Latest News

Organisation

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

Read More »
e-waste coalition
General Announcements

The UN is Building an E-waste Coalition

Geneva, 21 March 2018 The organisations from the United Nations system that are most active in addressing the global electronic waste challenge, have signed a Letter of Intent paving the way

Read More »
General Announcements

Development of a Resource Efficiency Index of Nations – Illustrative calculations

[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/4″][cmsms_image align=”left” animation=”bounceIn” animation_delay=”0″]9190|https://www.wrforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Book-WRF-238×300.png|medium[/cmsms_image][cmsms_text animation_delay=”0″] Download PDF [/cmsms_text][/cmsms_column][cmsms_column data_width=”3/4″][cmsms_text animation_delay=”0″] Development of a Resource Efficiency Index of Nations – Illustrative calculations Authors: Lauran van Oers, Arnold Tukker (Institute of Environmental Sciences

Read More »
General Announcements

Accelerating the Resource Revolution – WRF 2017 Meeting Report

[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/4″][cmsms_text] [/cmsms_text][cmsms_text animation_delay=”0″] Download PDF [/cmsms_text][/cmsms_column][cmsms_column data_width=”3/4″][cmsms_text animation_delay=”0″] Accelerating the Resource Revolution – WRF 2017 Meeting Report  Authors: WRF staff Publication date: 2018 Abstract:  The event drew over 450 participants

Read More »
Events

Accelerating the Resource Revolution – WRF 2017 Meeting Report Published

[cmsms_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsms_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsms_image align=”center” caption=”WRF 2017 Meeting Report” link=”https://www.wrforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/MeetingReport_WRF-2017-1.pdf” animation_delay=”0″]17841|https://www.wrforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-16.19.10.png|full[/cmsms_image][/cmsms_column][cmsms_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsms_text animation_delay=”0″] St. Gallen, 12 March 2018 The official

Read More »

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

Read More »
WRF 2017

The WRF 2017 Photo Gallery

[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/2″][cmsms_text] St. Gallen, 3 November 2017 This year’s World Resources Forum (WRF 2017), held in Geneva, October 24-25, addressed the topic of “Accelerating the Resource Revolution”, highlighting the importance

Read More »
General Announcements

BOOSTING RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY by Adopting the Circular Economy

[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/4″][cmsms_image align=”right” link=”https://www.wrforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ludwig_2017_WRF_book_FINAL.pdf” target=”true” animation=”bounceIn” animation_delay=”0″]15614|https://www.wrforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CoverWRF2015-2016-1.png|full[/cmsms_image][cmsms_text animation_delay=”0″] Download PDF [/cmsms_text][/cmsms_column][cmsms_column data_width=”3/4″][cmsms_text animation_delay=”0″] BOOSTING RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY by Adopting the Circular Economy Authors: Christian Ludwig, Cecilia Matasci Publication date: 2017 Abstract: In

Read More »
Events

WRF 2017 Comes to Geneva Next Week

Geneva, 19 October 2017 Well over 400 participants have registered for WRF 2017, the annual World Resources Forum that this year has changed its venue from Davos to the Swiss

Read More »
Swiss Resources Forum
General Announcements

Meeting Report Swiss Resources Forum (Ressourcen Forum Schweiz) in German

[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/4″][cmsms_image align=”right” link=”https://www.wrforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Konferenzbericht-rf-ch-2016.pdf” target=”true” animation=”bounceIn” animation_delay=”0″]12027|https://www.wrforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Cover-rf-ch-2016.png|full[/cmsms_image][cmsms_text animation_delay=”0″] Download PDF [/cmsms_text][/cmsms_column][cmsms_column data_width=”3/4″][cmsms_text animation_delay=”0″] Swiss Resources Forum  2016 – Meeting Report (in German) Authors: Mathias Schluep, Rafael Widmer, Cecilia Matasci, María

Read More »

Eight years of cooperation in e-waste in Peru

[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”3/4″][cmsms_text] Lima, 1 June 2017 On the national Recyclers Day the Swiss International Cooperation and the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) are looking back on a successfull 8 years

Read More »