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Forum for the Future is an international sustainability organisation that works in partnership with business, government and civil society to accelerate the shift toward a just and regenerative future. It works by catalysing change in key global systems (energy, food and business). It has an annual turnover of around £5.2 million and employs 66 staff. [1] The current CEO is Hannah Pathak, [2] Executive Director and Chief Acceleration Officer is Sally Uren OBE [3] and the offices are based in the United Kingdom, United States, India and Singapore.
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It runs partnerships with more than 100 organisations across business and the public sector to incorporate the principles of sustainable development.
From 1996 to 2016 the organisation ran a Masters course, 'Masters in Leadership for Sustainable Development'. This was run in partnership with the University of Middlesex and the Leadership Trust. [4] Forum set up the School of System Change, [5] a learning provider with offerings for mid-career professionals to learn how to become systems change-makers.
Forum for the Future [6] was founded in 1996, by Paul Ekins, Sara Parkin and Jonathon Porritt. [7] Its earliest members from 1996 to 1999 included a number of key influencers and decision-makers, Sir David Putnam, Richard Branson, Richard Rogers, John Selwyn Gummer, Dr Elaine Storkey, and Douglas Adams.
