“If we know now exactly how we’re going to achieve a goal that we set for 2030, it won’t be ambitious enough.”
The decade we’re facing calls for transformative change, which will require greater levels of ambition from all sectors. What are three key principles of success for game-changing strategies?
Our work is always about stretching the ambition of our partners and helping organisations tackle systemic challenges. James Payne, Associate Director for Transformational Strategies, shares insights from Forum for the Future’s partnership with Diageo, one of the world’s largest producers of spirits and beers, as they launch their new Society 2030 strategy.
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Welcoming our new Chair
We have today announced that Rita Clifton CBE will be joining us as Chair of the Board of Trustees from 1 December.
The global climate and biodiversity crises - coupled with the ongoing impact of COVID-19 - means that the need to change the way we live and work has dramatically intensified in 2020.
Rita brings with her extensive experience in the private, public and non-profit sectors as well as a life-long commitment to sustainability. This will be vital as we work to engage civil society, investors, business, governments and more to find systemic solutions to systemic challenges. We look forward to working closely with Rita at this incredibly important time.
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The Futures Centre highlights
This month, we look at signals of change and insight pieces related to technology and governance – a key dynamic recently highlighted in Forum's Future of Sustainability report.
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Insight
Bring back the human: how working culture can support transformation
As workforces look to their employers for leadership on social and environmental challenges, we need new approaches to organisational culture fit for the 2020s. How can these new approaches support transformative change?
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Signal of Change
Asia Internet Coalition asks Pakistan for transparent policy-making
The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), established in 2010 and comprising major regional and global players, including Amazon, Airbnb, Apple, Facebook, Grab, Google and LinkedIn, has condemned the lack of transparency in Pakistan’s new policy for removing internet content.
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Report & Events
Future of Sustainability
Our latest report From System Shock to System Change highlights the major dynamic areas influencing our world right now, and explores four possible futures emerging from the pandemic. Hear more about how futures thinking and the report's insights can be used, and see our recent videos and online events introducing the report.
How to use trajectories
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Tuesday 8 December, 1pm GMT
Understanding the Benefits of Aligned Impact Indicators in the Cotton Sector
Join the Delta Project and Cotton 2040 teams for an open webinar on Tuesday 8 December. We will share steps being taken by the various cotton standards, programmes and codes to make it easier for brands and retailers to access more consistent, credible ways to measure and monitor impact data, and to show the positive difference that their investments in sustainable cotton are making.
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Catalysing systemic action for a more sustainable tea sector
Forum's Chief Executive, Dr Sally Uren, shares her insights into Forum’s Tea 2030 initiative. What system change strategies were used in programme design? And what did we achieve?
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Five things we need from businesses right now
How can businesses in India help build sustainable and resilient systems? Anna Warrington, Director of Forum for the Future India, and Hansika Singh, Principal Strategist, explore this question in an article in India Development Review.
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