Glos B Social Christmas special - collective action workshop with Forum for the Future

The Gloucestershire B Local would like to invite you to a special event this December! We'll be hosting it at Gloucester Brewery 1pm - 7pm.

 It will have 3 functions:

1. Collective action workshop run by Forum for the Future's Executive Director and Chief Acceleration Officer, Dr Sally Uren OBE
2. Christmas B Social
3. Celebrate B Lab UK's 10th anniversary

AGENDA

• 1-4pm Collective action workshop run by Forum for the Future's Executive Director and Chief Acceleration Officer, Dr Sally Uren OBE
• 4-7pm Christmas B Social/B Lab UK's 10th anniversary celebration

Collective action workshop

We are so excited to share that Dr Sally Uren OBE, Executive Director of Forum for the Future will be leading us through a collective action workshop. The aim of this session is to come out with a plan for 2026 of how we can use the Gloucestershire B Local as a force for good locally.

About Forum for the Future

Forum for the Future is a leading international sustainability organisation running out of offices in the UK, US, India and Singapore. It was co-founded by Jonathan Porritt in Cheltenham in 1996. Since then, Forum for the Future have been working in partnership with business, governments and civil society to accelerate the shift towards a just and regenerative future in which both people and the planet thrive. They are specialists in multi-stakeholder collaborations.

About Dr Sally Uren, OBE

Dr Sally Uren OBE is Executive Director and Chief Acceleration Officer of Forum for the Future, following eleven years (2013 – 2024) as Chief Executive. During this time, she has worked alongside many of the recognised leaders in sustainable business, co-founded the Net Positive Coalition and designed and delivered a number of Forum’s multi-stakeholder collaborations. Sally is externally recognised as an expert facilitator, speaker, and moderator.

Among Sally’s key passions is inspiring and equipping others to deliver systemic change for sustainability, which she continues to do through flagship projects including: Growing our Future, a collaborative programme designed to scale regenerative agriculture in the U.S; the Business Transformation Compass, a one-of-its-kind guide to just and regenerative business; and the Climate and Health Coalition, which is galvanising private sector action to tackle the human health impacts of the climate crisis. She also works alongside a range of ambitious businesses, including Aviva, Ahold Delhaize, The Crown Estate, and Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Sally is currently an independent member of Advisory Boards at Bentley Motors and EcoVadis, where she sits on a groundbreaking Purpose Committee.

Sally is also a Trustee of the Galapagos Conservation Trust as well as an independent Non-Executive Director for the Duke of Sussex’s Travalyst sustainable travel initiative. In December 2017, Sally received an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for services to sustainability in business.