Water Governance
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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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Action Brief 3.1: Action Learning Projects (2018)
The projects aim to assess the current water use trends, identify and map out the key stakeholders, shared water-related risks, challenges and opportunity at the site and catchment level, and develop a water stewardship plan following the framework of AWS Standard.
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Adapt Now: A Global Call for Leadership on Climate Resilience (2019)
This report focuses on making the case for climate adaptation, providing specific insights and recommendations in key sectors: food security, the natural environment, water, cities and urban areas, infrastructure, disaster risk management, and finance.
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Aqua Gauge (2011)
Inform and strengthen your company’s water management strategies and allow your investors to evaluate current water management activities against detailed definitions of leading practice.
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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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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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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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Easing the Transition to Commercial Finance for Sustainable Water and Sanitation (2017)
This report articulates a framework for innovative financing to achieve SDG6, particularly targets 6.1–6.4.
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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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Engaging the Private Sector in Water Security (2018)
The 2030 Agenda calls explicitly for a rekindling of the global partnership (SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals) and provides the impetus to move from a fragmented to an integrated, multistakeholder approach to development. Participation of the private sector is vital in this multistakeholder approach.
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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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Groundwater Exchange (2018)
The Groundwater Exchange is an online resource center connecting water managers, water users, and community members with tools and resources to support the design and implementation of effective Groundwater Sustainability Plans under California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
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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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ICMM Position Statement on Water Stewardship (2017)
This position statement sets out International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM) members’ approach to water stewardship.
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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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Local Water Tool (2015)
Evaluate water-related external impacts, business risks and sufficiency of management plans at specific sites. Users register for free access to the tools with GEMI.
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Mapping Public Water Management: Proof of Concept (2020)
This technical note tests a novel data collection approach that relies on crowdsourcing data from multinational enterprises with operations across many geographies.
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Mapping the Oil and Gas Industry to the Sustainable Development Goals (2017)
The Atlas explores the links between the oil and gas industry and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and seeks to facilitate a shared understanding of how the industry can most effectively support the achievement of the SDGs.
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Nature-Based Solutions for Water (2018)
The United Nations World Water Development Report for 2018.
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One Pager Tool
Create company/stakeholder overviews as a preparation for meetings. It includes an overview of business, strategy highlights, risks and issues, engagements, and a list of potentially relevant people. This step should help to establish credibility and develop dialogue.
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One Water for America (2017)
Practical solutions, focused on policy and decision-making, to positively change how we manage our water resources and infrastructure.
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Partnership Internal Communication Plan: Guidance & Template
Access to consistent and accurate information on a large project which may influence individuals is critical to the effectiveness of a partnership. Ensure efficient and regular interaction among partners as well as engagement in shared objectives by using this guidance document and template.
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Principles on Water Governance (2015)
The Principles provide the 12 must-do for governments to design and implement effective, efficient, and inclusive water policies in a shared responsibility with the broader range of stakeholders.
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Private Sector Engagement in the Water Security Improvement Process (2017)
How the private sector can get involved with improving water security, and the motivations for doing so.
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Scaling Corporate Water Stewardship to Address Water Challenges in the Colorado River Basin (2020)
This report examines a set of key corporate water stewardship actions and activities, with associated drivers and barriers, to identify how the private sector could address some of the water challenges in the Colorado River Basin.
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Shared Water Challenges and Interests: The Case for Private Sector Engagement in Water Policy and Management (2014)
This paper articulates the need to allow companies to contribute to water management efforts, to assist them instead of excluding them, and to insist that they operate in a manner that justifies their presence and is welcomed by local stakeholders.
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Shared Water, Shared Responsibility, Shared Approach: Water in the Mining Sector (2017)
This paper aims to support the goal of improving mining’s contribution to sustainable development through a focus on water.
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Smart Water Navigator (2019)
The Smart Water Navigator is based on a simple, 13-question assessment that offers a practical guide to smart, sustainable water practices, providing a roadmap that will help your facilities improve the way they use water.
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Start with Water: Putting Water on Local Action Agendas to Support Global Change (2018)
This guide seeks to respond to the call of local and regional authorities for greater clarity on what global development frameworks mean for them in terms of water management, and also identifies ways for them to support global sustainable development.
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SUSFARMS Sustainability Tool (2019)
The Sustainable Sugarcane Farm Management System (SUSFARMS®) is a farming system designed to encourage sustainable, responsible sugarcane production through the implementation of better management practices (BMPs).
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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 NbS Evidence Platform (2019)
This tool is an interactive map linking nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation outcomes based on a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature.
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The Role of Onsite Water Systems in Advancing Water Resilience in Silicon Valley (2021)
This report examines the opportunities and challenges associated with scaling onsite non-potable water systems (ONWS) in Silicon Valley.
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The Water Network (2015)
Share water-related content, best practices, policies, and technologies.
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Towards a World Free of Untreated Wastewater (2017)
Despite multiple benefits that wastewater brings to communities, progress on treatment of wastewater and fit-for-purpose use of treated wastewater remains very slow in many developing countries.
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Towards Sustainable Mining: Water Stewardship Protocol (2019)
The purpose of the assessment protocol is to provide guidance to facilities in completing their evaluation of water stewardship performance against TSM indicators.
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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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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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Urban Waters – How Does Water Impact and is Impacted by Cities and Human Settlements? (2018)
This publication explores water in urban areas, not only in terms of water management, governance and infrastructure, but also in terms of challenges and opportunities of water bodies as biospheres and ecosystems within and close to urban areas.
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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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Valuing Rivers in the Economy (2020)
The Valuing Rivers in the Economy map outlines the link between GDP and water risk.
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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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Water Accounting: Independent Estimates of Water Flows, Fluxes, Stocks, Consumption, and Services (2019)
Water accounting is the process of communicating water resources related information and the services generated from consumptive use in a geographical domain in order to describe water resources in a standard context, using clear terminology and a standard data collection system with known quality standards.
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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 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-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: 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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WaterGuide (2017)
An organizing framework for improving water resource management and use under scarcity.
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World Water Development Report (2016)
Report highlighting the economic impact of access to water, the positive correlation between investments in the water sector and economic growth, and the key role of water in the transition to a green economy.