ORGANISATION

RESOURCES FOR PLANETARY WELLBEING

Our Vision

A world where the use of natural resources is conducive to human progress and wellbeing for all within planetary boundaries.

TRANSFORMATIVE COLLABORATION

Our Mission

Empower multi-stakeholder, international collaboration to improve knowledge, co-create solutions and build capacity for a fair and sustainable use of natural resources.

How We Pursue Our Mission

Our Goals

Facilitate research & innovation

to find new solutions for the sustainable management of natural resources
 

Build & mobilize networks

of international stakeholders to collaborate for the co-creation of practical solutions
 

Increase capacity

in skills and innovation for resource use on the ground, especially in the ‘Global South’
 

Provide policy advise

to find new solutions for the sustainable management of natural resources
 

Co-create industry standards

of international stakeholders to collaborate for the co-creation of practical solutions
 

Build awareness

in skills and innovation for resource use on the ground, especially in the ‘Global South’
 

Check Out The Latest Annual Report

Our Work In 2021

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PARTNERS

Engaged through our conferences and projects
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PUBLICATIONS

Co-developed with our partners
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COUNTRIES

Represented at our WRF 2021 Conference
In our yearly report, we provide our community with a snapshot of our achievements in both our forum and project activities. Check out the latest edition to discover how we pursued our mission in 2021!

Methodological Pillars

Our Approach

The way natural resources are managed and used has inter-linked economic, social, environmental and geo-political causes and effects. Only by addressing all these dimensions systematically, we can unveil the core of pressing challenges and design solutions that are effective and sustainable. Thinking in systems also allows us to analyse the dynamics of natural resources systems, exploring how changes in one dimension cause effects on another.

Environmental, social and economic impact happens at all stages of the life of natural resources, from the way they are extracted, to the way they are used in production processes and are recovered after the consumption stage. Life-cycle thinking provides us a methodology to systematically analyse how resources are used across extraction, production and consumption systems, and to look for opportunities to increase resource efficiency and value.
In today’s world, natural resources are at the core of complex global value chains, where production, distribution, consumption and recovery activities often take place far away. Decisions at any stage inevitably have profound consequences for the entire chain’s management of resources. By mapping and including all chain actors in our activities, we are able to discover levellers for change and increase the effectiveness of policy and practical interventions.

Our Approach

PARTICIPATION

INCLUSIVENESS

COLLABORATION

TRANSPARENCY

ACCOUNTABILITY