Organizations

The Schwab Foundation Awards 2025 celebrate 18 social entrepreneurs and innovators from 15 organizations spanning 13 countries who are driving systemic change worldwide.

This year’s awardees are transforming healthcare and education, creating livelihoods for economically marginalized communities, protecting nature and more.
The Schwab Foundation Awards kick off a three-year journey to empower recipients, who join a global community of nearly 500 individuals whose work is impacting 931 million lives.

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Sustainable AI infrastructure, data diversity and robust ethical guardrails are among the top strategies for building equitable, intelligence-driven economies worldwide.

The Blueprint for Intelligent Economies outlines practical steps for inclusive AI adoption focusing on innovation, collaboration and ethical development.
The AI Governance Alliance launches Regional AI Activation Networks to deliver tailored solutions to local challenges and foster innovation, sustainable value chains and enhanced data governance in the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia.

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The DRC announced the creation of the world’s largest tropical forest reserve.

Other leaders who addressed the meeting included the prime ministers of Malaysia and Spain, UN secretary-general, foreign ministers of the Palestinian Authority and Syria, and Iran’s vice-president for strategic affairs.
Social media reform in Europe and closer regional integration in Asia were among the key themes, with optimism expressed for Middle East progress.

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Countries are increasingly using the global financial and trading systems to advance geopolitical objectives through sanctions, industrial policies, and other economic measures.

The resulting fragmentation could decrease global GDP by $5.7 trillion or about 5% in a very high fragmentation scenario – a larger impact than the 2008 financial crisis or COVID-19 pandemic.
New Forum research examines how policymakers can use economic statecraft measures to protect national security and sovereignty without reducing global prosperity.

A new World Economic Forum report released today reveals significant economic risks from increasing geoeconomic fragmentation.

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The Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) reaches 25-country milestone, becoming the largest global programme tackling plastic pollution, now impacting over 1.5 billion people.

Seven new countries - Angola, Bangladesh, Gabon, Guatemala, Kenya, Senegal, and Tanzania - join forces to scale systemic plastic waste management solutions, fostering greater sustainability and climate resilience worldwide.
By promoting circularity, GPAP helps reduce emissions from the plastics sector, spur economic growth through green jobs and protect land and ocean ecosystems.

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The World Economic Forum announces three new Centres for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in Oman, South Africa and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, alongside C4IR UAE’s renewal.

The upcoming Centres will focus on AI and the energy transition, the twin challenges of industry digitization and decarbonization, and cybersecurity economics.
The 2023-2024 C4IR Network Impact Report spotlights the transformative power of technology, showcasing results of innovative projects from across the growing Forum-led global network.

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President Trump announces “largest tax cut in American history” in Davos speech and signals plans for a major intervention to lower oil prices and interest rates.

Pope Francis calls for a collective effort from global leaders to ensure that AI serves the global good in a public letter to World Economic Forum Founder Klaus Schwab.
President Milei of Argentina advocates for libertarian economic policy reforms.
Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus emphasizes the power of youth and a new ‘global generation’.

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At a crucial moment for the world economy, the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2025 served as a platform for advancing dialogue, cooperation and partnerships.

Close to 3,000 leaders from government, business, civil society and academia from more than 130 countries, including over 350 heads of state and government and ministers, participated in the meeting around the theme of “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age”.
With the geopolitical and geoeconomic landscapes undergoing a paradigm shift, the meeting explored how to unlock the benefit of new technologies responsibly, strengthen social and economic resilience, safeguard the planet, and advance regional and global security.

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The World Economic Forum launches a new Industries in the Intelligent Age report series that provides actionable insights into the responsible adoption at scale of AI across critical sectors.

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World Economic Forum founder urges ‘constructive optimism’, while its president highlights the need for new pathways to greater cooperation in an era of heightened geopolitical uncertainty.

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