It is Future 500’s 30th year of impact, our CEO, Erik Wholgemuth had the privilege of reconnecting with our founder, Bill Shireman, to reflect on our legacy of impact, assess the relevance of Future 500’s mission today, and look forward to where we should focus.

In this installment of our Spotlight Series, we had the pleasure of speaking with Richard Eidlin, a veteran of over 35 years working at the intersection of business, politics, and policy. With a rich career spanning the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, Richard has been a key advocate for sustainable economy, clean energy, and democracy initiatives—both in the U.S. and globally.

Our next spotlight series features another one of our distinguished Senior Fellows, Sarah Zoen. Read the interview and be inspired by Sarah’s passion for breaking down barriers, promoting collaboration, and creating lasting change.

Our 2025 Summer Update: Retreats, planning, events and much more…

In the Second Installment of our Spotlight Series, we meet Dr. Mari-Jane Fox, one of our senior fellows and a trailblazing sustainability experts.

Future 500 Spotlight: Meet our new board Mark Spears. 

Our next sneak peek article from our 2025 Force for Good Forecast, Greenhushing or ESG Retreat?

Our team just wrapped up our Corporate Working Group in Austin, an intimate gathering of twenty corporate partners, local stakeholders, industry leaders, and expert speakers.

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. Read about his many invaluable insights.

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.

This year’s CERAWeek focused on a road map for a multidimensional transition. Learn what we have outlined as a few high-level insights that emerged from each panel.

At Future 500, our team envisions a world where we are no longer needed. We are depolarizers, building bridges between business and civil society.

Our team hosted Nils Gilman, the COO and Sr. VP of the Berggruen Institute, in a virtual discussion with our Corporate Affinity Network.

Fresh off a planning retreat, we wanted to share some of the goals and events we are planning so you know what to expect from us this year.

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…