About WRF and Coronavirus
St. Gallen, 16 March 2020 The World Resources Forum team is monitoring the developments with regard to the coronavirus pandemic with great concern. Foremost the hearts of the team go out to the family, relatives and close friends of victims and patients worldwide, to the health care workers and authorities in all affected countries and […]
Rest in Peace, lieber Bio Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek
Berlin, 28 June 2019 It is with great sadness that the WRF Secretariat learned about the passing of prof. (Bio) Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek, our Honorary President and co-founder and inspirer of the World Resources Forum. The father of dematerialisation Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek or “Bio” for his friends, was President of the Factor 10 Institute in Carnoules (France), […]
We Updated our Privacy Statement
St. Gallen, 15 May 2018 The World Resources Forum Associated has in line with new European privacy guidelines updated its privacy policies. They can be accessed here. In summary, we state that we remain committed to protect and respect your privacy. Information we collect is used to give you access to our conferences, materials and social […]
Wishing WRF, SRI and FORAM Partners Sustainable and Resource-Productive 2018
St. Gallen, 18 December 2017 The WRF Secretariat wishes all friends, colleagues and partner organisations peaceful holidays and a wonderful sustainable resource-productive New Year. Looking back at 2017 the team has enjoyed the sizzling success of World Resources Forum 2017, held in Geneva, last October and is pleased to present the WRF 2017 key messages […]
World Resources Forum Joins UN’s Climate Neutral Now Initiative
[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsms_image align=”center” link=”https://www.wrforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/South-Pole-Group-certification-.jpg” animation_delay=”0″]16619|https://www.wrforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/South-Pole-Group-certification–215×300.jpg|medium[/cmsms_image][/cmsms_column][cmsms_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsms_text] St. Gallen, 11 December 2017 The World Resources Forum Association has committed to move towards Climate neutrality by signing the Climate Neutral Now Pledge, an initiative of UN Climate Change. As in other years the WRF has offset the greenhouse gas emissions amounted by the organization’s flagship activity – the […]
Bas de Leeuw Elected Full Member of the Club of Rome
Winterthur, 30 November, 2017 The WRF Secretariat is delighted to announce that its Managing Director, Bas de Leeuw, has become a member of the Club of Rome. The Club of Rome’s Annual General Meeting, held in Vienna earlier this month, elected him as a full member. Full membership represents the highest level of recognition granted […]