Water Strategy

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Tap into Resilience Toolkit (2020)
The TIR Toolkit is an interactive resource providing actionable information on decentralized water infrastructure for utility decision makers, management, and staff.
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Water Risk Scenarios: TCFD-Aligned Scenarios to Help Companies and Investors Turn Risk into Resilience (2020)
The aim of this brief is to provide an overview of the new WWF Water Risk Filter scenarios and guidance on how scenario analysis can help companies and investors…
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A Multi-Benefit Approach to Water Management (2020)
This site includes an overview of the multi-benefit framework, examples for applying the framework, and resources for incorporating multiple benefits into your own work.
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IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions (2020)
The IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions is a user-friendly framework for the verification, design and scaling up of Nature-based Solutions.
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UN Global Compact 20th-Anniversary Progress Report: Uniting Business in the Decade of Action (2020)
This report provides an assessment of how companies participating in the UN Global Compact are adopting the Ten Principles and taking action to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals…
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Incorporating Multiple Benefits into Water Projects: A Guide for Water Managers (2020)
This guidebook uses a “multi-benefit framework” to provide a modular, flexible approach for water managers interested in incorporating multiple benefits into water management decisions.
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Right Tool for the Right Job: Tools and Approaches for Companies and Investors to Assess Water Risks and Shared Water Challenges (2020)
This report seeks to provide an overview of the three leading water tools available for corporate water risk assessment.
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CDP Global Water Report 2019
This report presents an analysis of responses from the 2,433 companies that completed CDP’s water security questionnaire in 2019, with a focus on how companies are responding to the…
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Water: A Human and Business Priority (2020)
This article examines how through proactive individual and collective action, businesses can combat the water crisis.
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Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan (2020)
This report presents an Emergency Recovery Plan to bend the curve of freshwater biodiversity loss.
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Water & Business: What Every MBA Needs to Know (2020)
This briefing paper highlights the business impacts of water, drawing on examples from companies like Nestle Water, DuPont, Kraft Heinz, and General Motors.
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Scaling Corporate Water Stewardship to Address Water Challenges in the Colorado River Basin (2020)
This report examines a set of key corporate water stewardship actions and activities, with associated drivers and barriers, to identify how the private sector could address some of the…
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World Water Development Report 2020: Water and Climate Change (2020)
The 2020 U.N. World Water Development Report focuses on the challenges, opportunities and potential responses to climate change, in terms of adaptation, mitigation and improved resilience that can be…
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The Business Case for Sustainable Hotels (2020)
This report offers research that analyzes the business case for sustainable hotels under six categories, and provides recommendations, evidence and actions for each partner in the property value chain.
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Corporate Water Resilience in an Uncertain Future (2020)
This paper summarizes existing literature assessing the physical risks of climate change to the private sector and examples of how the private sector can address these risks and build…
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SDG Action Manager (2020)
The United Nations Global Compact is introducing the SDG Action Manager to provide all types of businesses with an opportunity to learn about, manage, and directly improve their sustainability…
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Context-Based Decision Guide for Water Reuse and Recycling (2020)
This guide is intended to accelerate internal conversations and decisions at the regional and facility level with regards to investments in advancing water stewardship.
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Achieving Abundance: Understanding the Cost of a Sustainable Water Future (2020)
This Working Paper proposes a method whereby any decision-maker can calculate the cost required to deliver sustainable water management to a geography.
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Contextual Goals Database (2020)
This database contains leading sustainability goals and commitments set by large companies globally.
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Corporate Water Management and Stewardship: Signs of Evolution Towards Sustainability (2019)
This Briefing note on corporate water management and water stewardship identifies tentative signs of evolution towards sustainability by leading companies.
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Watering the NDCs: National Climate Planning for 2020 and Beyond (2019)
The report is designed to help Parties consider the reality of their water management across sectors, while working towards robust and flexible solutions able to withstand the effects of…
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The NbS Evidence Platform (2019)
This tool is an interactive map linking nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation outcomes based on a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature.
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The State of Sustainable Business 2019
The 11th Annual BSR/GlobeScan State of Sustainable Business Survey provides insight into the world of sustainable business and identifies common perceptions and practices of corporate sustainability professionals.
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Digital Technology Opportunities for the Colorado River Basin (2019)
This report is intended to profile the potential opportunities of emerging digital technologies to address the water quality and quantity challenges faced by public and private entities in the…
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CDP Global Water Report 2018
This report presents analysis of the response data from a sample of 783 of the world’s largest publicly listed companies.
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From Water Management to Water Stewardship—A Policy Maker’s Opinion on the Progress of the Mining Sector (2019)
This paper overviews the drivers that have resulted in the mining sector expanding its approach from water management within the operational fence line to catchment water stewardship, along with…
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Feeding Ourselves Thirsty (2019)
This analysis provides investors with guidance and relevant data for evaluating the water risk management of publicly held companies in the food sector.
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The Decade to Deliver: A Call to Business Action (2019)
This CEO Study on the business contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals explores the views of more than 1,000 top executives across 21 industries and 99 countries on…
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Adapt Now: A Global Call for Leadership on Climate Resilience (2019)
This report focuses on making the case for climate adaptation, providing specific insights and recommendations in key sectors: food security, the natural environment, water, cities and urban areas, infrastructure,…
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Refinitiv Insight: A Deep Dive into Environmental Metrics (2019)
In this report, Refinitiv looks at its ESG database to understand what companies are doing to improve their impact on the environment, and which are positioning themselves for success…
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Setting Site Water Targets Informed By Catchment Context: A Guide For Companies (2019)
This guide aims to help companies set effective site water targets that are informed by catchment context, which can create value and lessen risks for the company and support…
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NatCap Checker (2019)
The NatCap Checker provides practitioners with a self-assessment tool that enables them to assess, communicate and improve the level of confidence in their natural capital assessments.
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