UNEP Eco-innovation supplement for electronics – Launch Webinar on May 4
On May 4, 2023 (15.00 – 16.30 CEST), the World Resources Forum and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will host a launch webinar on the recently published Eco-innovation Electronics Supplement. The publication is part of the project “Global best practices on emerging chemical issues of concern under the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management […]
Extractive Commodity Trading Report 2023 is out!
St. Gallen, 20/03/2023 – Some trading companies are debunking the myth that public disclosure harms competitiveness, amidst persistent opacity in the sector. According to two Swiss-based independent research organisations, a few trading companies active in the extractive sector are going against the flow by disclosing financial data that others in the industry still claim needs […]
WRF 2019 Meeting Report on Resource Governance Published
St. Gallen, 20 March 2020 The WRF Secretariat has published the meeting report of World Resources Forum 2019. WRF 2019 was held in Geneva from 23-24 October 2019. The annual conference and its back-to-back events were attended by well over 300 participants coming from some 50 countries and international organisations, including the United Nations, European […]
MOOC Launched by UN and Partners to Galvanise Action for Managing Hazardous E-waste
Geneva, 18 February 2020 It is estimated that, by 2050, there will be about 120 million metric tonnes of e-waste produced per year, far-outstripping current capacities to properly manage it in an environmentally and socially appropriate manner. The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS), together with its partners the European Institute for […]
New Publication: Progress Towards Resource Revolution
St.Gallen, 8 May 2019 The WRF secretariat has published ‘Progress Towards the Resource Revolution’. The publication includes 26 papers presenting innovative approaches for meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Key themes include: Policy conditions for the transition to circular economy and achieving a resource revolution […]
“People Should Fight for Recycled Products”, Berlin Workshop Concludes
Berlin, 22 January 2019 Showing the connections between technical concepts such as circular economy and real-life emotions of young people, such as love for nature, is crucial, just as the use of modern and sophisticated marketing techniques. People should fight for recycled products, considering them precious, instead of feeling forced or manipulated to buy them because […]
Accelerating the Resource Revolution – WRF 2017 Meeting Report Published
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Tweeting Report #WRF2017: Top Tweets, Most Active and Popular Tweeters
Geneva, 27 October 2017 The WRF Social Media Team has just published its “Tweeting Report”. Ahead of the official meeting report this is an overview of what participants and team tweeted during the “sizzling” two-day WRF 2017 conference, which came to a close on October 25 in UN capital Geneva, with an audience of over […]
First “Ressourcen Forum Schweiz” Meeting Report Published
Zurich, 14 July 2017 The analysis of the first Swiss Resources Forum (rf-ch), “Ressourcen Forum Schweiz”, held on 1st December 2016 in Dübendorf, Switzerland, has been published. The Swiss Resources Forum was created to establish an active interaction and communication about the sustainable use of resources, in particular of raw materials, between decision-makers in politics and […]