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Tackling the Global Water Crisis: The Role of Water Footprints and Water StewardshipRead more
Water footprints connect powerful actors – companies, markets, investors, and consumers – to the global water and climate crises. They create new incentives and mechanisms to target and trigger…
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Diageo Water Collective Action Implementation Guide (2021)Read more
This guide compiles the lessons and approaches from Diageo’s experience implementing collective action initiatives in priority basins across the world. Following through on the business case for water stewardship,…
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Benefit Accounting of Nature-Based Solutions for Watersheds: Guide (2021)Read more
This guide indicates which specific NBS activities can be implemented in various habitats and suggests methods for measuring the benefits.
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Water and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Business Framework for Water and COVID-19: Rebuilding and Resilience: Phases 2 and 3Read more
This Issue Brief expands on Phase 1 of this framework to further articulate the role the business community can play in combatting the spread of COVID-19, as well as…
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Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting (VWBA): A Practical Guide to Implementing Water Replenishment Targets (2021)Read more
This guide is intended as a practical resource to facilitate the application of VWBA methods to meet water replenishment targets.
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Period Poverty, Stigma, and Female Hygiene Gaps in the U.S. and Around the World (2020)Read more
This guide describes the ways in which period poverty and stigma affect millions of women in the United States and around the world.
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A Multi-Benefit Approach to Water Management (2020)Read more
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)Read more
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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Period Poverty: What Is It & How Can We Help? (2020)Read more
All around the world women are being held back in life and even put in danger, simply because of their period. This guide will outline key problems related…
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Water and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Business Framework for Water & COVID-19: Practical Actions to Contain the Pandemic (2020)Read more
This Issue Brief aims to articulate the role that the business community can play in combatting the spread of COVID-19, as well as rebuilding the economy and reducing the…
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Incorporating Multiple Benefits into Water Projects: A Guide for Water Managers (2020)Read more
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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The AWS E-Standard and Guidance (2020)Read more
The AWS E-Standard and Guidance is an online, interactive version of the AWS Standard 2.0, a globally-applicable framework for major water users to understand their water use and impacts,…
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Sharing Good Practice in Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Standard Implementation (2020)Read more
This report provides findings on good practices of AWS Standard implementation.
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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)Read more
This report seeks to provide an overview of the three leading water tools available for corporate water risk assessment.
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Nedbank Water Savings Guide (2020)Read more
This guide shares information on making the best of every drop of water, with tips on how to save water and help shape a water-secure future.
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WASH Pledge: Guiding Principles (2020)Read more
This publication includes a set of guiding principles that will support companies in their efforts to implement WASH at the workplace – an essential first step for businesses supporting…
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Water: A Human and Business Priority (2020)Read more
This article examines how through proactive individual and collective action, businesses can combat the water crisis.
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SWA Webinar Series on COVID-19 and WASH (2020)Read more
This webinar series is organized by SWA and consists of dialogues on COVID-19 and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).
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Sustainability Reporting Guidance for the Oil and Gas Industry (2020)Read more
This report provides oil and gas companies with a framework to demonstrate their role in the energy transition by reporting on how they manage climate and sustainability impacts and…
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Understanding Hygiene Promotion in the Context of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak (2020)Read more
This note provides guidance on which aspects to consider when planning and implementing a hygiene promotion campaign as part of a broader risk communication and community engagement strategy.
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Live: Country Experiences on COVID-19 and WASH (2020)Read more
This live-blog shares WASH approaches Sanitation and Water for All partners are taking in response to the COVID-19 emergency.
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WASH Programme Contribution to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Prevention and Response (2020)Read more
This technical document outlines the overarching strategy and tactics for implementing UNICEF’s COVID-19 WASH response.
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Contextual Goals Database (2020)Read more
This database contains leading sustainability goals and commitments set by large companies globally.
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Accessibility and Safety Audits (2020)Read more
The Accessibility and Safety Audit is a simple yet powerful tool to assist the people responsible for WASH programming to make these services inclusive for everyone, including people with…
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The State of Sustainable Business 2019Read more
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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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Three Essential Ingredients to Resilient Agricultural Supply Chains (2019)Read more
This booklet presents an opportunity for sectors that are reliant upon the agricultural supply chain to take leadership in protecting and improving WASH resources for the people and business…
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Green Cities: Good Health (2019)Read more
This web site provides an overview of the scientific evidence of human health and well-being benefits provided by urban forestry and urban greening.
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Certificate Program in Water Risk Management for the Private Sector (2019)Read more
The certificate program provides managers, analysts, risk officers, decision-makers and consultants with the knowledge and techniques to improve water risk identification, assessments, and management.
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Water Accounting: Independent Estimates of Water Flows, Fluxes, Stocks, Consumption, and Services (2019)Read more
Water accounting is the process of communicating water resources related information and the services generated from consumptive use in a geographical domain in order to describe water resources in…
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Drinking Water Guide: A Resource for Advocates (2019)Read more
River Network’s Drinking Water Guide is a first step in helping to create a more informed and engaged national network of advocates for safe, clean, affordable, and sustainable drinking…
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UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) (2019)Read more
The UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) provides policy- and decision-makers at all levels with easily accessible and comprehensive analyses to make informed decisions for…
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Global Environment Monitoring System for Freshwater (2019)Read more
The Global Environment Monitoring System for freshwater (GEMS/Water) collects worldwide water quality data for assessments of status and trends in global inland water quality.
