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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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Diageo’s Water of Life Program
Diageo has committed to helping a million people a year through improved water supply and sanitation in Africa through their Water of Life program.
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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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Guide for Managing Integrity in Water Stewardship Initiatives (2015)
This guide seeks to build on the lessons learned from the pioneers of WSIs around the world. Through a practical lens, and focusing on the needs of practitioners, the ultimate aim of this guide is to support existing and future WSIs in creating tangible benefits for society by ensuring high levels of integrity and transparency.
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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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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.
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Improving Smallholder Farmers (SHF) Nutrition
GAIN, Unilever, and the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) saw an opportunity to improve the nutrition and health of farmers, workers and their families in supply chains, while working to increase supplier and worker satisfaction, productivity and brand loyalty.
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Itawa Springs Protection Project
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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Lusaka Water Security Initiative (LuWSI) (2017)
LuWSI is a multi-stakeholder collaboration system inspired by and working towards the vision of water security for the residents and businesses of Lusaka.
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Lusaka Water Security Initiative: Wellfield Protection Project (2017)
The objective of this partnership is to protect LWSC wellfields at Shaft 5 and Mass Media, in an environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable manner securing groundwater supply for Lusaka’s residents and businesses.
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Mlalakua River Restoration Project (MRRP) (2017)
The overall objective of the Mlalakua River Restoration Project (MRRP) was to restore the health of the Mlalakua River and to prevent further pollution.
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Saint Lucia Water Stewardship Partnership (Act) (2017)
This partnership formed to identify fast-working, effective measures to improve erratic water supply and security in the Vieux Fort area of Saint Lucia, to collectively secure the water supply for communities and businesses in the area, and to foster active participation from villagers and civil society organizations in collaboration with the public water utility and private businesses in the area.
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Saint Lucia Water Stewardship Partnership (Commit) (2017)
The initial commitment phase in Saint Lucia spanned just over a half a year from the first contacts made in September 2014 to the final project agreement in early 2015.
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Serving the Public Interest: Corporate Water Stewardship and Sustainable Development (2015)
An increasing number of companies recognize that water poses a significant risk to their business and have begun to take action to mitigate their risks via improved water management practices and stewardship. This paper proposes a new recognition that companies seeking to manage water-related business risks can and should contribute to improved water and sanitation management and governance that is also in the public interest.
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Sustainable Water Management in Usa River (SUWAMA-Usa) (2017)
The Sustainable Water Management in Usa River (SUWAMA-Usa) is a partnership with the objective to improve water security at the sub-catchment level.
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Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission: Management Information System (MIS) and Mobile App
The Indian government is aiming to achieve an Open-Defecation Free (ODF) India by 2019, by constructing 12 million toilets in rural India. They have developed a monitoring dashboard and mobile app to track progress towards this goal. The Indian government is aiming to achieve an Open-Defecation Free (ODF) India by 2019, by constructing 12 million toilets in rural India. They have developed a monitoring dashboard and mobile app to track progress towards this goal.
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The Future We Want – SDG 17 (2019)
The Future We Want is a short film series produced by Global Compact Network Brazil and highlights the impact of the SDGs on people’s lives, with an emphasis on the crucial role of the business sector.
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The Future We Want – SDG 6 (2019)
This is the second film from The Future We Want, a short film series that highlights the impact of the SDGs on people’s lives and emphasizes the crucial role of the business sector.
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The Water and Development Alliance (WADA)
WADA is a collaboration between Coca-Cola and USAID to improve water resource management and expand access to drinking water and sanitation services for poor and marginalized people in developing countries.
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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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Water Filter Media of Granulated Ceramics (2018)
This best practice shows how TAM Ceramics filter systems address sustainable water treatment on a large scale, providing safe drinking water to communities with systems that are inexpensive, simple to use, and easy to maintain.
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Water Loss Reduction in Zamdela – “Metsimaholo Water Loss Reduction Project” (2019)
This case study looks at actions taken by Sasol to reduce water loss, improve municipal water infrastructure, and improve access to water for the local community in the Zamdela area of the Metsimaholo Local Municipality.
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World Water Development Report 2019
The 2019 World Water Development Report (WWDR) examines how improved water resource management and access to water supply and sanitation services can help address the causes and alleviate the impacts of poverty and social inequity.