INNovation consultancy

We convene the world's top leaders to solve pressing global challenges.

We use the power of Forbes to convene C-level executives, academics and founders in workshops that uncover solutions at the center of tech, sustainability and social impact.

Connect

Meet brilliant minds who will change the way you think about the world.

Elevate

Be featured in the reports and thought leadership that result from our workshops.

Solve

Work with us to bring clarity to the most complex issues facing your business.

Innovate

Tap the expertise of our network to investigate how your products, services and business models can be transformed for impact.

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Transform through purpose-led innovation

Find practical ways to use data and technology to combine profitability with positive impact for the planet and our communities.

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The Truth About Sustainability Data Sharing

Data sharing is one of the biggest challenges (and opportunities) when it comes to corporate climate action. Without a complete view of global supply chains and emissions, it will be very difficult to hit our global targets on emissions and biodiversity. Why is this so hard?

We assembled a group of world-leading experts in an executive roundtable to identify the 10 barriers to sustainability data sharing and the truth about why they must come down now.

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New Frontiers in Synthetic Biology

There is a reason sustainability and social impact are become C-Level and Boardroom priorities. Here are the 8 ways to make the business case for sustainability and social impact.

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Rehumanizing Business

Forbes Ignite, together with with assistance of our strategic partners at UK-based communications firm, Eulogy, assembled a cross-industry task force on a mission to conceptualize new ways organizations can embed strategic empathy within their everyday communication and decision-making.

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"Working with Forbes Ignite propelled my sustainability agenda to the top of our Board's list of priorities."

- Chief Sustainability Officer at a large manufacturing company
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“The design-thinking session was incredibly engaging and drew on opinions from a diverse set of people with both breadth and depth of varied experience. While no complex problem, particularly one like sustainability with so many different stakeholders, can be resolved within a few hours, the first step to solving a problem is asking the right questions and producing a framework to address it. The session was a big step in the direction of achieving that.”

Aashna Mehra

Associate, Forbes 30 Under 30

New Energy Capital Partners

"I have participated in various brainstorming and design thinking sessions addressing the subject of energy transition and a move to a circular carbon economy in the last 8 years and found the unique approach taken by the Forbes Ignite team to be both dynamic and effective. The prolonged engagement was engaging throughout and allowed the participants to create an intimate environment, fostering a candid discussion of what can often be controversial subjects. I was also impressed by the moderators' ability to keep the session moving through the various agenda items and not letting the conversation stall or meander into rabbit holes, as can often be the case in such settings. Lastly, the fact that the session remained lively through the extended half-day period without ebbing away despite the virtual setting was remarkable. I enjoyed the experience tremendously!"

Apoorv Sinha

CEO and Co-Founder, Forbes 30 Under 30

Carbon Upcycling Technologies

"I enjoyed a thought-provoking and productive roundtable session with an amazingly impressive group of people. Forbes Ignite helped us turn a 3 hour discussion around the complex topic of sustainability into a specific plan of action."

Deanna Zhang

Director, Forbes 30 Under 30

Tudor, Pickering & Holt

"Forbes Ignite designed and moderated a design-thinking session that was engaging and insightful for all of us. The session brought together a diverse group of people from various industries and geographical regions to discuss opportunities to foster sustainable transformation in our domains. I found it very interesting to learn what sustainable transformation means in various industries, as well as examples of successful initiatives and how to measure the outcomes. I'm hopeful that the insights from this and other roundtables conducted by Forbes Ignite on this topic will translate into a set of standards and best practices for leaders to follow in their journey to sustainability."

Ignacio Lopez-Francos

Research Engineer and AI Research Scientist

"The Sustainable Business transformation roundtable truly incorporated systems thinking principle. I expected to have engaging discussions with peers but ended up not merely stimulated but motivated from the experience. The realization that we don’t have all the answers, but the collective impact of our actions can foster innovation and transformation to a sustainable world. I also enjoyed the human connection and humor that Forbes Ignite brings to the conversation which is priceless during our times!"

Meghna Tare

Chief Sustainability Officer

The University of Texas at Arlington

"The convening power of Forbes Ignite cannot be understated. Rarely does one have the opportunity to debate with diverse titans of industry, world-class scientists and innovators, and brilliant policy makers on wicked problems like sustainability and achieving net-zero. These discussions are anything but superficial; they are deep, philosophical, and you will leave feeling inspired and ready to change to the world."

Phil De Luna

Carbontech Innovator

Forbes 30 Under 30

Our story

Starting from a foundation of social impact.

We started with 10 executives, data scientists, academics, financiers, and technologists in a room at Forbes on Fifth in New York City. Over the course of two days, these changemakers put their minds and their hearts together to develop a concept for an organization with a bias toward action when it comes to sustainability & social impact, and Forbes Ignite was born.

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We convene the world's top leaders to solve pressing global challenges.

We use the power of Forbes to convene C-level executives, academics and founders in workshops that uncover solutions at the center of tech, sustainability and social impact.

Connect

Elevate

Solve

Innovate

Transform through purpose-led innovation

The Truth About Sustainability Data Sharing

New Frontiers in Synthetic Biology

Rehumanizing Business

Cognitive Diversity

Dubai WTC

Pymetrics

Smartsheet

"I enjoyed a thought-provoking and productive roundtable session with an amazingly impressive group of people. Forbes Ignite helped us turn a 3 hour discussion around the complex topic of sustainability into a specific plan of action."

Starting from a foundation of social impact.

Our leadership

Nicole Cacal

Will Thompson

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The Truth About Sustainability Data Sharing

New Frontiers in Synthetic Biology

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