Corporate
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Virtual Water: Its Implications on Agriculture and Trade (2018)
This paper considers questions of gaps in knowledge, why sustainability matters, and the policy implications of virtual water trade.
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Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting (VWBA): A Practical Guide to Implementing Water Replenishment Targets (2021)
This guide is intended as a practical resource to facilitate the application of VWBA methods to meet water replenishment targets.
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WASH Bottleneck Analysis Tool (WASHBAT) (2016)
WASH-BAT is an analysis and monitoring 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.
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WASH Pledge Impact Report (2018)
Maximizing the business contribution towards water, sanitation and hygiene.
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Wastewater 101 Toolbox (2021)
The Wastewater 101 Toolbox offers education, training, and resources related to facilitating and incentivizing the proper treatment of wastewater in the textiles industry.
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Wastewater: The Untapped Resource
What if we were to consider the vast quantities of domestic, agricultural and industrial wastewater discharged into the environment everyday as a valuable resource rather than costly problem?
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Watching Water: A Guide to Evaluating Corporate Risks in a Thirsty World (2008)
This report offers investors a framework for evaluating the impact of water scarcity and water pollution on individual sectors and companies.
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Water & Business: What Every MBA Needs to Know (2020)
This briefing paper highlights the business impacts of water, drawing on examples from companies like Nestle Water, DuPont, Kraft Heinz, and General Motors.
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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 Circular Economy (2018)
This paper explores the relationship between the principles of circular economy and sustainable water management, identifying the opportunities that are offered through applying circular economy principles to water systems.
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Water and Climate Change in Southeast Brazil: Impacts and Adaptation (2017)
Slides, recording, and notes from webinar on climate change and water in Southeast Brazil – in English and Portuguese.
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Water and Human Rights: Exploring the Roles and Responsibilities of Business (2009)
This paper examines how businesses can adhere to John Ruggie’s “corporate responsibility to respect” principle in the context of access to water.
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Water and Sanitation Interlinkages across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2016)
This brief analyses the central role of water and sanitation to describe the links and interdependencies between the targets of SDG 6 on water and sanitation and those of other SDGs.
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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 as a Casualty of Conflict: Threats to Business and Society in High-Risk Areas (2012)
This white paper focuses on the ways conflict and high-risk situations can affect water systems, and provides a framework for understanding the nature of water challenges faced in these situations and how these, in turn, affect business operations and society.
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Water Balance Targets (2016)
This report discusses where the concept of water balance came from, the motivations for balance initiatives, types of balance projects and benefits, important considerations, and emerging water stewardship trends in target setting.
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Water Day at Race to Zero November Dialogues (2020)
This event featured speakers from all over the world exploring how entire sectors are already rapidly transitioning to a zero-carbon future.
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Water Disclosure 2.0 (2009)
This study aims to better understand current water-related corporate reporting practices. Specifically, it looks to illustrate various forms of reporting approaches and contents, identify commonalities, differences, and gaps among water reports, and present its findings as guidance for future corporate water reporting.
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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 Management and Stewardship (2016)
Overview report on corporate water management and stewardship actions.
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Water Management and Stewardship: Benchmarking Corporate Practices (2019)
This report provides an update on the 2017 benchmarking exercise examining the state of water risk exposure and stewardship in food and beverage (F&B), garment and mining sectors.
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Water Management Expectations to Companies (2015)
An example of how a financial investor expects companies to manage the challenges and opportunities surrounding water resources.
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Water Resources Management: Optimizing within a Watershed Context (2007)
This resource provides an explanation of a model that was developed to evaluate a broad range of technical, economic, and policy management options within a watershed context.
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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 Risk in Agricultural Supply Chains (2017)
This report assessed 25 different agricultural sustainability standards.
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Water Risk in Brazil and Stewardship as a Response (2017)
Slides and recording from webinar on addressing water challenges through stewardship in Brazil – in English and Portuguese.
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Water Risk Monetizer (2021)
The Ecolab Smart Water Navigator is an easy to use, online tool designed to help protect your business and ensure continued growth. It offers a proven methodology to help organizations bridge the gap between corporate goals and local action.
This free, publicly available tool requires registration to access
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Water Risk Scenarios: TCFD-Aligned Scenarios to Help Companies and Investors Turn Risk into Resilience (2020)
The aim of this brief is to provide an overview of the new WWF Water Risk Filter scenarios and guidance on how scenario analysis can help companies and investors to understand future water risks and build resilience in an uncertain future.
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Water Risk Valuation Tool: Integrating Natural Capital Limits into Financial Analysis of Mining Stocks (2015)
The WRVT is a practical, high-level demonstration tool that illustrates how water risk can be incorporated into company valuation in the mining sector using familiar financial modelling techniques.
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Water Scarcity and Climate Change: Growing Risks for Businesses and Investors (2009)
This report looks at the impact of water scarcity and declining water quality on business and the significant interest investors have in catalyzing companies to look more closely at their potential risk exposure to water-related challenges.
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Water Stewardship Engagement Benchmarking Report (2017)
299 companies in the mining, food and beverage, and mining sectors were evaluated to establish a benchmark and form a broad understanding of the water-related risk exposure.
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Water Stewardship For Hotel Companies (2018)
This report is intended as a practical resource to define “water stewardship” in the hotel industry to help companies better manage their water use and impacts through six steps.
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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 Stewardship: Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry (2016)
This handbook provides s provide practical guidance on environmental, economic and social aspects through all phases of mineral extraction, from exploration to mine construction, operation and closure.
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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 Valuation: Building the Business Case (2012)
This publication highlights the business case for companies to engage in valuing water to enhance their decision-making processes.
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Water-Using Corporations as Agents Of Water Security, Management and Governance (2016)
This report looks at private sector actors who have power to affect water management and governance processes and their water security outcomes, and investigates their strategies, drivers, and legitimacy.
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Water, Energy, and Climate Change: A Contribution from the Business Community (2009)
Water, energy and climate change are inextricably linked. If we truly want to find sustainable solutions, we must ensure that we address all three in a holistic way. This paper is a first step in fitting some of the pieces of the puzzle together.
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Three Essential Ingredients to Resilient Agricultural Supply Chains (2019)
This booklet presents an opportunity for sectors that are reliant upon the agricultural supply chain to take leadership in protecting and improving WASH resources for the people and business in the regions in which they operate.
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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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WaterGuide (2017)
An organizing framework for improving water resource management and use under scarcity.
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Watering the NDCs: National Climate Planning for 2020 and Beyond (2019)
The report is designed to help Parties consider the reality of their water management across sectors, while working towards robust and flexible solutions able to withstand the effects of climate change.
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weADAPT (2018)
weADAPT is an online ‘open space’ on climate adaptation issues designed to facilitate learning, exchange, collaboration and knowledge integration to build a professional community focused on adaptation issues while developing policy-relevant tools and guidance.
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Workers’ Need Project in India
WaterAid and H&M partnered to provide better WASH services and education to workers in 15 supplier factories in India.
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World Bank Open Data (2018)
World Bank databases are essential tools for supporting critical management decisions and providing key statistical information for Bank operational activities. This site is designed to make World Bank data easy to find, download, and use.
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World Economic Forum Meeting WASH Discussion Summary (2016)
Discussion of the private sector’s role in achieving universal access to WASH.