Future 500 is a non-profit consultancy that builds trust between companies, advocates, investors, and philanthropists to advance business as a force for good.

Wrap-up of our September Corporate Working Group in Austin.

Despite the politicization of ESG as Woke Capitalism over the past two years, shareholder advocates filed over 500 resolutions, a 5% increase from 2023.

Our team shares some insightful resources for helping companies engage their people in navigating political instability and building a stronger democracy together.

Our team recently hosted Nathan Truitt, the VP of Climate Funding at American Forest Foundation, to speak with our Corporate Affinity Network. Among his many invaluable insights, he shared a comprehensive framework to assist companies in selecting robust nature-based carbon offsets and credits.

Last week, our team had the pleasure of gathering with twenty corporate partners, industry leaders, and expert speakers for a Corporate Working Group in Atlanta, Georgia. Topics ranged as broad as nature-related disclosures and Corporate Political Responsibility, but the consistent factor was the robust discussion shared by participants and advocates working to understand at-times thorny issues and identify ways for their companies to effectively engage.

At Future 500, our team envisions a world where we are no longer needed. We are depolarizers, building bridges between business and civil society to work as partners and responsible stewards of a clean, just, and prosperous world. We initiate and nurture strategic connections between corporate and civil society change agents so they learn to develop and maintain enduring trust-based relationships.

At Future 500, our team envisions a world where we are no longer needed. We are depolarizers, building bridges between business and civil society to work as partners and responsible stewards of a clean, just, and prosperous world. We initiate and nurture strategic connections between corporate and civil society change agents so they learn to develop and maintain enduring trust-based relationships.

Our team hosted Nils Gilman, the COO and Sr. VP of the Berggruen Institute, in a virtual discussion with our Corporate Affinity Network. The Berggruen Institute is a leading think tank focusing on complex societal ideas that touch everything from governance and democracy to the planet.

Our team had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Stephanie Bertels, Founder of the Embedding Project, in conversation with our Corporate Affinity Network members. Read our three key insights from our group discussion with her.

In Part 3 of our look at Environmental Justice (EJ), we conclude our series by defining what an effective corporate EJ position looks like based on insightful stakeholder interviews conducted by our team. 

Why should companies operationalize environmental justice (EJ)? We address this in part 1 of this series. Now we move from the “why” to the “how”. How do you operationalize EJ? What is the guidebook?

Our Corporate Affinity Network and invited guests had a blast discussing carbon capture and sequestration with Ashleigh Ross, VP of Strategic Engagements & Policy, Carbon America, who “started working on carbon capture before Google became a verb”. Ashleigh voiced insights from over 20 years working in the carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) space — read more to discover what she had to share with us…

Due to decades of effort from grassroots to investors, Environmental Justice is here to stay, and forward-thinking companies are integrating it now.

With the INC-2 (Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee) Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Paris having concluded, the complex network of thousands of government representatives, NGO advocates and activists, corporations, and investors may be home, but their work toward advancing a globally binding treaty is far from over. 

At Future 500’s annual Corporate Impact Summit we engaged thoughtfully to unpack the issues of biodiversity, climate justice, circular business models, regenerative economies, and ESG politicization.