For more than two decades, WRI has built a reputation as an incubator of ideas that help protect the Earth and improve people’s lives. We strive to use every means at our disposal—our data and research, our convening power, our international network, our website, our communications tools—to convert our information and ideas into real results. The Institute concentrates its resources to achieve results that contribute to the four goals described in this annual report.
WRI established a fifth goal—Institutional Excellence—to track the organization’s capacity to achieve our program results. To monitor progress toward this goal, WRI launched a “managing-for-results” initiative that shifted our management approach from a focus on projects and products to a focus on measurable changes in the world. We also measure our performance through independent assessments of our financial stewardship and program effectiveness, by the impact of our website, and by the breadth and depth of our staff.
