Identify and Manage Water-Related Risk

The Water Council has more than a decade of experience in water stewardship

Our WAVE: Water Stewardship Verified programs help organizations assess enterprise-wide water uses, impacts and risks; and implement actions and set targets to mitigate the highest priority risks as well as address key opportunities.

WAVE: Assess and WAVE: Action remain the only set of verification programs globally helping to define, recognize and reward “good” enterprise-wide water stewardship. We also offer an array of advisory services and training to help businesses and professionals get started on and accelerate their water stewardship journey.

Learn how our suite of water stewardship services can help.

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Water Stewardship Verified

The WAVE: Water Stewardship Verified suite of programs accelerates strategic water stewardship actions within organizations of all sizes and sectors.

Professional Training

Water stewardship goes beyond conservation and traditional efficiency-focused water management, offering a more holistic approach to addressing physical, regulatory and reputational water-related risks.

Advisory Services

The Water Council offers a spectrum of advisory services that meet the needs of organizations wherever they are in their water stewardship journeys.

Supporting Your Water Stewardship Journey

According to the U.N., more than 2 billion people live in countries experiencing high water stress. More than half of the global population could face water shortages by 2050, with alarming security, economic and humanitarian implications.

Whether your organization operates primarily in the U.S. or has global locations, chances are water stress impacts your facilities or supply chain. Customers, investors and other stakeholders increasingly demand that corporations and other organizations identify and manage water-related risk as part of their external sustainability reporting, whether voluntary or required.

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What is corporate water stewardship?

From dairies to data centers, to college campuses and even water utilities, all types of organizations need to account for how they impact water resources, how their operations affect the surrounding watershed and how they will implement credible strategies for improvement.

Karen Frost

Executive Director

Karen Frost