In collaboration with the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) and WWF, our first report in the series published on World Water Day 2021, ‘Water Risk in the ICT Sector: The Case for Action’, highlights the risk water poses to business continuity and supply chain resilience in the ICT sector.
German food retailer, EDEKA in partnership with the WWF worked with one of their suppliers – Dole Food Company, one of the largest suppliers of fruit and vegetables in the world – to implement the AWS Standard at 11 privately owned banana farms in Colombia, achieving the world’s first AWS Group certification. These large-scale farms are all managed by CI Técnicas Baltime de Colombia S.A and employ hundreds of people. Their experiences can help inform other sites seeking AWS Group Certification.
This report, led by WWF in partnership with AWS, Marks & Spencer, Woolsworth, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency (BGCMA), shares the lessons learned from the water stewardship initiatives for the second phase of the Breede Water Stewardship Project in the Western Cape and on collective action.
Case study on how the Kovaitamil Nadu unit of ITC Limited PSPD – one of India’s leading private sector companies – became certified as a water stewardship leader.
Case study on how, in 2017, Nestle Sheikhupura in Pakistan became the first Nestle site in the world to achieve AWS Standard Certification. It shows how uptake of the AWS Standard pushed other industries
in Pakistan to improve their practices and understanding of water
stewardship.
Sharing Good Practices in water stewardship is about improving the efficiency and effectiveness of implementing the AWS standard in real-world conditions. This report focuses on Good Practices to help support those organizations at the beginning of their AWS journey.
