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Mission-Critical: Invest in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for a Healthy and Green Economic Recovery (2021)

This report provides an updated investment case for WASH services, reflecting major global challenges such as climate change, COVID-19 response and recovery, and building resilience.

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CDP Global Water Report 2020

This report presents an analysis of the 2,934 companies that reported information about their water risks, impacts and associated responses and strategies through CDP’s water security questionnaire in 2020.

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The Value of Water for Business (2021)

This session featured corporate leaders discussing what “water means to the business sector” and why it should be prioritized in business decision making, as well as introduced two practical…

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UN World Water Development Report 2021

This report presents a number of methodologies and approaches to valuing water across different use sectors and shows how these tools have been applied to improve water management.

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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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SWA Webinar Series on COVID-19 and WASH (2020)

This webinar series is organized by SWA and consists of dialogues on COVID-19 and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).

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Live: Country Experiences on COVID-19 and WASH (2020)

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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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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WASH Programme Contribution to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Prevention and Response (2020)

This technical document outlines the overarching strategy and tactics for implementing UNICEF’s COVID-19 WASH response.

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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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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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On the Frontline: the State of the World’s Water 2020

This analysis examines how climate change is making it harder for people in the world’s poorest countries to rely on being able to drink clean water every day and…

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Short-Changed on Climate Change: Money, Water and the People on the Frontline (2020)

This report explores how the already low levels of funding spent on climate change aren’t being targeted to help the worst affected countries deal with the effects, putting billions…

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Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management Toolbox (2020)

The SSWM Toolbox compiles thousands of “best of” instruments geared to optimize sanitation and water management intervention at a local level all curated in an easy-to-understand yet comprehensive way.

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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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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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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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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Three Essential Ingredients to Resilient Agricultural Supply Chains (2019)

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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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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Raising Ambitions on the Road to COP25: High-level Strategic Workshop on Water and Climate (2019)

This workshop’s primary goal was to mobilize and encourage a range of political and institutional stakeholders from water and the climate arenas to continue and improve the long-term visibility…

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Quality Unknown : The Invisible Water Crisis (2019)

This report examines the effects of water quality on economic growth, presenting new evidence and new data that call urgent attention to the hidden dangers lying beneath water’s surface.

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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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