New: WRF 2012 meeting report now available

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St. Gallen, 15 april 2013 The meeting report of World Resources Forum 2012 was published today. The report has the chairman’s summary, plenary session stories, selected workshop highlights, overview of scientific sessions and posters, the full WRF 2012 final program, results … Continue reading →

Gefeliciteerd ma, je zou vandaag 81 geworden zijn

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“Jo 80“. Dat was de titel van het grote feest voor mijn vader, bijna zes jaar geleden. Zaaltje. Slingers. Koffie met gebak. Lopend buffet. Bier en jenever. Het feestvarken op een versierde stoel met ballonnen. Gedichten. En een powerpoint met … Continue reading →

WRF calls for Resource Efficiency at UNCTAD Meeting

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Geneva, 21 March 2013 Investing in resource efficiency is a smart longterm strategy for stabilising commodity markets with no regrets. This was the key message of WRF Managing Director Bas de Leeuw who spoke to last week’s UNCTAD expert meeting on … Continue reading →

Commodity Trade Hotspot Switzerland debate: “no them and us”

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St Gallen, 15 November 2012. Bas de Leeuw, Managing Director at WRF opened the Oikos conference at the University of St. Gallen.  He introduced the topic of sustainability presenting the key concepts, challenges and opportunities. This introduction led to the main topic … Continue reading →

“Sustainability is about behavior. We need social science to make real progress”

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Bern, 7 November 2012   “Sustainability is about behavior, things that people feel, think and do. We cannot solve this issue with natural and technical science alone. We can go on publishing our analyses and organizing our UN conferences for another … Continue reading →

Allemaal meer loon …. gesproken column voor D66 congres (video)

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Rotterdam, 21 april 2012 Allemaal meer loon … en het milieu ook nog schoon! Dat was de uitdagende titel van de speech van Bas de Leeuw op het D66 voorjaarscongres, gehouden in het Rotterdamse Luxortheater. De integrale tekst staat hier … Continue reading →

Presenting the shortcut to sustainability (video)

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Mumbai, January 2012. Opening the Sustainability Series, an employee training program of the Indian YES Bank, Bas de Leeuw, Managing Director of the World Resources Forum, made the business case for sustainability, and commented about consumer attitude and expectations. In … Continue reading →

Inauguration World Resources Forum Association in St. Gallen

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St. Gallen, 16 March 2012. Against the backdrop of the multiple crises of the past years – financial, food and energy – the World Resources Forum announced today an expansion of its activities. On top of the successful bi-annual events in … Continue reading →

Bas de Leeuw calls on Rio+20 to focus on targets (video)

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The Guardian, Feb 14, 2012. Bas de Leeuw, Managing Director at the World Resources Forum (WRF), calls on Rio+20 to focus on embedding sustainable economic targets and measurements. He presents the expectations of the WRF in a video, published by … Continue reading →