Showing 121–150 of 476 results
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From Doing Better to Doing Enough: Anchoring Corporate Sustainability Targets in Science (2016)
This paper discusses what managers must consider when attempting to set science-based targets for their impact on the climate, land and water.
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From Footprint to Public Policy: The Business Future For Addressing Water Issues (2009)
This paper features a roadmap of water risk identification and management approaches that many companies use to address water issues, framed as a journey from water footprint to public policy.
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From Organic Waste to Energy Ecolab Case Study (2017)
This case study explores a manufacturing plant that converts organic waste into electricity, green gas, and biomass. The plant saved 85% of its process water, 224,900 lbs in polymer consumption, and $160,000 in operations savings by working with Ecolab.
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From Waste to Resource : Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean (2020)
This report summarizes the work of the World Bank’s initiative “Wastewater: From Waste to Resource,” launched to raise awareness among decision makers regarding the potential of wastewater as a resource.
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From Water Management to Water Stewardship—A Policy Maker’s Opinion on the Progress of the Mining Sector (2019)
This paper overviews the drivers that have resulted in the mining sector expanding its approach from water management within the operational fence line to catchment water stewardship, along with some major obstacles to continued progress.
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Frontiers of CLTS: How to Trigger for Handwashing with Soap (2014)
The purpose of this document is to outline several practical tools which can be used as a part of CLTS in order to trigger realisation among communities of the importance of handwashing with soap, as well as eliminating open defecation.
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geoFootprint (2019)
geoFootprint is a public and collaborative tool that gives instant access to the environmental footprint of agricultural crops on a world map.
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Getting in Step: Engaging Stakeholders in Your Watershed (2013)
This guide is intended to assist agencies, organizations, and companies involved with watershed management activities with building a stakeholder group.
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Global CSR Risk & Performance Index 2018
The 2018 EcoVadis Index tracks CSR performance in global supply chains across hundreds of industry categories and countries.
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Global Development Datasets (2014)
Global development datasets for annual freshwater withdrawals by industry type, percentage of population with access to improved water sources, and water productivity.
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Global Environment Monitoring System for Freshwater (2019)
The Global Environment Monitoring System for freshwater (GEMS/Water) collects worldwide water quality data for assessments of status and trends in global inland water quality.
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Global Forest Watch Water (2017)
Global Forest Watch Water is a global database and interactive mapping tool designed to help users find decision-relevant information on natural infrastructure to enhance water security.
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Global Groundwater Maps and U.S. Drought Forecasts (2020)
NASA researchers have developed new satellite-based, weekly global maps of soil moisture and groundwater wetness conditions and one to three-month U.S. forecasts of each product.
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Global Water Footprint Standard (2011)
The Global Water Footprint Assessment Standard can be used to provide comparable quantification and robust analytics, helping corporations, governments, and researchers manage water resources and achieve greater water sustainability.
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Global Water Tool (2011)
The Global Water Tool (GWT) is a free, publicly available resource for identifying corporate water risks and opportunities which provides easy access to and analysis of critical data.
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Good Practice in Asphalt Manufacturing: Segregate and Minimize the Use of Release Agents
The European Asphalt Pavement Association compiled a series of good practices for water pollution reduction in the asphalt manufacturing industry. This resource covers the importance of segregating wastewater containing release agents from the general wastewater stream.
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Good Practice in Cement Production: Dry Process Kilns
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s “Cement Sustainability Initiative” recommends using dry kilns processes in cement powder production to reduce water consumption.
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Good Practice in Personal Care Manufacturing: Remove Triclosan from Products
The Canadian Government recommends removing triclosan from personal care products and replacing it with safer chemicals to reduce pollution to aquatic ecosystems.
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Good Practice in Personal Care Product Manufacturing: Use of Sustainable Palm Oil
Palm oil is used within numerous personal products including liquid detergents, soaps, shampoos, lipstick, waxes, polishes, make-up, and more. Although palm oil is chemically stable, productive, and low cost; the expansion of its use has led to deforestation and habitat loss. WWF recommends companies investigate their palm oil suppliers and participate in collations that promote sustainable palm oil supplies.
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Grand Anse Watershed, Grenada (2017)
The overarching goal of the Grand Anse Watershed Partnership is to decrease the impacts of the frequent flooding after heavy rainfall events through the implementation of a sustainable drainage and water management system in this area.
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Grand Etang Forest Reserve, Grenada (2017)
This partnership intends to improve the management of the Grand Etang Lake as a water reservoir for southern Grenada’s drinking water supply, with the additional benefit of an eco-friendly use of the lake by local and international visitors.
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Green Cities: Good Health (2019)
This web site provides an overview of the scientific evidence of human health and well-being benefits provided by urban forestry and urban greening.
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Green Supply Chain: Brand Map (2018)
The Green Supply Chain: Brand Map is a leadership initiative dedicated to showcasing brands’ commitment to supply chain transparency and environmental management.
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Groundwater Exchange (2018)
The Groundwater Exchange is an online resource center connecting water managers, water users, and community members with tools and resources to support the design and implementation of effective Groundwater Sustainability Plans under California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
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Growing Water Risk Resilience: An Investor Guide on Agricultural Supply Chains (2018)
This guide outlines why and how investors engage on agricultural supply chain water risk.
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Guidance for Companies on Respecting the Human Rights to Water & Sanitation (2015)
This Guidance aims to help business effectively align corporate water stewardship practice with the corporate responsibility to respect the human rights to water and sanitation.
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Guidance on Menstrual Health and Hygiene (2019)
This guidance was developed for UNICEF WASH, Education, Health, and Gender specialists or focal points in country offices who are working with their partners to develop programs related to menstrual health and hygiene.
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Guide for Managing Integrity in Water Stewardship Initiatives (2015)
This guide seeks to build on the lessons learned from the pioneers of WSIs around the world. Through a practical lens, and focusing on the needs of practitioners, the ultimate aim of this guide is to support existing and future WSIs in creating tangible benefits for society by ensuring high levels of integrity and transparency.
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Guide to Menstrual Hygiene Materials (2019)
This document provides guidance for staff from the UNICEF Supply Division and Programme Division on the selection and procurement of appropriate materials and supplies for menstrual hygiene management, particularly during humanitarian response.
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Guide to Responsible Business Engagement with Water Policy (2010)
This Guide provides a way for companies to address water risks and capture opportunities stemming from river basins conditions that cannot be achieved through changes in internal water management alone. The goal of this Guide is to make a compelling case for responsible water policy engagement and to support it with insights, strategies, and tactics needed to do so effectively.
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Showing 121–150 of 476 results
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From Doing Better to Doing Enough: Anchoring Corporate Sustainability Targets in Science (2016)
This paper discusses what managers must consider when attempting to set science-based targets for their impact on the climate, land and water.
-
From Footprint to Public Policy: The Business Future For Addressing Water Issues (2009)
This paper features a roadmap of water risk identification and management approaches that many companies use to address water issues, framed as a journey from water footprint to public policy.
-
From Organic Waste to Energy Ecolab Case Study (2017)
This case study explores a manufacturing plant that converts organic waste into electricity, green gas, and biomass. The plant saved 85% of its process water, 224,900 lbs in polymer consumption, and $160,000 in operations savings by working with Ecolab.
-
From Waste to Resource : Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean (2020)
This report summarizes the work of the World Bank’s initiative “Wastewater: From Waste to Resource,” launched to raise awareness among decision makers regarding the potential of wastewater as a resource.
-
From Water Management to Water Stewardship—A Policy Maker’s Opinion on the Progress of the Mining Sector (2019)
This paper overviews the drivers that have resulted in the mining sector expanding its approach from water management within the operational fence line to catchment water stewardship, along with some major obstacles to continued progress.
-
Frontiers of CLTS: How to Trigger for Handwashing with Soap (2014)
The purpose of this document is to outline several practical tools which can be used as a part of CLTS in order to trigger realisation among communities of the importance of handwashing with soap, as well as eliminating open defecation.
-
geoFootprint (2019)
geoFootprint is a public and collaborative tool that gives instant access to the environmental footprint of agricultural crops on a world map.
-
Getting in Step: Engaging Stakeholders in Your Watershed (2013)
This guide is intended to assist agencies, organizations, and companies involved with watershed management activities with building a stakeholder group.
-
Global CSR Risk & Performance Index 2018
The 2018 EcoVadis Index tracks CSR performance in global supply chains across hundreds of industry categories and countries.
-
Global Development Datasets (2014)
Global development datasets for annual freshwater withdrawals by industry type, percentage of population with access to improved water sources, and water productivity.
-
Global Environment Monitoring System for Freshwater (2019)
The Global Environment Monitoring System for freshwater (GEMS/Water) collects worldwide water quality data for assessments of status and trends in global inland water quality.
-
Global Forest Watch Water (2017)
Global Forest Watch Water is a global database and interactive mapping tool designed to help users find decision-relevant information on natural infrastructure to enhance water security.
-
Global Groundwater Maps and U.S. Drought Forecasts (2020)
NASA researchers have developed new satellite-based, weekly global maps of soil moisture and groundwater wetness conditions and one to three-month U.S. forecasts of each product.
-
Global Water Footprint Standard (2011)
The Global Water Footprint Assessment Standard can be used to provide comparable quantification and robust analytics, helping corporations, governments, and researchers manage water resources and achieve greater water sustainability.
-
Global Water Tool (2011)
The Global Water Tool (GWT) is a free, publicly available resource for identifying corporate water risks and opportunities which provides easy access to and analysis of critical data.
-
Good Practice in Asphalt Manufacturing: Segregate and Minimize the Use of Release Agents
The European Asphalt Pavement Association compiled a series of good practices for water pollution reduction in the asphalt manufacturing industry. This resource covers the importance of segregating wastewater containing release agents from the general wastewater stream.
-
Good Practice in Cement Production: Dry Process Kilns
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s “Cement Sustainability Initiative” recommends using dry kilns processes in cement powder production to reduce water consumption.
-
Good Practice in Personal Care Manufacturing: Remove Triclosan from Products
The Canadian Government recommends removing triclosan from personal care products and replacing it with safer chemicals to reduce pollution to aquatic ecosystems.
-
Good Practice in Personal Care Product Manufacturing: Use of Sustainable Palm Oil
Palm oil is used within numerous personal products including liquid detergents, soaps, shampoos, lipstick, waxes, polishes, make-up, and more. Although palm oil is chemically stable, productive, and low cost; the expansion of its use has led to deforestation and habitat loss. WWF recommends companies investigate their palm oil suppliers and participate in collations that promote sustainable palm oil supplies.
-
Grand Anse Watershed, Grenada (2017)
The overarching goal of the Grand Anse Watershed Partnership is to decrease the impacts of the frequent flooding after heavy rainfall events through the implementation of a sustainable drainage and water management system in this area.
-
Grand Etang Forest Reserve, Grenada (2017)
This partnership intends to improve the management of the Grand Etang Lake as a water reservoir for southern Grenada’s drinking water supply, with the additional benefit of an eco-friendly use of the lake by local and international visitors.
-
Green Cities: Good Health (2019)
This web site provides an overview of the scientific evidence of human health and well-being benefits provided by urban forestry and urban greening.
-
Green Supply Chain: Brand Map (2018)
The Green Supply Chain: Brand Map is a leadership initiative dedicated to showcasing brands’ commitment to supply chain transparency and environmental management.
-
Groundwater Exchange (2018)
The Groundwater Exchange is an online resource center connecting water managers, water users, and community members with tools and resources to support the design and implementation of effective Groundwater Sustainability Plans under California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
-
Growing Water Risk Resilience: An Investor Guide on Agricultural Supply Chains (2018)
This guide outlines why and how investors engage on agricultural supply chain water risk.
-
Guidance for Companies on Respecting the Human Rights to Water & Sanitation (2015)
This Guidance aims to help business effectively align corporate water stewardship practice with the corporate responsibility to respect the human rights to water and sanitation.
-
Guidance on Menstrual Health and Hygiene (2019)
This guidance was developed for UNICEF WASH, Education, Health, and Gender specialists or focal points in country offices who are working with their partners to develop programs related to menstrual health and hygiene.
-
Guide for Managing Integrity in Water Stewardship Initiatives (2015)
This guide seeks to build on the lessons learned from the pioneers of WSIs around the world. Through a practical lens, and focusing on the needs of practitioners, the ultimate aim of this guide is to support existing and future WSIs in creating tangible benefits for society by ensuring high levels of integrity and transparency.
-
Guide to Menstrual Hygiene Materials (2019)
This document provides guidance for staff from the UNICEF Supply Division and Programme Division on the selection and procurement of appropriate materials and supplies for menstrual hygiene management, particularly during humanitarian response.
-
Guide to Responsible Business Engagement with Water Policy (2010)
This Guide provides a way for companies to address water risks and capture opportunities stemming from river basins conditions that cannot be achieved through changes in internal water management alone. The goal of this Guide is to make a compelling case for responsible water policy engagement and to support it with insights, strategies, and tactics needed to do so effectively.