Finance: an agent of system change?
What role does the finance sector have in response to the multiple chaotic transitions underway? Long-term economic growth and social stability are not a given. Planetary health and stability seem to be slipping from our grasp. Risk is increasing. Although no one sector or system can control what happens next, finance can significantly influence the trajectory.
Explore how finance can step up as an agent of system change, and the innovative ideas gaining traction in a fast-evolving sector.
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The Futures Centre: 'Net Zero done well' for the future of food
Forum’s Global Strategic Lead for Food, Lesley Mitchell, considers the risk of "getting caught in the Net Zero net" — falling into traps that could limit progress or even lead to adverse outcomes in the food system and beyond.
Change Designer Mareyah Bhatti expands on how Net Zero efforts should consider all aspects of food production and consumption and ensure a just transition that leaves no one behind.
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The School of System Change
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Join a systems change course information session
Interested in unlocking new pathways to approaching complex challenges? The School of System Change offers courses that will support you in navigating systems change. Join an information session for Delta or Spark to find out more.
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Irrigating our health ecosystems with system change practitioners
Marion Birnstill is a Global Health specialist, facilitator, and partner of the School exploring how we might irrigate our health ecosystems with system change practitioners. Learn more about the School’s new ‘irrigation’ strategy.
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13 February, 8pm SGT/12pm GMT | Online
Tackling Microfibres at Source – Capstone Event
Synthetic microfibres from textiles make up 35% of microplastics in the oceans, making the fashion industry one of the biggest sources of microfibre pollution. So how can we reduce microfibre shedding upstream in the textile manufacturing process?
Join us on 13 February to hear insights gathered from Forum’s project, Tackling Microfibres at Source, which brought together textile manufacturers, the research community, fashion brand partners and industry groups, to examine this issue and explore pathways to deep transformative change.
Register now.
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14 February, 10am-4pm IST | Desire Hall, Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi, India
Responsible Renewable Energy Summit
What does a renewable energy sector that is ecologically safe, socially just and powering a thriving, resilient India look like?
Join us at the inaugural Responsible Renewable Energy Summit on 14 February in-person, in Delhi, India. We will be bringing together experts and stakeholders across the sector to discuss how renewable energy can set a benchmark for responsibility, and create value for every citizen in India for generations to come.
Register now; slots are limited.
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14-16 February | Scottsdale, United States
GreenBiz 23
GreenBiz 23, the premier gathering of sustainable business leaders in the US, will deliver the insight and inspiration you need to accelerate change — and your career. Join 1,800 professionals in Scottsdale, Arizona, 14-16 February, to be part of this powerful community.
Watch out for Forum's CEO, Dr Sally Uren, delivering sessions on the mindset shifts we need in sustainability, and on how we can create a just and regenerative future.
Register using the code GB23F4FUTURE for 10% off.
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28-29 March | Chicago, United States
Regenerative Agriculture and Food Systems Summit USA
The Regenerative Agriculture and Food Systems Summit USA will bring together food and beverage brands, suppliers, producers, AgTech companies, and consultants to explore challenges to and opportunities in harnessing the full potential of regenerative agriculture practices in the food industry.
Register using the code FFTF10 for 10% off.
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In other news
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Published in partnership with Oxford Farming Conference, Savills and WWF, our report Supply Chain Synergies, features in BBC Sounds, Farmers Guardian, Agriland, Farmers Weekly, FarmingUK and The Times.
- Core77: The most interesting sustainable design stories in 2022. Forum’s Futures Lead, Alisha Bhagat, explores the need to look back and learn if we’re to make progress going forward.
- The Business Times: Green players eyeing government boosts for blended finance, carbon tax and SME support. Forum's Principal Sustainability Strategist, Vi Nguyen, shares thoughts on Singapore's green bond market.
- Eco-Business: Financing the just transition: Powering Asia’s sustainable energy future. Forum’s Principal Sustainability Strategist, Saksham Nijhawan, considers how we finance the just transition.
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