{"id":76,"date":"2015-02-09T12:37:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T12:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.revood.com\/disc\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2015-12-30T22:14:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T22:14:25","slug":"assessing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/disclosure\/resources\/assessing\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for Assessing Risks, Opportunities, and Impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many available reports, frameworks, tools, and other resources can support meaningful and robust assessment and disclosure of water risks, opportunities and impacts. These resources cover a range of topics, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Disclosure<\/span>\u2014Initiatives such as CDP and GRI provide guidance for disclosing on water risks, opportunities and impacts. The CEO Water Mandate has worked closely with both CDP and GRI to align this document with those initiatives to the greatest extent possible.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Risk maps<\/span>\u2014Tools provided by organizations like WRI and WWF enable companies to map local water conditions near their facilities. This can lead to a better understanding of an organization\u2019s exposure to water risks.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Opportunities<\/span>\u2014Groups like Business Link and EDF offer resources to help companies identify opportunities and technologies for water efficiency and cost savings.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Valuation<\/span>\u2014Valuation techniques can help companies quantify environmental risks, opportunities and impacts, including but not limited to those related to water. Reports from organizations like the Natural Capital Coalition and WBCSD outline current valuation techniques and provide examples of how they are being used in practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered table-condensed cus_table_02 large_font_02\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><strong>Organization<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Resource<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterfootprint.org\/Reports\/BIER-2011-WaterAccountingSectorPerspective.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Practical Perspective on Water Accounting in the Beverage Sector<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>Business Link<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesslink.gov.uk\/bdotg\/action\/detail?itemId=1084405879&amp;type=PIP\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Water Technology Product List<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\" rowspan=\"2\"><strong>CDP<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdp.net\/CDP%20Questionaire%20Documents\/CDP-Water-information-request-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CDP&#8217;s 2014 Water Information Request<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdp.net\/Documents\/Guidance\/2014\/Water-reporting-guidance-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Guidance for companies responding on water 2014<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\" rowspan=\"2\"><strong>Ceres<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceres.org\/issues\/water\/aqua-gauge\/aqua-gauge\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ceres Aqua Gauge: A Framework for 21st Century Water Risk Management<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceres.org\/resources\/reports\/corporate-reporting-on-water-risk-2010\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Murky Waters: Corporate Reporting on Water Risk<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/business.edf.org\/files\/2014\/03\/EDF_WaterMAPP.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WaterMAPP Tool<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/msc.fema.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Flood Maps<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>German Federal Government<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.water-energy-food.org\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Water, Energy, and Food Security Resource Platform<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>Global Environmental Management Institute (GEMI)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gemi.org\/localwatertool\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Local Water Tool<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\" rowspan=\"2\"><strong>Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalreporting.org\/reporting\/g4\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalreporting.org\/reporting\/guidelines-online\/TechnicalProtocol\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">GRI Technical Protocol: Materiality in the Context of the GRI Reporting Framework \/ Defining Report Content: The Process<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>IBAT for Business<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibatforbusiness.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>International Standards Organizations (ISO)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iso.org\/iso\/home\/standards\/iso31000.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ISO 31000 Risk Management<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\" rowspan=\"2\"><strong>Natural Capital Coalition<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalcapitalcoalition.org\/js\/plugins\/filemanager\/files\/Valuing_Nature_in_Business_Part_1_Framework_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Valuing Nature in Business\u2014Towards a Harmonized Protocol<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalcapitalcoalition.org\/js\/plugins\/filemanager\/files\/Valuing_Nature_in_Business_Part_2_Taking_Stock_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Valuing Nature in Business\u2014Taking Stock: Existing Initiatives and Applications<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulnerabilityindex.net\/EVI_Country_Profiles.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Environmental Vulnerability Index<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>University of Colorado<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/floodobservatory.colorado.edu\/Archives\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Flood Observatory Tool<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/products\/predictions\/tools\/edb\/lbfinal.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">US Objective Long-Term Drought Indicator<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/stats.oecd.org\/glossary\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Glossary of Statistical Terms<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\" rowspan=\"2\"><strong>United Nations CEO Water Mandate<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/files\/Guide_Responsible_Business_Engagement_Water_Policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Guide to Responsible Business Engagement<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/guide-to-water-related-ca-web-091213.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Guide to Collective Action<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grid.unep.ch\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=73&amp;Itemid=400&amp;lang=en&amp;project_id=7AD929\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Freshwater in Europe<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/nr\/water\/aquastat\/main\/index.stm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Aquastat<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>United Nations Global Compact<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unglobalcompact.org\/docs\/news_events\/9.1_news_archives\/2010_06_17\/UN_Global_Compact_Management_Model.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UN Global Compact Management Model<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (UN WWAP)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/hydrologie.org\/glu\/aglo.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Glossary of Hydrology<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\" rowspan=\"3\"><strong>Water Footprint Network (WFN)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterfootprint.org\/downloads\/TheWaterFootprintAssessmentManual.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Water Footprint Assessment Manual<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterfootprint.org\/tool\/assessment\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Water Footprint Assessment Tool<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterfootprint.org\/?page=files\/WaterStat-WaterScarcity\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WaterStat<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>World Bank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/data-catalog\/world-development-indicators\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">World Development Indicators<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\" rowspan=\"4\"><strong>World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/work-program\/sector-projects\/water\/global-water-tool.aspx\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Global Water Tool<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/Pages\/EDocument\/EDocumentDetails.aspx?ID=15801&amp;NoSearchContextKey=truehttp:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/Pages\/EDocument\/EDocumentDetails.aspx?ID=15801&amp;NoSearchContextKey=true\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Business Guide to Water Valuation: An Introduction to Concepts and Techniques<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/waterforbusiness3.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Water for Business: Version 3<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/Pages\/EDocument\/EDocumentDetails.aspx?ID=15099&amp;NoSearchContextKey=true\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Water Valuation: Building the Business Case<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>World Economic Forum (WEF)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weforum.org\/reports\/water-security-water-energy-food-climate-nexus\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Water Security: The Water-Energy-Food-Climate Nexus<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>World Health Organization (WHO); United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wssinfo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Joint Monitoring Programme<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>World Resources Institute (WRI)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/insights.wri.org\/aqueduct\/atlas\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Aqueduct Tool<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\" rowspan=\"2\"><strong>World Wildlife Federation (WWF)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/waterriskfilter.panda.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Water Risk Filter<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/wwf.panda.org\/about_our_earth\/ecoregions\/maps\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WWF Priority Basins<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cus_color_4\"><strong>WRI and WBCSD<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghgprotocol.org\/files\/ghgp\/public\/ghg-protocol-revised.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, Revised Edition<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many available reports, frameworks, tools, and other resources can support meaningful and robust assessment and disclosure of water risks, opportunities and impacts. 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