Value chain
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Valuing Water Database (2019)
The Valuing Water Database aims to help you navigate through an array of tools and approaches to water valuation in order to assist you with finding the right one for your needs.
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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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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 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 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 Footprint Assessment (2012)
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Water Risk Hotspots for Agriculture (2017)
Agriculture is expected to face increasing water risks that will impact production, markets, trade and food security – risks that can be mitigated with targeted policy actions on water hotspots. This report develops the hotspot approach, provides an application at the global scale, and presents a mitigation policy action plan.
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Water Risk in Agricultural Supply Chains (2017)
This report assessed 25 different agricultural sustainability standards.
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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, 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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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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WSPortal: Health through Water (2017)
A set of assessments to help companies develop and evaluate water safety plans.
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Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Programme (2018)
These guidelines intend to help close the knowledge gap on wastewater treatment technologies and motivate relevant facilities in the apparel and footwear industry to implement the professional treatment systems necessary to meet the ZDHC Wastewater Guidelines.