Engagement
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Support Your SME Suppliers (2015)
The United Nations Global Compact calls upon companies to support their small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) suppliers to incorporate sustainability in their strategies and operations.
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Survival of the Driest – Olam’s Innovative Onion Breeding Program (2017)
Olam’s long-term selective breeding program to produce onions with higher solid content and lower water content, combined with a focus on optimizing irrigation in collaboration with the growers.
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Sustainable Water Management in Usa River (SUWAMA-Usa) (2017)
The Sustainable Water Management in Usa River (SUWAMA-Usa) is a partnership with the objective to improve water security at the sub-catchment level.
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SWA Tools Portal
This Portal aims to make the tools and resources developed by individual partners that strengthen WASH more accessible and easier to navigate.
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SWA Webinar Series on COVID-19 and WASH (2020)
This webinar series is organized by SWA and consists of dialogues on COVID-19 and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).
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Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission: Management Information System (MIS) and Mobile App
The Indian government is aiming to achieve an Open-Defecation Free (ODF) India by 2019, by constructing 12 million toilets in rural India. They have developed a monitoring dashboard and mobile app to track progress towards this goal. The Indian government is aiming to achieve an Open-Defecation Free (ODF) India by 2019, by constructing 12 million toilets in rural India. They have developed a monitoring dashboard and mobile app to track progress towards this goal.
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SWP Toolkit: Improving Water Security
This series of toolkits presents an effective and efficient process to address water risks.
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Target Group Engagement and External Communications in the Implementation Plan
Partnership target group engagement: use communications as a means to raise awareness, change attitude or behaviour among the partnership target groups (that are identified in stakeholder analysis)
Partnership external communications: showcase partnership achievements for both internal and external stakeholders (e.g. potential partners) -
The Business Case for Responsible Corporate Adaptation (2015)
Effectively partner with communities, governments, and NGOs to advance the SDGs while realizing critical local resilience benefits.
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The Business Case for Sustainable Hotels (2020)
This report offers research that analyzes the business case for sustainable hotels under six categories, and provides recommendations, evidence and actions for each partner in the property value chain.
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The CEO Water Mandate 2018-2020 Strategic Plan: 2019 Update
The 2019 update to the Mandate’s 2018-2020 Strategic Plan lays out a roadmap for how the Mandate and its endorsing companies can advance water security around the world, and in so doing help manage the many water risks facing businesses, communities, and ecosystems.
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The Decade to Deliver: A Call to Business Action (2019)
This CEO Study on the business contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals explores the views of more than 1,000 top executives across 21 industries and 99 countries on the opportunities and challenges to sustainability.
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The Fieldprint Calculator (2017)
Understand how management choices impact sustainability and operational efficiency on corn, cotton, rice, wheat, potato, and soybean farms.
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The Future We Want – SDG 17 (2019)
The Future We Want is a short film series produced by Global Compact Network Brazil and highlights the impact of the SDGs on people’s lives, with an emphasis on the crucial role of the business sector.
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The Future We Want – SDG 6 (2019)
This is the second film from The Future We Want, a short film series that highlights the impact of the SDGs on people’s lives and emphasizes the crucial role of the business sector.
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The Global Opportunity Explorer (2017)
The Explorer is an interactive platform that guides you through hundreds of sustainable solutions and market opportunities which address the SDGs.
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The Internet of Water – Inventory Tool
The mission of the IoW is to build a dynamic and voluntary network of communities and institutions to facilitate the opening, sharing, and integration of water data and information.
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The Letter of Commitment: Template
The Letter of Commitment (LoCom) is a third-stage type of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which is legally binding, and establishes concrete expectations of financial and in-kind contributions from member parties in the Water Stewardship Partnership.
A template for partnerships that clearly define:
- Partnership Governance
- Roles & Responsibilities and GAP analysis
- Clear targets (beneficiaries)
- Budget & Planning
- External Communication
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The Tata Water Mission
The Tata Water Mission’s objective is to create a healthy future for 7,000 villages and 6 million people across India through access to safe and adequate drinking water and improved sanitation over the next three years.
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The Water and Development Alliance (WADA)
WADA is a collaboration between Coca-Cola and USAID to improve water resource management and expand access to drinking water and sanitation services for poor and marginalized people in developing countries.
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U.S. Global Water Strategy (2022)
The U.S. Global Water Strategy envisions a water-secure world, where people and nations have the water they need to be healthy, prosperous, and resilient.
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UN Environment’s Freshwater Strategy 2017-2021 (2017)
This strategy report is designed to bring together the organization’s work that touches upon freshwater and provide a catalyst for action with various partners and stakeholders, at different levels of engagement.
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Understanding “Sufficiency” in Water-Related Collective Action (2014)
By understanding the size and nature of the gap between desired conditions in a watershed (i.e., what might be considered “sufficient” to promote community and ecological well-being) and current conditions, companies can determine how much and what type of action is needed.
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Understanding Hygiene Promotion in the Context of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak (2020)
This note provides guidance on which aspects to consider when planning and implementing a hygiene promotion campaign as part of a broader risk communication and community engagement strategy.
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Upper-Athi Water Stewardship Partnership (2017)
The County Government of Kiambu County wanted to address the protection of water and environment in the County and sought support from IWaSP to facilitate interaction between the private sector and the Water Resources User Associations (WRUAs).
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Use of Market-Based Incentives in Watershed Management (2016)
Managing watersheds shouldn’t just be about regulations. It should be about developing complementary models for the protection and rehabilitation of watersheds through community participation schemes, public-private partnerships and private investment structures.
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Using Smart Technology to Monitor Stockholm’s Water Systems (2017)
Water Monitoring Networks is a project developed by Ericsson in collaboration with city officials and university researchers to create a connected water quality monitoring system throughout Stockholm.
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Value Proposition Tool
Positioning statement that explains what benefits the stewardship provides to different stakeholders and how it does it uniquely well.
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Valuing Rivers (2018)
This report discusses the need to stop regarding rivers as simply conduits for moving water and recognize the wider value of water.
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WASH Bottleneck Analysis Tool (WASHBAT) (2016)
WASH-BAT is an analysis and monitoring online tool developed to assess the enabling environment of WASH delivery by tracking the removal of barriers to services at national, regional, service provider, and community levels. Users register for access.
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WASH Programme Contribution to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Prevention and Response (2020)
This technical document outlines the overarching strategy and tactics for implementing UNICEF’s COVID-19 WASH response.
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Water Action Hub (2018)
The Water Action Hub is an online water stewardship knowledge sharing and collaboration tool developed by the CEO Water Mandate and the Pacific Institute.
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Water and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Business Framework for Water & COVID-19: Practical Actions to Contain the Pandemic (2020)
This Issue Brief aims to articulate the role that the business community can play in combatting the spread of COVID-19, as well as rebuilding the economy and reducing the risk of future shocks.
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Water and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Business Framework for Water and COVID-19: Rebuilding and Resilience: Phases 2 and 3
This Issue Brief expands on Phase 1 of this framework to further articulate the role the business community can play in combatting the spread of COVID-19, as well as rebuilding the economy and reducing the risk of future shocks.
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Water Filter Media of Granulated Ceramics (2018)
This best practice shows how TAM Ceramics filter systems address sustainable water treatment on a large scale, providing safe drinking water to communities with systems that are inexpensive, simple to use, and easy to maintain.
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Water Footprint Assessment (2012)
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Water Infrastructure For Climate Adaptation – The Opportunity To Scale Up Funding And Financing (2018)
This report calls for an integrated approach that brings together governments, water users, and the society at large including the private sector, NGOs, and academia to design smart, adaptable and sustainable solutions for water infrastructure impacted by climate change.
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Water Loss Reduction in Zamdela – “Metsimaholo Water Loss Reduction Project” (2019)
This case study looks at actions taken by Sasol to reduce water loss, improve municipal water infrastructure, and improve access to water for the local community in the Zamdela area of the Metsimaholo Local Municipality.
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Water Management and Stewardship (2016)
Overview report on corporate water management and stewardship actions.
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Water Resource Users Associations Capacity Assessment Tool (2017)
The Water Resource Users Associations (WRUA) Capacity Assessment Tool is intended to assess organizational capacity of a WRUA in order to improve the performance of the management of water resources.
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Water Risk & Action Framework
WRAF guides practitioners in forming and executing water stewardship partnerships. The proven five-phase process increases the quality of partnerships that deliver accelerated and sustainable results to achieve water security for businesses, communities, and government.
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Water Risk and Action Plan
Project planning. Map out a roadmap of activities using this guidance template.
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Water Risk Filter Suite
The Water Risk Filter can be used to assess and respond to water related risks for your own operations, suppliers, or growth plans.
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Water Stewardship in Colombia (2015)
Learn from a real-world example of collective action and collaborative water management in Colombia.
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Water Stewardship in the Indian Textile Industry: A Handbook of Recommended Good Practices (2020)
This handbook shares recommended good practices for advancing water stewardship through improvements in water use efficiency and water quality, focused on primary and secondary processes in textile mills in India.
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Water Stewardship Revisited (2018)
This updated briefing outlines the evolution of water stewardship as we look to the future.
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Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Poverty Diagnostic Initiative (country by country) (2017)
This report offers new insights on how data can be used to inform allocation decisions to reduce inequalities and prioritize investment in WASH to boost human capital.
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Water: A Human and Business Priority (2020)
This article examines how through proactive individual and collective action, businesses can combat the water crisis.
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WaterAid Participation Ladder Tool (2018)
Monitor how effectively various groups feel like they are participating and involve in decision-making. The visual aid illustrates the different levels of participation. The diagram is to help the person carrying out the interview to assess where the person is on the participation ladder.
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Woolworths’ Collective Action to Clear Alien Plants in the Breede Catchment (2016)
Case study on collaborative water stewardship and invasive plant species removal in South Africa.