Switzerland Signs Agreement With Egypt to Support E-waste Recycling
Cairo, 10 March 2016 The Embassy of Switzerland has signed an agreement with Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on “Sustainable Recycling Industries in Egypt” which aims at supporting sustainable
SRI Team Organises Webinar on ISO Guidance Principles Sustainable Management Recycled Metals
St. Gallen, 3 March 2016 The Sustainable Recycling Industries team organises a webinar on the ISO Guidance Principles Sustainable Management Recycled Metals.The webinar will be held on March 10, and will
ISO Workshop on Sustainable Secondary Resources to be Held at WRF 2015 in Davos
Winterthur/St Gallen, 13 July The World Resources Forum and the Swiss Association for Standardisation (SNV) hold an ISO workshop on sustainability criteria in secondary resources management. Whilst international efforts on standards and trace-ability mechanisms
Ghana and Egypt E-waste Programs Kicked off This Month
Accra/Caïro, June 2015 Stakeholder meetings on electronic waste were held in Accra and Caïro this month. With this the World Resources Forum has kicked-off the implementation activities for its Sustainable Recycling
Financing Platform for Boosting Resource-efficient Investments Proposed
St. Gallen 16 April 2015 Resource-efficient enterprises in emerging countries are facing tough challenges, such as lack of available capital and infrastructure and weak legal framework governing natural resources. At
Sustainable Lifestyles and Education Work Program Discussed in Japan
Tokyo, 19 March 2015 The UN Sustainable Lifestyles and Education committee made good progress in identifying priorities for the next two year, as its chair today concluded after a first