Charlene Collison

Charlene has over 20 years’ experience in futures, systems thinking, and organizational change for sustainability. She heads Forum’s Challenge Lab on Sustainable Value Chains, which works to make value chains of key land-based commodities net-positive through employing sustainable and regenerative agriculture, providing decent livelihoods and using fair, transparent business models. She leads multi-stakeholder collaborative initiatives across a range of sectors and themes, including directing the Cotton 2040 initiative. Charlene also leads strategy projects with a range of brands, particularly in apparel, with a focus on using futures tools to diagnose and act on emerging systemic challenges.