Activity plan:
The main sub-categories this Working Group is tackling over the next six months are:
1) Water Footprinting:
- A Quantitative Comparison between Water Footprinting for Products and Production Systems
- Latest Methodology
- How apt is the term Water Footprint?
2) Sustainability Labelling
3) Water Trading Schemes
4) Carbon Reduction through Water Management
Mission:
Water is one of our most vital and irreplaceable resources – with only approximately 0.4% of the world's freshwater available for human use. This water sustains our agricultural systems and consequently, our food chain. Our PCs and phones rely on silicon chips produced from water intensive manufacturing processes. The electricity that flows through the veins of every home, office building and supermarket is generated by power stations that depend heavily on water. Some say water, not oil, is the backbone of our economy.
Despite this only a small few are thinking strategically about the significant business risks of operating in a water scarce world. To help manage this risk we need improved science, transformed business practices and standards and measurements.
This Working Group is an information portal and a place to showcase the work of members developing their organization's water management strategy.
