Date: 23 April 2024
Time: 13:00-14:00 CET
Companies that take proactive steps to better manage water use in their direct operations and supply chains stand to benefit from reduced exposure to water scarcity risks, reduced operating costs, and the creation of more resilient watersheds – in turn, supporting local communities.
This webinar, hosted by the UN Global Compact Networks in the Nordics and The Pacific Institute, is specifically designed to help companies understand how to address their impacts on water and implement measures to build water resilience across their operations. UN Global Compact and The Pacific Institute collaborate globally on the water issue within the CEO Water Mandate.
Keynote speakers:
- Mark Cassalia, Senior Business Engagement Manager at the Pacific Institute.
- Virginia Newton-Lewis, Water Sustainability Director at Grundfos.
More speakers to be announced shortly
Outcomes:
- Attendees will understand the business case for taking action to build water resilience.
- Participants are equipped with practical insights on how to start developing a sustainable water strategy, the types of actions that can be implemented to build water resilience (focusing on direct operations), and how to disclose progress to stakeholders.
- Participants understand the role the UN Global Compact’s Water Resilience Assessment Framework (WRAF) and CEO Water Mandate can play in supporting companies’ journey to building water resilience.
Date: 28 May 2024
Time: 14:00-15:00 CET
Audience: Swiss Companies
About the event
In the face of climate change, water security emerges as a critical concern, fundamentally altering the way we look at water systems, and how we govern and manage these systems effectively.
Businesses of all types rely on water, using it as a critical resource in their production processes and throughout their supply chains. Despite substantial investments in water solutions, current progress remains insufficient, with water challenges posing significant risks to business continuity, ecosystems and affected communities. As a result, the private sector has a significant role to play in improving water resilience, and achieving net positive water impact in the most water stressed basins, through corporate water stewardship and collective action.
In this webinar, we will address how businesses can identify, measure and address their impacts and dependencies on water by drawing on insights and resources from the CEO Water Mandate and the UN Global Compact (UNGC) Forward Faster initiative. We will share practical strategies of leading practice and how companies are working together through collective action to address water security and improve water resilience.
We invite Swiss and Liechtenstein companies to join these global efforts building water resilience. Participants will be equipped with knowledge and tools to set goals and take action on the road to net-positive water impact.