It’s not sufficient for firms to deal with their very own water operations and efficiencies. To actually strengthen water stewardship and sustainability, they need to put money into cross-sector motion in precedence river basins and worth chains.
In a worldwide survey of greater than 350 water stakeholders, Trellis knowledge accomplice GlobeScan, along side the World Wildlife Fund, discovered that collective motion in river basins is the best and impactful manner for firms to realize significant water stewardship outcomes. Respondents stated river basin efforts have been extra impactful than lowering water utilization in their very own operations and collaborating with friends to enhance water stewardship on the sector stage.
What this implies
The GlobeScan and WWF analysis uncovers a key hole between what firms at present prioritize in water stewardship and what consultants contemplate simplest. Whereas many companies deal with their very own operations and water effectivity, probably the most important water impacts and dangers for a lot of industries lie of their worth chains and the broader river basins on which they rely. Consultants emphasize that firms have to shift their focus to basin- and catchment-level water points to actually tackle environmental challenges, mitigate enterprise dangers, and construct extra resilient provide chains.
Wanting forward, which means collaborative motion efforts in river basins should embody all sectors and stakeholders, with elevated public-private cooperation to scale affect. Native actors corresponding to municipal and neighborhood leaders play a vital function in constructing belief, figuring out challenges, designing applications and implementing long-term options.
Based mostly on a worldwide survey of over 350 knowledgeable stakeholders in 63 nations, a public opinion survey of 30,000 individuals throughout 31 nations and territories, 29 in-depth interviews with consultants throughout sectors, and analysis on NGO campaigning on water points by SIGWATCH.
Tove Malmqvist
Tove Malmqvist manages GlobeScan’s syndicated Radar analysis program — delivering excessive worth evaluation, sector-specific findings, and related data-driven insights for points and repute administration to management organizations within the company and non-profit arenas. Tove additionally manages The Sustainability Survey, performed in partnership with the consultancy SustainAbility and Sustainable Manufacturers. Fluent in English, French and Swedish, Tove has been with GlobeScan since 2005.
