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Integrating Gender Equality into Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Projects: Guidance for NGOs and Implementing Partners (2022)

The Guidance: Integrating gender equality into water, sanitation and hygiene projects aims to help NGOs and implementing partners successfully transform their strategic commitments on community WASH and gender equality into…

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Tackling the Global Water Crisis: The Role of Water Footprints and Water Stewardship

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)

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)

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 3

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)

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)

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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Hand Hygiene Protocol for the Workplace (2020)

This protocol consolidates simple recommendations for best practice around handwashing and hygiene in the workplace.

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Hand Hygiene at the Workplace: An Essential Occupational Safety and Health Prevention and Control Measure Against COVID-19 (2020)

This policy brief provides recommendations for improving workplace hand hygiene to protect against illness and disease.

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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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Period Poverty: What Is It & How Can We Help? (2020)

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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Água e a pandemia da COVID-19: Um plano empresarial para água e COVID-19: Ações práticas para conter a pandemia (2020)

A comunidade empresarial pode desempenhar um papel fundamental no combate à disseminação da COVID-19, bem como reconstruir a economia e reduzir o risco de choques futuros.

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Water and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Business Framework for Water & COVID-19: Practical Actions to Contain the Pandemic (2020)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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Sustainability Reporting Guidance for the Oil and Gas Industry (2020)

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)

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)

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)

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

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Accessibility and Safety Audits (2020)

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 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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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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Strengthening the Business Case for WASH – Breakfast Session Summary (2019)

The summary of this session held at Stockholm World Water Week 2019 highlights progress made by companies pilot-testing guidance from Strengthening the Business Case for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene,…

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Green Cities: Good Health (2019)

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)

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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