To respond to challenges involving water quality and quantity, the American Chemistry Council collaborated with The Water Council to develop the Water Body Risk Assessment (WBRA), which provides a framework and step-by-step methodology to help ACC members understand their water uses, impacts and risks in the communities in which they operate.
Climate innovation isn’t a choice, it’s a necessity. Increasingly, companies participating in The Water Council’s innovation programs are purposely built for the circular economy, a powerful model for living within planetary boundaries.
We are pleased to announce that we have hired Joe Ferrara, an experienced business development executive, as our senior consultant for WAVE in Europe. Joe will help introduce European organizations to WAVE and contextualize program benefits for operating in Europe, particularly in light of enhanced reporting requirements such as the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.
The Water Council is currently conducting a request for information on behalf of Green Lake Association seeking effective and proven technologies, materials, nature-based systems, or engineered solutions for addressing excessive phosphorus and duckweed loading in ambient waters.
The Water Council is pleased to announce the launch of WAVE (Water Stewardship Verified) 1.1. After more than a year of use and feedback from implementers and WAVE verified organizations, TWC has made some slight adjustments to the Normative Document, Implementation Guide and Conformity Matrix.
Businesses in the Great Lakes region have not had a forum of their own to discuss water issues, encourage water stewardship and promote this valuable resource in our collective backyard – until now. That’s what we are creating, in collaboration with the Council of the Great Lakes Region, in Great Lakes WISE (Water Innovation & Stewardship Exchange), which held its first roundtable last week in Chicago.
In 2022, it seemed that every other week a new water crisis dominated the headlines. The scale and speed of escalation only intensified during the year. Yet I remain optimistic about our ability to address water challenges.
People often use “sustainability” and “ESG” interchangeably despite distinct differences between the two. It’s important for companies to understand these differences for purposes of overall corporate sustainability and communication to investors, consumers and other stakeholders — so let’s break it down.
There are some small things companies in the Great Lakes region, and around the world, can do to make a big difference to protect their water resources. Here are three tips for companies looking to make a difference on water.
Meet our new water stewardship intern, Louie Glotfelty. Louie is earning a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is passionate about sustainability and urban ecology.