Water Circularity Metric: Tool and guidance to measure site-level water management
WBCSD have developed a Water Circularity Metric (WCM) to help companies transition towards a more circular water management in their operations.
Tag: Water
Circular transition framework enhanced with new metrics for water, financial performance and bioeconomy guidance
The World Business council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released the Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) framework version 2.0 and the accompanying online tool that was jointly developed with more than 30 companies.
The impact of COVID-19 on food supply chains: challenges and opportunities for the private sector
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has released today at the second CEO consultation for the UN Food System Summit an issue brief exploring the barriers and opportunities that have arisen from COVID-19 and impacted food systems.
Feeding a water-stressed world – how business and investors are responding
Managing risk in the food sector is inherently complex and exacerbated by the impact of climate change. One of the key risks for business in the food value chain is water and requires urgent attention, robust assessment and response. For the food industry, which uses more than 70% of the world’s fresh water for growing […]
World Water Day: the relationship between water and climate change
A conversation with Piet Dircke, Arcadis’ Global Leader of Resilience and Water Management Hand hygiene is essential to containing the spread of COVID-19 and many other infectious diseases. This World Water Day, and any other day, please remember to wash your hands regularly with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub. Today is international World Water […]
Taking collective action further for transforming freshwater use
The World Water Week in Stockholm (25-30 August) is a great annual bellwether for the water sector: trending topics, pioneering organizations and a sense of where the sector is heading.
Waiting on the world to change
New Delhi, 18 March 2019: For the eight year in a row, ‘water crisis’ was included as a top-five risk in terms of likelihood in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report. During this time, this crisis has worsened: floods (Kerala, India, 2018), drought (Cape Town, South Africa, 2018) and pollution (Flint, Mi, USA, 2016) events are […]
India Water Tool 3.0 – new and improved platform for stakeholders to mitigate and manage water risk in India
Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched the third version of the India Water Tool (IWT), helping businesses and other water users understand their water risks and plan solutions for water management across the country. New Delhi, 20 February 2019: IWT3.0 is a comprehensive and user-friendly application that makes water data from government and other […]
BCSD Brazil launches a digital water hub
Rio de Janeiro, 27 November 2018: As in many countries, urgent action is required to address water challenges in Brazil and meet the nutrition and health needs of a growing population within planetary boundaries. While a wide array of stakeholders are required to put in place mechanisms to encourage solutions to water challenges, business participation and […]
Insider Perspective: World Toilet Day 2018
This year to mark the occasion of World Toilet Day, WBCSD participated in an event in Geneva, organized by the Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) in partnership with Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and SDG Lab to highlight the role of businesses in scaling-up sanitation solutions.