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. […]
Join Sarah Wade and Maheen Malik for a discussion with AWS Members and Textile Experts about the value AWS water stewardship can bring to the textiles sector, across the full value chain. This session will consist of two short pre-recorded presentations, followed by a live discussion with a panel of experts including time for Q&A. […]
Join Sarah Wade and Maheen Malik for a discussion with AWS Members and Textile Experts about the value AWS water stewardship can bring to the textiles sector, across the full value chain. This session will consist of two short pre-recorded presentations, followed by a live discussion with a panel of experts including time for Q&A. […]
AWS launched the PC Program in February 2020. Since then, two hundred and forty-five people across 25 countries have joined, building a strong network of individuals who can support your water stewardship journey. The Program is aimed at private service providers offering consulting and auditing services, individuals working in organizations implementing water stewardship strategies and […]
Will Sarni and Hugh Share expand on their recent thought provoking and challenging Green Biz article of the same title which asks water stewardship companies for “less talk, more action and investment”. The session will be facilitated by Tom Freyberg of Atlantean Media […]
Conservation International discusses its collaboration with viscose company Sateri over the past year using the Freshwater Health Index to conduct a basin-scale assessment in Poyang Lake basin (China), and to help define and measure the direct linkages between corporate water stewardship commitments and freshwater basin health. Derek Vollmer and Yiqing Zhang from Conservation International provide […]
Nestlé aims to certify all its water bottling plants to the AWS Standard by 2025. Furthermore, it will implement the AWS Standard in food production factories, such as at Miajadas in Extremadura, southwestern Spain, where tomato sauces are made. The application of the AWS Standard to Nestlé’s food division represents a further important step towards […]