World Resources Forum
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The World Resources Forum (WRF) is a non-profit organisation for sharing knowledge about the economic, political, social and environmental implications of global resource use. WRF promotes resource productivity among researchers, policymakers, business, NGOs and the public. In addition to organizing international and regional conferences, the WRF Secretariat coordinates multistakeholder dialogue projects, amongst others the Sustainable Recycling Initiative (SRI) as well as the H2020 projects Towards a World Forum on Raw Materials (FORAM), and CEWASTE. The WRF contributes to other EC-projects (like CICERONE and RE:SOURCE) and projects with the German development organisation GiZ, UNEP and UNIDO.
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Founded | 16 March 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-16) |
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Founder | Xaver Edelmann |
Type | Nonprofit organisation |
Focus | Resource efficiency, circular economy |
Location | |
Key people | Bruno Oberle (President) Mathias Schluep (Managing Director) Sonia Valdivia (Scientific Director) |
Employees | 10-50 |
Website | www |
WRF serves as a platform fostering knowledge exchange between academics, politicians, research-oriented practitioners, entrepreneurs, consultants and other professionals in the areas of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (sustainable development.)