Water Balance Matters Beyond the compliance with AWS Standard criteria, as part of the Sustainable Water Balance outcome, going from site-level to catchment-level collective action implies an enormous challenge for agricultural value chain partners. Making sense and connecting farm and catchment water balance can act as a catalyst for collective action and can play a […]
With support from the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) AWS has convened a water stewardship working group for the ICT sector. The aim is to enable collaboration and develop ‘learning by doing’ that will catalyse action throughout the primary source of impact: component suppliers. This working session covers progress to date with a focus on supply […]
GIZ’s Natural Resources Stewardship Programme (NatuReS) enables private-public-civil society partnerships to sustainably manage natural resources needed for improved livelihoods and continued economic development. As continuation of the International Water Stewardship Programme (2013-2018), NatuReS understands the complexity involved in working towards a resilient, natural resources secure future, where sustainable and inclusive economic growth and the protection […]
The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) invites AWS Members, partners and stakeholders to learn about opportunities for partnering with Eawag in using machine learning modeling to evaluate and create prediction maps of groundwater quality, soil micronutrients and crop constituents, among other possibilities. Eawag’s previous work will also be presented, including the […]
With support from the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) AWS has convened a water stewardship working group for the ICT sector. The aim is to enable collaboration and develop ‘learning by doing’ that will catalyse action throughout the primary source of impact: component suppliers. This working session covers progress to date with a focus on supply […]
Co-convened with our partners in WASH4Work, this session shares progress made in supporting and leveraging action on WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene). This will include a preview of the new ‘Supplemental Guidance on WASH’ developed by AWS – a ‘how to’ manual for fulfilling WASH components of the AWS Standard. Speakers include: Hannah Greig – […]
Co-convened with our partners in WASH4Work, this session shares progress made in supporting and leveraging action on WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene). This will include a preview of the new ‘Supplemental Guidance on WASH’ developed by AWS – a ‘how to’ manual for fulfilling WASH components of the AWS Standard. Speakers include: Hannah Greig – […]
Water users, including private businesses, implementing the AWS Standard are required to contribute to Good Water Governance. Good governance is also, commonly, a stated aim of policy. Two expert commentators will be interviewed to discuss their experiences and offer their reflections on how major water problems may be tackled by combining private initiative and public […]
Water users, including private businesses, implementing the AWS Standard are required to contribute to Good Water Governance. Good governance is also, commonly, a stated aim of policy. Two expert commentators will be interviewed to discuss their experiences and offer their reflections on how major water problems may be tackled by combining private initiative and public […]
How we can ensure civil society is able to meaningfully participate in water stewardship? This session will be moderated by Lesha Witmer of Women for Water Partnership. Lesha is a former member of the committee which first developed the AWS Standard. […]