World Resources Institute - WRI

company

About

World Research Institute is a global research organization that is focused on sustaining a healthy environment.

  • 251 - 500

Details

Last Funding Type
Grant
Industries
Non Profit
Founded date
Jun 3, 1982
Number Of Employee
251 - 500
Operating Status
Active

World Research Institute is a global research organization that is focused on protecting the Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. Its duties include protecting communities and natural ecosystems from damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions, and generating opportunities for people by catalyzing a global transition to a low-carbon economy; driving the scale-up of clean, affordable power systems throughout the world to deliver sustainable socio-economic development; ensuring the world’s food systems reduce their impact on the environment, drive economic opportunity, and sustainably feed 9.6 billion people by 2050; alleviating poverty, enhance food security, conserve biodiversity, and mitigating climate change by reducing forest loss and restoring productivity to degraded, deforested lands; achieving a water-secure future by mapping, measuring, and mitigating global water risks; and improving the quality of life in cities by developing and scaling environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable urban and transport solutions.


World Research Institute spans across more than 50 countries and constitutes of an employee base of 450 experts and staff. The organization is based in Washington, D.C., United States.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
World Resources Institute - WRI has raised a total of — in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 12, 2022 from a Grant round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Apr 12, 2022 Grant 1 Salesforce Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
1
World Resources Institute - WRI is funded by 1 investors. Salesforce are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Salesforce Yes Grant