CAN is for business leaders seeking best practices and peer-to-peer learning in stakeholder engagement and sustainability.

CAN is Future 500’s private network for senior corporate leaders seeking to deepen their expertise in sustainability and corporate social impact.

Through coaching, counsel, peer-to-peer learning, and facilitated engagement with leading advocates, CAN partners cultivate the relationships and skills needed to engage effectively internally and externally to tackle today's most pressing sustainability challenges - social, environmental, and economic.

We designed CAN to help corporate leaders progress stakeholder capitalism within their enterprises. We provide the knowledge and tools needed to gather and integrate diverse stakeholder feedback into business planning, so you are better positioned to proactively address emerging risks while identifying and seizing new leadership opportunities.

CAN partnership benefits include:

  • On-call access to our team with discrete requests

  • Three in-person meetings and skill-building sessions annually

  • Exclusive webinars featuring leading stakeholders, sustainability experts, and NGO advocates  

  • Annual emerging issues briefing

  • Timely alerts on material ESG issues relevant to your company

  • Facilitated introductions to network peers to garner insights on shared challenges

  •  Invitations to Future 500 affiliated events

Upcoming exclusive partnership events:

Events
CAN In-Person: Corporate Working Group in Washington, D.C.
Feb 25
Future 500 events
CAN In-Person: Corporate Working Group in Washington, D.C.
Future 500 events

We’ll spend two dynamic days exploring emerging stakeholder engagement trends and hear from NGO and corporate leaders at the forefront of advocacy and sustainable business.

Future 500 events

Recent exclusive partnership events:

Events
From Engineering to Advocacy: the Need for Comprehensive Plastics Policy with Dr. Anja Brandon
Nov 7
From Engineering to Advocacy: the Need for Comprehensive Plastics Policy with Dr. Anja Brandon

Dr. Anja Brandon will share her journey from techno-optimist engineer to passionate science policy advocate in service of her goal to reduce plastic pollution and its impacts on the marine environment.

CAN Virtual:  What’s Next for Change Chemistry – Priorities for Corporate Chemicals Management w/ Dr. Rui Resendes
Oct 8
CAN Virtual:  What’s Next for Change Chemistry – Priorities for Corporate Chemicals Management w/ Dr. Rui Resendes

Join us on October 8th at 1pm ET for our next virtual CAN meeting: What’s Next for Change Chemistry – Priorities for Corporate Chemicals Management

CAN In-Person: Corporate Working Group
Sep 26
CAN In-Person: Corporate Working Group

Our September Corporate Working Group will explore emerging stakeholder engagement trends, hear from leaders at the forefront of biodiversity, corporate political responsibility, ESG trends, and permit reform.

CAN Virtual: Can Using Carbon Credits Give You a Competitive Advantage?
May 23
CAN Virtual: Can Using Carbon Credits Give You a Competitive Advantage?

In our Next CAN Virtual, we'll host Nathan Truitt, EVP of Climate Funding at American Forest Foundation, who will share his perspectives on rising scrutiny of the integrity of offsets and the potential for challenging companies for perceived climate-related greenwash via litigation. 

CAN In-Person: Corporate Working Group on nature-related disclosures with Helen Crowley
Apr 3
CAN In-Person: Corporate Working Group on nature-related disclosures with Helen Crowley

We'll dive into the evolving dynamics around nature-related disclosures with Dr. Helen Crowley, a natural systems expert who is the Managing Director of Pollination and the former head of Sustainable Sourcing and Nature Initiatives for luxury goods maker, Kering

CAN Virtual: Anticipating Business Risk from the 2024 Election with Nils Gilman
Feb 2
CAN Virtual: Anticipating Business Risk from the 2024 Election with Nils Gilman

Future 500’s next virtual gathering on February 2 on Anticipating Business Risk from the 2024 Election with Nils Gilman, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Programs for the Berggruen Institute, and the Deputy Editor of Noema Magazine.

CAN Virtual
Oct 5
CAN Virtual

Join us for our next virtual CAN meeting on October 5 at 1:00 pm ET with Ashleigh Ross, VP, Strategic Engagements & Policy, Carbon America. She will share with us her insights from two decades in the carbon capture space.

CAN Corporate Working Group
Sep 6
CAN Corporate Working Group

Save the date for F500’s next in-person CAN meeting in Seattle, WA, on September 6 & 7. Not a member and want to learn more? email bsteele@future500.org.

F500 CAN Meeting: Justin Worland, Time Magazine
Jun 1
F500 CAN Meeting: Justin Worland, Time Magazine

Justin Worland, a Washington, DC-based senior correspondent for TIME covering climate change and the intersection of policy, politics, and society. He will speak with us about the current geopolitics of climate, but he has covered myriad aspects of energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Corporate Impact Summit 2023 - Dallas, TX
Apr 20
Corporate Impact Summit 2023 - Dallas, TX

Each spring, the Corporate Impact Summit convenes over 100 hand-picked executives, advocates, investors, and funders to share candid insights and ideas from the front lines of sustainability and environmental protection.

WSCI: 2022 Force for Good Trends & Insights
Jun 14
WSCI: 2022 Force for Good Trends & Insights

In our WSCI summer session, we will dive into Future 500’s Force For Good Forecast. We’ve designed this sneak peek to elevate and share the most timely, pressing, and actionable stakeholder concerns with our corporate partners.

CAN Coffee Hour: How the Forecast Affects You
Jun 17
CAN Coffee Hour: How the Forecast Affects You

Following our public webinar, “The Force for Good Forecast: Midyear Check In,” Future 500 is hosting an exclusive peer learning event for our Corporate Affinity Network.

CAN Workshop: Materiality 101 & Beyond
May 11
CAN Workshop: Materiality 101 & Beyond

What exactly is a materiality assessment? What does the process look like? And what can your company and stakeholders glean from the results? CAN partners are invited to join us for an interactive “Materiality 101 and Beyond” workshop.

CAN Meeting: Californians Against Waste
Apr 7
CAN Meeting: Californians Against Waste

CAN partners are invited to join an exclusive dialogue with Nick Lapis, director of advocacy at Californians Against Waste.

WSCI Group Kickoff Meeting
Mar 30
WSCI Group Kickoff Meeting

We’re delighted to announce the kickoff of our Women's Sustainability and Corporate Impact (WSCI) Group – a peer learning experience for early to mid-career sustainability and corporate impact practitioners across industries.

CAN Briefing: Corporate Political Responsibility
Feb 26
CAN Briefing: Corporate Political Responsibility

Partners of Future 500’s Corporate Affinity Network (CAN) are invited to join a private briefing on Corporate Political Responsibility on February 26 with leaders from the Erb Institute, Business for America, and In This Together.

CAN Meeting: The Plastic Solutions Fund's Three-Year Plan
Feb 9
CAN Meeting: The Plastic Solutions Fund's Three-Year Plan

Future 500’s Corporate Affinity Network will engage with Nicky Davies, executive director of the Plastic Solutions Fund on how the Fund’s three-strategy is evolving and what they’ll expect from brands in the coming years.

How the U.S. Plastics Pact is Activating a Circular Economy
Dec 11
How the U.S. Plastics Pact is Activating a Circular Economy

Future 500’s Corporate Affinity Network will hear from Emily Tipaldo, Executive Director of U.S. Plastics Pact on the newly launched partnership’s strategy for building a “made-in-America” circular economy.

2021 Force For Good Forecast Preview | CAN Working Group
Oct 29
2021 Force For Good Forecast Preview | CAN Working Group

Always a highlight of our fall working group, our team is offering a CAN partner-exclusive preview of our 2021 Force For Good Forecast trends.

Anticipating Disruptive Election Outcomes | In This Together Briefing
Oct 15
Anticipating Disruptive Election Outcomes | In This Together Briefing

Members of Future 500’s Corporate Affinity Network are invited to In This Together’s briefing on how to prepare for election risks scenarios—no matter who wins on Nov. 3.

Future 500 CAN webinar: Energy Innovation – Preparing for Election Outcomes
Sep 16
Future 500 CAN webinar: Energy Innovation – Preparing for Election Outcomes

This September, members of Future 500’s Corporate Affinity Network are invited to join a closed-door discussion with Climate Leadership Council and ClearPath as they work to advance bipartisan federal energy innovation policies.

Current CAN partners & recent meeting participants include:

Interested in joining CAN? Contact a Future 500 team member today to learn more.