Collective Action
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6 Principles of World Class Water Stewardship in the Beverage Industry (2016)
The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) members have developed six leadership principles that outline the essentials of water stewardship, plus look forward to what is possible in the future.
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Água e a pandemia da COVID-19: Um plano empresarial para água e COVID-19: Ações práticas para conter a pandemia (2020)
A comunidade empresarial pode desempenhar um papel fundamental no combate à disseminação da COVID-19, bem como reconstruir a economia e reduzir o risco de choques futuros.
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Ambev’s CYAN Movement in the Corumba-Paranoa Basin, Brazil (2010)
AB InBev works with WWF and local communities in Brazil to improve operational water stewardship and consumer awareness of water issues.
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At the Crest of a Wave: A Proactive Approach to Corporate Water Strategy (2007)
This report provides guidance on developing and implementing a water strategy based around innovation, investment, and collaboration.
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Beneficiary Counting Tool
Each project has to assess and report the number of direct and indirect beneficiaries that are reached. The goal is to maximize the beneficiaries of the program- but not at any price. Thus, this tool has been developed to serve two goals: First, to count beneficiaries in a uniform way, and second, to support the projects in maximizing that number (both before, during and post project).
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Blue Peace Index (2019)
The Blue Peace Index is a research tool that measures how well countries manage transboundary water resources.
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BP Australia | Water Minimization and Recycling in Refining
A BP refinery in Western Australia started a program to reduce potable water demand while also joining collective action with industrial partners, the local water company, and regulator to recycle municipal wastewater.
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Breaking Down Barriers: Priority Actions for Advancing Water Quality Trading (2018)
This report investigates what’s keeping water quality trading on the sidelines and proposes a detailed action agenda to help get water quality trading on the ground in more watersheds across the United States.
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Breede Catchment Water Stewardship Programme – Summary Report (2016)
Learn about collective action and collaborative water management from a real-world example in South Africa.
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Business Case
Business case gives insight in the financial feasibility of a project. All project costs and revenues are systematically ordered and analyzed to assess whether the development of the project is feasible. All business cases need to be financially, socially and environmentally sustainable.
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Business Concept
The Business Concept is the “idea” of how a project expects to create value.The costs are not central, but rather the value to be created.
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Cities Alive: Water for People (2018)
The report explores pioneering water approaches in cities around the world.
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Collaborative Conservation and Adaptation Strategy Toolbox (CCAST) (2018)
The Southwest Climate Hub, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and Forest Service have collaborated to create an online library of conservation case studies.
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Collective Action for Water Security and Sustainability: Preliminary Investigations (2014)
This study determines success and failure factors and effective tools or mechanisms to facilitate multi-stakeholder engagement processes in India based on identified global and domestic case studies.
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Connected and Flowing: A Renewable Future for Rivers, Climate and People (2019)
This report explores how a set of planning approaches, and policy and financial mechanisms, can ensure that the world benefits from the renewable revolution by accelerating the arrival of power systems that are low carbon, low cost, and low impact.
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Connecting the Dots: Elements for a Joined-Up Implementation of the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement (2018)
Given the short time frame for meeting the ambitious SDGs and Paris goals, it is imperative that countries shift to a more joined-up approach to implementation.
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Corporate Water Stewardship and the Case for Green Infrastructure (2018)
This report makes the case for private sector investment in green infrastructure as part of a broader water stewardship approach.
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Cost Benefit Analysis Guidance
An outline of the main steps to execute a cost-benefit analysis.
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Drop Island Water Stewardship Partnership (Business Case)
This business case outlines how the ‘Drop Island Water Stewardship Partnership’ will address current water security risks in the Castle area on Drop Island”
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Exploring the Business Case for Corporate Action on Sanitation (2014)
The global sanitation crisis is one of the most critical sustainable development challenges facing the world today. This discussion paper explores the business case for corporate action on sanitation and identifies several ways the private sector can make an impact.
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Exploring the Case for Corporate Context-Based Water Targets (2017)
In order to contribute to long-term risk mitigation and tackle increasing water challenges, corporate water targets must be informed by the best available science on hydro-ecological conditions at the basin level, informed by contextual social needs, and aligned with local to global public policy objectives.
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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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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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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 Water-Related Collective Action (2012)
Establish enduring relationships with a broad spectrum of stakeholders, leaders, and individuals to advance sustainable water management.
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Hotel Water Measurement Initiative (2016)
Measure and report on your hotels’ water use in a consistent manner.
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Imarisha Naivasha Water Stewardship Partnership (2017)
The Imarisha Naivasha Water Stewardship Programme wanted to improve the water availability for communities and businesses in the Lake Naivasha Basin and to improve the water quality by implementing soil and water conservation activities and community water projects.
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Improved Community Livelihoods and Sustainable Water Management in the River Rwizi Catchment (2017)
This partnership has shown that stakeholder buy-in is a crucial element for the success of the Act Phase. In the case of the partnership in the River Rwizi catchment, ensuring the buy-in and understanding of all stakeholders significantly helped facilitate the implementation of activities and also increased the overall sustainability of the interventions.
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Improvement of Access to Water and Sanitation in Buliisa (2017)
Thoroughness in the stakeholder engagement activities in the Assess Phase led to much easier agreements in the Commit Phase of this partnership on improving water supply and sanitation in two sub-counties in the Buliisa District, Uganda.
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International Water Stewardship Standard & Guidance (2014)
Use a six-step continual improvement framework to commit to, understand, plan, implement, evaluate and communicate water stewardship actions.
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Internet of Water: Sharing and Integrating Water Data for Sustainability (2017)
This report provides a principle-based blueprint recommending a 3-step plan for how to design and launch a feasible and operable “Internet of Water” – a network of interconnected data producers, hubs, and users.
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Investing in Forested Landscapes for Source Water Protection in the US (2013)
This publication offers comprehensive guidance on the economics, science, partnerships, and finance mechanisms underlying successful efforts to secure the water-related functions of forests and other ecosystems.
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Itawa Springs Protection Project
The Imarisha Naivasha Water Stewardship Programme wanted to improve the water availability for communities and businesses in the Lake Naivasha Basin and to improve the water quality by implementing soil and water conservation activities and community water projects.
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ITP Destination Water Risk Index (2018)
The Index is designed to provide evidence and rationale to prioritize water conservation in capital allocation, development and renovation decisions, and operational focus in these top risk destination locations.
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Itza Popo – Replenishing Groundwater through Reforestation in Mexico (2017)
Volkswagen partnered with Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas and local stakeholders to restore the functionality of the ecosystems on the volcanic slopes of Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl in order to replenish groundwater in the Puebla Tlaxcala valley.
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IWRM Action Plan Searcher (2021)
The IWRM Action Searcher is a database of priority actions for advancing IWRM as a means of achieving broader water-related objectives.
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LafargeHolcim France | Water Management and Flood Prevention in France (2017)
This case study looks at LafargeHolcim’s approach to converting a quarry into water retention basins as a solution for flood control.
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LafargeHolcim Philippines | Green Roof and Water Management in Philippines Government Office Building (2017)
This case study explores LafargeHolcim’s support of the Philippines government’s mission to protect the Laguna Lake area by providing an innovative green roof for the government’s new building which neutralizes the pH of rainwater run-off, among other benefits.
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Lake Naivasha Initiative | Scoping the Right Level of Engagement (2009)
The horticulture industry around Lake Naivasha leverages collective action to reduce their impact on the lake and engage in water stewardship.
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Leveraging the Power of Collaborations (2020)
This report explores the dynamics driving the evolution of company collaboration in and across sectors and highlights some of the innovative models that have developed.
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Live: Country Experiences on COVID-19 and WASH (2020)
This live-blog shares WASH approaches Sanitation and Water for All partners are taking in response to the COVID-19 emergency.
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Love Your Clothes (2018)
The Love Your Clothes campaign has been developed together with industry organizations to help change the way consumers buy, use, and dispose of their clothing.
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Lusaka Water Security Initiative (LuWSI) (2017)
LuWSI is a multi-stakeholder collaboration system inspired by and working towards the vision of water security for the residents and businesses of Lusaka.
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Lusaka Water Security Initiative: Wellfield Protection Project (2017)
The objective of this partnership is to protect LWSC wellfields at Shaft 5 and Mass Media, in an environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable manner securing groundwater supply for Lusaka’s residents and businesses.
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Make Way for the Future of Sanitation (2020)
This report provides a review of new enterprise models shaping the development of a transformational sanitation economy.
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Making Every Drop Count: An Agenda for Water Action (2018)
This report lays out specific recommendations and new initiatives for action in pursuit of safe water for all, managed sustainably.
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Maneuvering Towards a Water Safe Future (2018)
This report aims both to draw attention to the severity of the water crisis and to illustrate that new forms of partnership are essential to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
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Market Scan Tool
The objective of a Market Scan is to identify potential partners with water intensive businesses and water risks with regard to water stewardship activities in order to increase engagement with corporate partners.
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Mlalakua River Restoration Project (MRRP) (2017)
The overall objective of the Mlalakua River Restoration Project (MRRP) was to restore the health of the Mlalakua River and to prevent further pollution.