Water Stewardship Toolbox

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Smart Water Navigator (2019)

The Smart Water Navigator is based on a simple, 13-question assessment that offers a practical guide to smart, sustainable water practices, providing a roadmap that will help your facilities…

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Online Brine Platform (2019)

The Online Brine Platform is an active web service that aims to promote the flow of secondary raw materials by linking brine owners with mineral/water users and technology providers.

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Natural Capital Protocol (2019)

The Protocol offers a standardized framework for the identification, measurement, and valuation of impacts and dependencies on natural capital in order to inform organizational decisions.

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Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Water – Addressing the Global Crisis (2018)

This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) gives an introduction to many different aspects of water, including finance, diplomacy, and water services.

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Developing a Global Compendium on Water Quality Guidelines (2018)

This report lays the groundwork for an online compendium to improve access to examples of water quality guidelines and facilitate a better understanding of how water quality demand and…

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Water Infrastructure For Climate Adaptation – The Opportunity To Scale Up Funding And Financing (2018)

This report calls for an integrated approach that brings together governments, water users, and the society at large including the private sector, NGOs, and academia to design smart, adaptable…

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Onsite Non-Potable Water Reuse Practice Guide (2018)

The Non-Potable Water Reuse Practice Guide is written with practicing architects and other building design professionals in mind and provides explanations of why you may want to consider non-potable…

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Cities Alive: Water for People (2018)

The report explores pioneering water approaches in cities around the world.

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Water Stewardship Revisited (2018)

This updated briefing outlines the evolution of water stewardship as we look to the future.

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Breaking Down Barriers: Priority Actions for Advancing Water Quality Trading (2018)

This report investigates what’s keeping water quality trading on the sidelines and proposes a detailed action agenda to help get water quality trading on the ground in more watersheds…

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Integrity Management Toolbox (2018)

The Integrity Management Toolbox is a change management approach that supports organizations through an integrity change process that starts with assessing their performance and describing their business model to…

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Water and Circular Economy (2018)

This paper explores the relationship between the principles of circular economy and sustainable water management, identifying the opportunities that are offered through applying circular economy principles to water systems.

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Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Water (2018)

This report, focused on water, is part of a series designed to illustrate the potential of Fourth Industrial Revolution innovations and their application to the world’s most pressing environmental…

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Corporate Water Stewardship and the Case for Green Infrastructure (2018)

This report makes the case for private sector investment in green infrastructure as part of a broader water stewardship approach.

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The IWA Principles for Water-Wise Cities (2016)

IWA’s Principles for Water-Wise Cities establish a framework that assists urban stakeholders achieve sustainable urban water and emphasizes the importance of collaboration.

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ITP Destination Water Risk Index (2018)

The Index is designed to provide evidence and rationale to prioritize water conservation in capital allocation, development and renovation decisions, and operational focus in these top risk destination locations.

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InVEST (2018)

InVEST is a suite of free, open-source software models used to map and value goods and services from nature.

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Water Evaluation And Planning (WEAP) (2018)

A user-friendly software tool that takes an integrated approach to water resources planning.

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Pulse of the Fashion Industry (2018)

This report uses new data and calculations to show that investments in resource efficiency, secure work environments, and sustainable materials can benefit the environment and improve profitability.

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Wastewater: The Untapped Resource

What if we were to consider the vast quantities of domestic, agricultural and industrial wastewater discharged into the environment everyday as a valuable resource rather than costly problem?

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Nature-Based Solutions for Water (2018)

The United Nations World Water Development Report for 2018.

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CEO Guide to Water (2018)

This guide lays out the business case for water, outlining physical and non-physical water-related risks and presents significant business opportunities connected to water.

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Start with Water: Putting Water on Local Action Agendas to Support Global Change (2018)

This guide seeks to respond to the call of local and regional authorities for greater clarity on what global development frameworks mean for them in terms of water management,…

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Analytical Tools to Support Water Security Decision-Making (2018)

This paper presents local decision-makers and practitioners with various tools that can be used within the context of a Water Security Improvement (WSI) process.

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Engaging the Private Sector in Water Security (2018)

The 2030 Agenda calls explicitly for a rekindling of the global partnership (SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals) and provides the impetus to move from a fragmented to an…

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Water Stewardship For Hotel Companies (2018)

This report is intended as a practical resource to define “water stewardship” in the hotel industry to help companies manage their water use and impacts better through six steps.

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Microsoft and Ecolab Water Risk Monetizer Case Study (2017)

Leveraging Ecolab’s Water Risk Monetizer tool, Microsoft was able to model the full value of water to its business and use risk-adjusted prices to reinforce the…

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Climate Insurance and Water-Related Disaster Risk Management (2018)

This report explores the role of risk transfer (e.g. insurance) in promoting actions and measures that contribute to the reduction of loss and damage caused by water-related events.

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Business Reporting on the SDGs: An Analysis of the Goals and Targets (2017)

This analysis is an inventory of possible disclosures per SDG, at the level of the 169 targets.

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Water Risk in Brazil and Stewardship as a Response (2017)

Slides and recording from webinar on addressing water challenges through stewardship in Brazil – in English and Portuguese.

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One Water for America (2017)

Practical solutions, focused on policy and decision-making, to positively change how we manage our water resources and infrastructure.

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Investor Water Toolkit (2017)

This ‘how-to’ guide includes links to resources, databases, case studies, and other tools to help investors evaluate and act on water risks.

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