{"id":8876,"date":"2019-11-02T04:19:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T04:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement2\/?page_id=8876"},"modified":"2020-08-05T04:43:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T04:43:00","slug":"aligning-practice-with-engagement-principles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/aligning-practice-with-engagement-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"Aligning Practice with Engagement Principles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The extent to which companies embrace the concepts and principles outlined in this Guide ranges widely. Similarly, translating these concepts into practical action, while adhering to the principles of responsible engagement, is a significant challenge for many companies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This section outlines a number of \u201cdos\u201d and \u201cdon\u2019ts\u201d to help companies align action with the principles of responsible engagement and offers practical guidance companies can follow when engaging with water policy. Collectively, these measures constitute an operational framework consistent with a continual improvement-oriented, plan-do- check-act management system. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>An overview of the operational framework is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/assess-the-context\/\"><b>Assess the context<\/b><\/a><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand the water resource and policy contexts\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand the political economy and risks of engagement <\/span><\/li>\n<li>Assess stakeholders to understand their concerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/explore-opportunities\/\">Explore engagement opportunities and prepare for action<\/a><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Align engagement opportunities with appropriate scale\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establish and articulate engagement goals and strategy\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure the internal house is in order <\/span><\/li>\n<li>Avoid policy and regulatory capture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/core-engagement-strategies\/\">Pursue core engagement strategies<\/a><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engage the local community\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seek strategic partnerships\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support water policy implementation\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share information to improve management\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocate for efficient, equitable, and ecologically sustainable water policies and practices <\/span><\/li>\n<li>Raise awareness, advance global standards, and support research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/accountability\/\">Be accountable and transparent<\/a><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implement review and response mechanisms <\/span><\/li>\n<li>Disclose outcomes of policy engagement actions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_widget_sidebar title=&#8221;Continue on with the Guide&#8221; sidebar_id=&#8221;thim_sidebar_1563833381&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The extent to which companies embrace the concepts and principles outlined in this Guide ranges widely. Similarly, translating these concepts into practical action, while adhering to the principles of responsible engagement, is a significant challenge for many companies.\u00a0 This section &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[655],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8876"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8949,"href":"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8876\/revisions\/8949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceowatermandate.org\/policyengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}