Sally Uren

Sally Uren has worked with wide-ranging businesses, nonprofits and philanthropic organizations throughout her career and currently leads Forum for the Future’s mission to create a just and regenerative future in which both people and the planet thrive. This involves a laser-focus on transforming how the world thinks about, produces, consumes and values both food and energy, and on reimagining the purpose of business in our society and economy. Sally joined Forum in 2002, originally as Head of Business Programme, and is now chief executive, having overseen the nonprofit’s expansion from its U.K. roots to running thriving programs across the U.S, Southeast Asia and India. Sally is actively involved in sectorwide collaborations and in one-to-one work with leading businesses, including Target, Olam, Aldi and Aviva Group. She regularly speaks at flagship sustainability conferences while writing for key media publications, all with the desire to influence what people think, feel and do in response to our intensifying social, environmental and economic challenges.

Sally is currently an independent member of advisory boards for several global businesses, including Bentley Motors and Ecovadis, and is trustee for the Galapagos Conservation Trust and an independent non-executive director for the Duke of Sussex’s Travalyst sustainable tourism initiative.

With a background in ecology, she is particularly passionate about the potential and reality of regenerative business.

In December 2017, Sally received an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for services to sustainability in business.