Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4)
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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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Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment Tool (2018)
This tool is a GIS-based hydrologic modeling tool designed for both novice and expert GIS users.
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Climate Change Trends and Impacts on California Agriculture: A Detailed Review (2018)
This paper provides evidence that the climate in California has changed significantly and is expected to continue changing, and showcases the need for enhancing the adaptive capacity of agriculture and reducing vulnerability to climate change.
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Co-optimizing Solutions in Water and Agriculture (2017)
A deep-dive into solutions that deliver value to businesses and farming communities while paving the way to a more resilient future.
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Coca-Cola European Partners | Using the SAGP Initiative to Ensure Reliable Sugar Supply (2017)
Since the introduction of the Cola Coca Company’s Sustainable Agriculture Guiding Principles (SAGP) in 2013, farmers and producers working with Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) have benefitted from external certification and more efficient resource use.
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Collaborative Conservation and Adaptation Strategy Toolbox (CCAST) (2018)
The Southwest Climate Hub, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and Forest Service have collaborated to create an online library of conservation case studies.
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Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) Standards (2020)
The CmiA standard criteria encompass environmental, social, and economic aspects of cotton farming and ginning.
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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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Environmental Data Explorer (2015)
An online database holding more than 500 different variables covering themes like freshwater, population, forests, emissions, climate, disasters, health, and GDP.
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FAO Aquastat (2016)
Provides data related to water resources, water uses and agricultural water management, with an emphasis on countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
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Farm Water Assessment (2010)
Perform water risk assessment at the farm level.
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Feeding Ourselves Thirsty (2019)
This analysis provides investors with guidance and relevant data for evaluating the water risk management of publicly held companies in the food sector.
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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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GLASA State of the Apparel Sector Report (2015)
The analysis presented in this report describes what water challenges mean for the apparel industry, and what practices are currently underway to reduce the water footprint of apparel and textiles.
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Global Organic Textile Standard (2020)
The Global Organic Textile Standard is a leading textile processing standard for organic fibers, including ecological and social criteria, backed up by independent certification of the entire textile supply chain.
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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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Growing Water Risk Resilience: An Investor Guide on Agricultural Supply Chains (2018)
This guide outlines why and how investors engage on agricultural supply chain water risk.
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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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Leveraging the Power of Collaborations (2020)
This report explores the dynamics driving the evolution of company collaboration in and across sectors and highlights some of the innovative models that have developed.
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Navigating Rough Waters: Businesses and Investors Must Adapt for a Water-Stressed Future (2016)
This report is intended to inform both businesses and investors about the reality, risks, and opportunities of water stresses.
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Nestle | Manos al Agua – Intelligent Water Management
Nestlé has partnered with multiple other organizations to formulate an Intelligent Water Management (IWM) plan –
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Nestle | Manos al Agua – Intelligent Water Management (2017)
Nestlé has partnered with multiple organizations to formulate an Intelligent Water Management (IWM) plan to help Colombian coffee bean suppliers improve environmental performance at the farm and watershed level.
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New Acre Project (2019)
The New Acre Project allows companies to fund environmental projects on local farms and ranches across Canada, delivering a bundle of ecosystem services, such as cleaner air, cleaner water, and more biodiversity.
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One Planet Approaches: Methodology Mapping and Pathways Forward (2017)
One Planet Approaches consist of a family of tools, methodologies, frameworks, programs, and action plans, which recognize the need to measure and reduce human impact in relation to the absolute boundaries of the Earth system.
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Quality Unknown : The Invisible Water Crisis (2019)
This report examines the effects of water quality on economic growth, presenting new evidence and new data that call urgent attention to the hidden dangers lying beneath water’s surface.
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REEL COTTON Code of Conduct Version 2.0 (2016)
The REEL Code of Conduct Version 2.0 provides a verifiable, private standard, based on the REEL COTTON Sustainable Agricultural Practices Hand Book Version 2009 with additions to cover the entire Environmental facet.
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Right Tool for the Right Job: Tools and Approaches for Companies and Investors to Assess Water Risks and Shared Water Challenges (2020)
This report seeks to provide an overview of the three leading water tools available for corporate water risk assessment.
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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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Soil and Water Assessment Tool (2018)
This tool can be used to simulate the quality and quantity of surface and ground water and predict the environmental impact of land use, land management practices, and climate change.
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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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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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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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Sustainable Cotton Farming – Good Practices in Textile Material Industries
The Better Cotton Principles and Criteria (P&C) assist farmers with sustainable cotton farming, which can improve water quality and water use efficiency.
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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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Threading the Needle (2018)
This report is a culmination of industry interviews, non-government organization inputs, and desk research, intended to guide companies grappling with how to integrate the SDGs into their core business and global supply chain.
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Understanding “Sufficiency” | El Bajio, Mexico (2015)
Addressing the “sufficiency gap” in groundwater supplies through collective action and water stewardship in El Bajío, Mexico.
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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 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 Sustainable Agriculture: Farm and Catchment Level Assessments (2015)
Understand the steps required for farm-level water stewardship in a catchment context.
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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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World Water Development Report 2020: Water and Climate Change (2020)
The 2020 U.N. World Water Development Report focuses on the challenges, opportunities and potential responses to climate change, in terms of adaptation, mitigation and improved resilience that can be addressed through improving water management.