Stockholm World Water Week

World Water Week is the leading conference on global water issues, held every year since 1991. An independent and impartial non-profit event, co-created with leading organisations, World Water Week attracts a diverse mix of participants from many professional backgrounds and every corner of the world.

Throughout the week AWS Members and partners will be participating in several events, including a side events. You can use the buttons below to navigate to each day and see sessions we will be attending or that may be of interest to our community.

Sunday, 23 August

SIWI World Water Week

Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre

14:00-15:30 | SBTN V2 & CSRD: Integrating Science-Based Freshwater Disclosure | Co-convened by Accountability Accelerator, CDP Worldwide, Conservation International, Science Based Targets Network, The CEO Water Mandate, The Nature Conservancy, World Resources Institute, World Wide Fund for Nature | In-person | C4, Level 2
16:00-17:30 | Just Water Partnerships: Aligning Finance and Advancing Equity | Co-convened by WaterAid, International Water Management Institute, Global Commission on the Economics of Water | In-person | A4, Level 6

Monday, 24 August

SIWI World Water Week

Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre

11:00-12:30 | Building Water Resilient Supply Chains for People and Planet | Co-convened by Anheuser-Busch InBev, Bluerisk, Diageo, Nature’s Pride, The Nature Conservancy, WaterAid | In-person | A2, Level 6
11:00-12:30 | Trust and Collaboration as Preconditions for Water Stewardship | Co-convened by Chiefs of Ontario, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, International Association for Great Lakes Research, The River Institute | In-person | C1, Level 2
14:30-16:00 | Water for business, progress for people: Corporate WASH Roadmap Workshop | Co-convened by WaterAid, UN Global Compact Network Sweden | In-person | Room 26, Level 2
15:00-16:00 | Crafting the Business Case for Water Stewardship for Impact | Co-convened by GAP Inc, General Mills, Procter and Gamble Company, WWF | Online
16:30-18:00 | Advancing water stewardship with credible benefit accounting: VWBA2.0, WQBA, BioBA | Co-convened by Google, LimnoTech, The Nature Conservancy, World Resources Institute, Pacific Institute | In-person | A4, Level 6

Stockholm Side Events

Haymarket Scandic Hotel

08:30-09:00 | Introduction and Framing | Co-convened by Forest Trends, The Nature Conservancy, WWF
09:00-10:30 | Mobilizing Tariff Funding for NbS: Case Studies from Southern Africa and Latin America | Co-convened by Forest Trends, The Nature Conservancy
10:45-11:45 | Beyond Projects: Financing the Platforms that Scale Nature for Water | Co-convened by WWF, GlobeScan, Earth Finance
12:30-13:30 | Introducing the Water Stewardship Project Accelerator (WSPA) | Co-convened by LimnoTech, Global Water Partnership, Noverram
13:45-14:45 | Getting from Pilots to Collective Action: A Test Case from the Living Danube Partnership | Co-convened by WWF CEE, Coca-Cola Foundation
15:00-16:30 | The Freshwater Challenge: Public and Private Action for Freshwater | Co-convened by WWF, The Nature Conservancy, Wetlands International, Conservation International, UN Environment Programme, International Union for the Conservation of Nature
16:30-17:00 | Wrap-up

Tuesday, 25 August

SIWI World Water Week

Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre

09:00-10:30 | Water stewardship in action: from volume to value. What’s next? | Co-convened by Bluerisk, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, Nestlé Waters & Premium Beverages, International Union for the Conservation of Nature | In-person | Room 26, Level 2
11:00-12:30 | Real Use Cases of Corporate Leaders Driving Transformation in Water | Co-convened by WaterPlan | In-person | A2, Level 6
14:00-15:30 | Does Water Matter for Business? | Co-convened by 52 Impact, Auga Segura, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, Google, Grundfos Foundation, The Nature Conservancy | In-person | A4, Level 6
14:00-15:30 | Reaching the most vulnerable through innovative investment approaches | Co-convened by Aqua for All, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, The Stone Family Foundation, The Stone Family Foundation | In-person | A2, Level 6
15:00-16:00 | Water Resilience Labs: Financing Scalable Models for Basin-Level Action | Co-convened by Conservation International, Etifor, Kering | Online

Stockholm Side Events

Haymarket Scandic Hotel

09:00-10:30 | Strengthening Catchment Resilience through Nature-based Solutions: Partnerships for Drinking Water Security | Co-convened by Water Worx, Blue Deal
10:30-11:00 | NbS Sessions Discussion and wrap-up

WaterLogues Stockholm

Beyond Funding – What Sustains Collective Action?

Haymarket Scandic Hotel

11:30-15:30 | Collective action is increasingly recognised as essential for addressing shared water challenges—but sustaining collaboration remains difficult. Through a series of interactive dialogues, we’ll explore what enables collective action to endure beyond individual projects, funding cycles and leadership changes, and how we can design partnerships that deliver lasting impact.

Wednesday, 26 August

SIWI World Water Week

Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre

08:00-09:00 | Building climate-resilient WASH systems for urban India | Co-convened by Hindustan Unilever | Online
09:00-10:30 | Inclusive Basin Partnerships: Transforming Water Security Across Regions | Co-convened by Japan Water Forum/ NoWNET Secretariat, DHI, Netherlands Water Partnership, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia, Suntory, Water Risk Lab. / Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd. | In-person | A2, Level 6
11:00-12:30 | Eyes on the Basin: Scaling Collective Action and Local Impact | Co-convened by Diageo, FEMSA Foundation, Ceryle BV, Pacific Institute, The CEO Water Mandate | In-person | A4, Level 6
11:00-12:00 | Safer Chemistry: Driving Measurable Water Quality and Nature Gains | Co-convened by Quanits, ZDHC | Online
14:00-15:30 | Overcoming challenges in national-local coordination for resilient systems | Co-convened by Alliance for Global Water Adaptation Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit Gmb (GIZ), GIZ Iraq, University of Córdoba Colombia, GIZ Ecuador | In-person | A2, Level 6
16:00-17:00 | AI-Enabled Water Intelligence for Basin-Level Action and Business Resilience | Co-convened by Ecolab, The Nature Conservancy, Pacific Institute | Online

Thursday, 27 August

SIWI World Water Week

Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre

09:00-10:30 | A Conflict-Sensitive Approach to Corporate Water Stewardship | Co-convened by Global Rights Compliance and Stockholm International Water Institute | In-person | Room A2, Level 6
11:00-12:30 | Restoring freshwater ecosystems underpins societies, economies and sustainable development | Co-convened by IUCN, Conservation International, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, The Nature Conservancy. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, UN Environment Programme, WWF, Wetlands International | In-person | C2, Level 2

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