Accelerating practical and collective action by the private sector on climate and health
Wellcome Trust HQ (Hodgkin rooms 1&2), near Euston Station, Central London, NW1 2BE
About this Event
Climate change is not just an environmental issue. It is the defining health risk of our time. For all businesses this presents both an urgent challenge and a major opportunity to lead with purpose and impact.
Forum for the Future, as the convener of the Climate and Health Coalition – a multi-stakeholder initiative mobilizing private sector leadership at the intersection of climate and health – invites you to join an inspirational and interactive breakfast discussion supported by Bayer. This event is designed for ambitious changemakers and leaders from across sustainability and wider business functions who are ready to move from ambition to practical, collaborative action.
We will explore how businesses are taking meaningful steps to address climate-related health risks through mitigation, adaptation, and community engagement. In particular, we will hear from leaders from healthcare, food, insurance and the investor community.
You’ll gain insights on what action looks like in practice, how to align it with your commercial objectives, and how to collaborate across sectors for greater impact.
Key Topics
– Why climate and health is now a business-critical issue
– What meaningful private sector action looks like both within and beyond healthcare
– Real-world examples of climate mitigation and adaptation across industries
– The role of capital, policy, and community voices in accelerating change
– How to engage with the growing work of the Climate and Health Coalition
Agenda
8:00 to 8:30 am | Breakfast and arrivals
8:30 to 9:30 am | Panel discussion and audience Q&A
9:30 to 10:00 am | Networking and connection
Climate & Health Coalition (convened by Forum for the Future)
ABOUT CLIMATE AND HEALTH COALITION
The Climate and Health Coalition is a multi-stakeholder collaboration founded in 2020 by Forum for the Future and formalized in 2021 with leading healthcare businesses Haleon, Bupa, Reckitt, and Walgreens Boots Alliance. In 2023, the Coalition was joined by Bristol Myers Squibb, and Bayer, and in 2024 - by Kenvue and Johnson & Johnson. The Coalition is also supported by over 15 non-private sector organisations active in the climate and health ecosystem. The purpose of the Coalition is to mobilise and equip the private sector to accelerate the integrated transformation of our health and climate systems, towards outcomes that deliver benefits for both people and planet. In 2024, the Coalition expanded to include a Food Cluster, founded by leading partners Britvic, SIG and Waitrose, to enable additional private sector players to further drive co-benefits for the connected systems of climate, health, food and agriculture. Early in 2025, Trane Technologies became a member of the Coalition, allowing an expanded focus on the built environment.
ABOUT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
Forum for the Future is a leading international sustainability non-profit. For more than 25 years we’ve 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. As our environmental, social and economic crises intensify, the world is rapidly changing, with multiple transitions already reshaping how we all live and work. But will we go far enough, and fast enough? Forum is focused on enabling deep transformation in three game-changing areas: how we think about, produce, consume and value both food and energy, and the role of business in society and the economy.
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