas already influencing the 2020s and what the implications are for creating a more sustainable future. It will also highlight a number of trajectories forward that we see emerging from COVID-19 and consider how these may play out in the years ahead.

The launch will be marked by two immersive events, moderated by journalist, Jo Confino ([link removed][UNIQID]) , and set to feature a number of visionary voices giving their perspective on how we can drive the transformation needed to create a just and sustainable future.


** Future of Sustainability launch events
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14 October
8:00 BST / 12:30 IST / 15:00 SGT / 20:00 NZDT

Confirmed speakers (more to be announced):
* Naina Subberwal Batra ([link removed][UNIQID]) , CEO & Chairperson at AVPN (Asia Venture Philanthropy Network) ([link removed][UNIQID])
* David Blood ([link removed][UNIQID]) , Senior Partner, Generation Investment Management ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Leena Nair ([link removed][UNIQID]) , Chief HR Officer of Unilever and member of the Unilever Leadership Executive
* Tom Rivett-Carnac ([link removed][UNIQID]) , author, political strategist and co-founder of Global Optimism ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Dr. Sally Uren OBE ([link removed][UNIQID]) , Chief Executive, Forum for the Future

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15 October
8:00 PDT / 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST

Confirmed speakers (more to be announced):
* Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson ([link removed][UNIQID]) , marine biologist, policy expert, writer and co-editor of All We Can Save ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Jeffrey Hollender ([link removed][UNIQID]) , Chair of the American Sustainable Business Council and Founder of Seventh Generation
* Roman Krznaric ([link removed][UNIQID]) , philosopher and author of The Good Ancestor ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Dr. Sally Uren OBE, Chief Executive, Forum for the Future

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** Making the Leap to Circular Fashion
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With COVID-19 and the climate crisis further threatening the fashion industry’s dominant business model - currently based on “cheaper, faster, better” production without consideration of the real needs of consumers - circular models will need to be at the heart of the sector’s radical transformation.

Our new report, “Making the leap to circular fashion ([link removed][UNIQID]) ”, shines a light on the huge untapped potential of fashion manufacturers to contribute to this circular transformation and lays out a three-step approach for brands and retailers to create the networks vital to ensuring long-term success.

Join our webinar on 30 September to explore the report highlights.
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** Empowering schools and students to transform US school lunches
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The need to rebalance American diets is clear and empowering schools and young people to choose tasty, nutritional meals with more diverse protein sources is an important route to change.

Alongside our Future Plates US partners, we’ve created insights and recommendations on how to support students with access to more diverse food choices that benefit their health and the environment, while engaging them as influential change agents. The implications of these insights also reach far beyond school food into other sectors and systems.
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** Events
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29 September
Stories of Change 1: Multi-level Perspective - The Birth of Rock N Roll

This webinar is part of a three-part series from the Stories of Change which discusses how systemic frameworks can help us understand social change, and how you can facilitate group discussions using these frameworks

The session discusses how the Multi-Level Perspective framework, typically used in systems diagnosis, can help us understand transitions in history, such as the seemingly sudden rise of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the 1950s.


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1 October (New Zealand), 13 October
Stories of Change 2: Iceberg Model - The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement

Second in the three-part Stories of Change series, which discusses how systemic frameworks can help us understand social change, and how you can facilitate group discussions using these frameworks.

The session looks at the The Iceberg Model, typically used in systems diagnosis, can help us explore blindspots, and challenge mental models underneath pivotal events, such as Rosa Park's arrest in 1955 in the Civil Rights Movement.



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15 October (New Zealand), 27 October
Stories of Change 3: Regenerative Model -Water Resilience in Mexico City

The third and final in Forum's School of System Change ([link removed][UNIQID]) webinar series explores The Regenerative Model, typically used in whole systems thinking, can help us shift from sustaining systems to restoring and regenerating.

Our speaker panelists discuss the story of water management in the neighbourhood of Xochimilco in Mexico City and how preserving cultural practices restored water access in times of crisis.

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22-26 October
Responsible Business Europe

The Responsible Business Summit Europe 2020 will convene leaders from across the globe virtually to share their latest strategies, and tangible insights into how they are helping deliver the required transformation of business for a sustainable economy. This year, the event will convene 6,000+ global peers to share strategies and practical ideas on how business can innovate, invest and collaborate in the biggest challenge that has been faced in our lifetimes – putting a clean and just transition at the heart of the global post-pandemic recovery.

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** The Futures Centre: launching 6 October
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Grappling with a sustainability question? Keen to understand how the world around us is changing and what it might mean for creating a more sustainable world?

Over the last few months, we have been building a new Futures Centre platform, which is set to relaunch on 6 October. A free, crowd-sourced site created by users, for users, the Futures Centre remains dedicated to futures for sustainability and will bring you the latest 'signals of change' (ideas, innovations and developments with potential to disrupt the norm) as well as a range of insights and resources to make sense of what we're seeing.

The launch will kickstart an ongoing and exclusive series of opinion pieces from a range of thought leaders across the sustainability movement - each providing unique perspectives on wide-ranging topics and issues.

Will you join us in building a global community working together on key challenges to drive positive change?

Register for the Futures Centre newsletter and be amongst the first to hear when the site launches.
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** ...and finally
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Systems change in practice: COVID-19 and India’s healthcare system

How can systems thinking be applied and broken down in practice? What qualifies as a ‘systemic problem’ when we talk about social change? Here, Hansika Singh, Principal Strategist, explores system change through the lens of COVID-19 and India’s healthcare system.

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** In the news
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* Principal Strategist Hansika Singh recently joined the Manufactured ([link removed][UNIQID]) podcast about sustainability and the making of fashion for two episodes: What’s reasonable to expect of brands and consumers? ([link removed][UNIQID]) and On Systems Change ([link removed][UNIQID]) .
* Unlocking Manufacturer Innovation Key to Achieving Circular Fashion ([link removed][UNIQID]) . Sustainable Brands
* Looking beneath the surface: Understanding connections to drive systemic change ([link removed][UNIQID]) . Sally Uren in BusinessGreen (subscription required)
* In this Farm Gate podcast episode ([link removed][UNIQID]) , report author, Lesley Mitchell, Forum for the Future's Associate Director for Sustainable Nutrition, discusses Scaling regenerative agriculture ([link removed][UNIQID]) and Forum's new report, 'Growing Our Future'.

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