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.
A Sharper Focus on Water Risk By Dean Amhaus, President & CEO We’ve finally (almost) made it to summer, but at The Water Council we are already thinking about autumn… Read More
The Water Council was given the opportunity to collaborate with Forbes on a special section on water stewardship in this month’s print edition. We are proud to share the section with you here.
n the latest sign that businesses need to be proactive in strategically addressing environmental risks and opportunities — including water — the SEC on Monday issued a draft rule for public comment that mandates climate disclosures for publicly held companies. Fittingly, the announcement came the day before World Water Day, as the international community addresses growing problems of water scarcity, flooding, contamination and other water issues that are only exacerbated by climate change.
In developing the WAVE program, it was incredibly important to The Water Council to design a program that was responsive to the needs of the user and resulted in outcomes that were meaningful to external stakeholders. Learn more about the experience of Nutrien, one of the program’s first pilot participants.