In bringing the lens of the UN Guiding Principles to emerging understandings of corporate water stewardship practice, companies may find it helpful to consider the following comparison of key elements between the two areas.
| UN Guiding Principles Elements | Corporate Water Management Elements | |
| Policy Commitment and Embedding Respect | is similar to | Commit; Define |
| Assessing Impacts | is similar to | Account; Assess |
| Integrating and Taking Action | is similar to | Implement |
| Tracking Performance | is similar to | Monitor |
| Communicating Performance | is similar to | Communicate |
| Remediation of Actual Impacts | No clear match | Elements of Implement are relevant |