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Perceived and Experienced Barriers to Corporate Engagement in Collective Actions
August 25 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm CEST
Date: 25 August 2024
Time: 16:00 – 17:30 CET
Location: Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre, Room 26 Level 2
Summary:
This workshop explores barriers to expanding corporate involvement in collective actions. Corporates and their partners will candidly share lessons learned from initiatives like the pioneering Women + Water Collaborative in India. Audience will participate in unpacking the opportunities and conditions for collective actions to contribute to basin-wide resilience goal.
Description:
The workshop will be run Roundtable-style, alternating between presentations, panel discussions, and open reflections from the audience. There will be two clear “units” covered: 1. Creating conditions for collective action, and 2. Scaling collective actions for basin-wide resilience.
Unit 1 introduces the principles, characteristics, and enabling conditions of collective action. It features a case study of the Women + Water Collaborative in India, highlighting lessons from the first collective action program aimed at improving clean water access. This initiative illustrates the first time companies from various sectors, including textiles and pharmaceuticals, have united to address a regional water crisis. An interactive panel with corporate members, moderated by WaterAid, will discuss the challenges of collective action. A roundtable will explore why companies hesitate to finance such efforts, addressing perceived and real obstacles.
Unit 2 examines the limitations of collective action in achieving basin-wide resilience and introduces a framework for scaling efforts to meet common targets. A panel of corporate leaders will discuss their experiences piloting this framework and integrating it into their water strategies. A roundtable will consider the alignment of stewardship ambitions with major basin coordination mechanisms, identifying new barriers and potential values for companies.