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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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A Baseline Study of Living Conditions of Garment Workers in Hlaing Thar Yar (Myanmar)
H&M and WaterAid are working together to improve conditions for garment factory workers in H&M’s supply chain.
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A Practical Guide to Catchment-Based Water Management (2015)
Adopt a systematic approach to water strategy in metals and mining operations, accounting for the basin context.
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Accessibility and Safety Audits (2020)
The Accessibility and Safety Audit is a simple yet powerful tool to assist the people responsible for WASH programming to make these services inclusive for everyone, including people with a disability, older people, women and children.
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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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Anglo American’s Mitigating Water Risk in Emalahleni, South Africa (2011)
Anglo American used collective action to mitigate the water quality and quantity concerns of the region that put their operations at risk.
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Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas (2013)
Understand where and how water risks and opportunities are emerging worldwide.
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ASC Farm Standards – Good Practices in Aquaculture (2017)
This good practice focuses on the importance and implementation of responsible aquaculture through Aquaculture Sustainability Council’s nine farm standards.
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Better Work Initiative (2017)
Better Work mobilizes global brands, governments, factory owners and workers to improve garment factory working conditions, including access to adequate water for health and sanitation.
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Beverage Industry Continues to Drive Improvement in Water, Energy, and Emissions Efficiency (2019)
The tenth Benchmarking Study released by the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) is a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative benchmark of water, energy, and emissions efficiency in the beverage industry.
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Blueprint for Business Leadership on the SDGs: SDG 6 (2017)
This document provides guidance and examples for how businesses can be leaders in the efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6.
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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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BSR’s Five-Step Approach to Stakeholder Engagement (2011)
Use this document as a starting point when approaching stakeholder engagement for the first time, or as a refresher when revising a current engagement strategy.
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CDP’s Global Water Results (2015)
Every year, CDP solicits information from companies about their water risk and response. This new platform visualizes key data and results from these corporate water reports.
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Chemicals Management Module (2015)
Benchmark, establish, build, maintain and improve chemicals management processes, and integrate them with other business processes as part of your overall corporate management system.
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Circular Solution Saves Water and Energy – Ecolab Case Study (2017)
This case study demonstrates how Nalco Water helped a Nestlé milk production plant in Brazil reduce water consumption by forming a plan to use condensate organic water generated from the production of powdered milk as cooling tower make-up.
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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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Climate Change Adaptation Technologies for Water (2017)
Providing the most comprehensive overview of water adaptation technologies to date, this publication includes 102 adaptation technologies for building resilience to climate change-induced hazards in the water sector.
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Coca-Cola’s Improving Water Quality for the Mesoamerican Reef Catchments (2007)
Coca-Cola and WWF established a partnership to affect watershed health, community sustainability, and water quality outcomes in seven river basins, one of which was the Mesoamerican Reef Catchment.
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Connecting the Drops Toward Creative Water Strategies
Use data from your facility to generate a broad assessment of risks regarding the local watershed, supply reliability, efficiency, compliance with regulations, supply economics, and social context.
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Context-Based Decision Guide for Water Reuse and Recycling (2020)
This guide is intended to accelerate internal conversations and decisions at the regional and facility level with regards to investments in advancing water stewardship.
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Contextual Goals Database (2020)
This database contains leading sustainability goals and commitments set by large companies globally.
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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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Corporate Water Stewardship: Achieving a Sustainable Balance (2013)
This paper presents a business case and strategy that reconciles these complex issues into a cohesive framework for industry to achieve a 100% sustainable water balance (i.e., water neutrality) in a way that creates business value.
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CottonUp (2018)
This guide aims to provide professionals with the practical information and resources to either start sourcing sustainable cotton or increase volumes.
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Danone Dairy Plant Quenches Thirst Efficiently – Ecolab Case Study (2017)
In 2014, Danone asked Nalco Water to conduct a Mechanical, Operational, Chemical and Sustainability (MOCS) audit of the water treatment system of its dairy plants in Tchehov, Russia, resulting in the implementation of 3D TRASAR technology to improve system operations and reduce water use.
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Delivering Bright Whites with Green Initiatives – Ecolab Case Study (2017)
This case study explores the results of a U.S. linens provider working with Ecolab to reduce water consumption.
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Detroit Hamtramck a General Motors Case Study (2017)
This case study explores how General Motors added an additional retention pond for storm water to a Detroit facility in order to reduce water withdrawals by 20% through rainwater harvesting and reduce the quantity of water being treated by the city of Detroit.
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Developing a Global Compendium on Water Quality Guidelines (2018)
This report lays the groundwork for an online compendium to improve access to examples of water quality guidelines and facilitate a better understanding of how water quality demand and supply can contribute to appropriate and economical multi-sectoral water resource management.
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Eco Passport (2020)
Eco Passport is an independent certification for chemicals, colorants and accessories used in the manufacturing of textiles and leather articles.
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Ecolab Case Study: Ford Saves Water With Smart Technology (2017)
This case study explores how the collaboration between Ford and Nalco Water has focused on a Chicago assembly plant’s cooling towers and pre-treatment baths to reduce water use.
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EDF-GEMI WaterMAPP – A Water Management Application Efficiency Toolkit (2014)
Assess your company’s water efficiency, create visibility for water performance at facilities, estimate water and financial savings from cooling tower or free-air cooling improvements.
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Efficiency in Water Use: Guidance for the Upstream Onshore Oil and Gas Industry (2014)
This document provides good practice guidance for water management in upstream onshore oil and gas facilities.
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Environment Live (2019)
Environment Live is a dynamic on-line platform from the UN Environment’s Science division for sharing contextualized data and knowledge to keep the environment under review.
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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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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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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 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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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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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 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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Illovo and SUSFARMS: Building Climate Resilient Sugarcane Supply Chains (2017)
This case study looks at how Illovo, a subsidiary company of Associated British Foods, funded various projects, including R&D and water infrastructure, as well as the Sustainable Sugarcane Farm Management System (SUSFARMS) initiative in order to maintain and develop grower supply.
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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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Implementation of WASH for Workers and Communities – Case Studies
Nestlé has worked with the WBCSD on adopting and implementing the WASH Pledge throughout their value chain in India, Cameroon, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
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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.