Below is a list of research, tools, reports, and other materials that can inform companies understand global water challenges, how those challenges affect their business, and what they can do to manage related risks and become responsible stewards.
Resources on Global Water Challenges and Water-Related Business Risks
- Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) – At the Crest of a Wave
- CDP Water Disclosure – 2011 Reporting Guidance
- Ceres – Aqua Gauge
- Ceres – Murky Waters? Corporate Reporting on Water Risk
- Ceres & Pacific Institute – Water Scarcity & Climate Change: Growing Risks for Businesses & Investors
- JPMorgan / WRI – Watching Water: A Guide to Evaluating Corporate Risks in a Thirsty World
- Merrill Lynch – Water scarcity; a bigger problem than assumed
- Pacific Institute & Bio-Era – Remaining Drops
- UNEP – Water Footprint and Corporate Water Accounting for Resource Efficiency
- Veolia – Water Impact Index
- Water Neutral – Offset Calculator
- Water Sense – Certification Scheme
- WFN – WaterStat Database
- WFN – Global Blue Water Scarcity Study
- WWF – Understanding Water Risks
- WWF – Investigating Shared Risk in Water
Corporate Water Management in Practice
- Coca-Cola Water Footprint Report
- Dow Chemical’s Use of the WBCSD & GEMI Online Tools
- Ford Motor Company’s Chihuahua Engine Plant
- IFC/Jain Irrigation in India
- Levi’s Global Effluent Requirements
- SABMiller and Water Footprinting
- Unilever and LCA
- Unilever and Water Footprinting
Corporate Water Assessment Resources
- Water Footprint Home
- Water Footprint Manual
- Other Water Footprint Neytwork Publications
- LCA Center Home
- LCA Center – Assessing Water Use
- UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative
- WBCSD Global Water Tool
- WBCSD Water for Business Report
- GEMI Collecting the Drops
- GEMI Connecting the Drops
- WRI Aqueduct Tool
- WWF Water Risk Filter
- GEMI Local Water Tool
- Center for Sustainable Organizations – Corporate Water Gauge
We intend to continuously update this section of the site as new materials become available. If you know of any additional resources, initiatives, or organizations to include here, please send us a message at ceowatermandate@unglobalcompact.org.