Upper Snake River Basin Water Stewardship Assessment

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Partners:	General Mills Inc. The Nature Conservancy
Countries:	United States of America
Regions:	Columbia River
Project SDGs: Includes Sustainable Development Goals from the project and its locations.	Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4) Protect and Restore Ecosystems (SDG 6.6)
Project Tags: Includes tags from the project and its locations.	Conservation Agriculture/Agronomy
Services Needed:	No services needed/offered
Project Type:	Collective Action
Language:	English
Start & End Dates:	Jan. 2015 » Ongoing
Project Source:	CDP
Profile Completion:	53%

Project Overview

Conduct an in-depth review of the Snake River watershed, which supports a key wheat growing region, and shared the detailed analysis with regional stakeholders in fiscal 2015. Now we are moving ahead with collaborative action. We are helping to fund a south-central and eastern Idaho project to quantify the effectiveness of water conservation practices, such as variable-rate irrigation, under different field conditions. Led by TNC, the program began conducting workshops in ...

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General Mills Inc. (Organization)

www.generalmills.com

General Mills, Inc., is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods sold through retail stores. Learn More

The Nature Conservancy (Organization)

www.nature.org

The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. We acheive this through the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff, including more than 550 scientists, located in all 50 U.S. states ... Learn More

Suggested Resources

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Corporate Water Stewardship: Achieving a Sustainable Balance (Resource)

www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jms/article/view/28896

Globally, corporations and industry are seeking to secure access to sufficient quantities of water to meet current and future needs in a socially, economically and environmentally responsible way in the midst of an unfolding global water crisis with risks that ... Learn More

Developers: The Coca-Cola Company, The Nature Conservancy

Multi-Benefit Resource Library (Resource)

pacinst.org/multi-benefits

The Pacific Institute – in collaboration with a diverse team of stakeholders – is developing a framework for systematically assessing the multiple benefits and costs provided by water management strategies. Here, we provide a resource library for analysts, decision makers, ... Learn More

Developers: Pacific Institute

Multi-Benefit Resource Library (Resource)

pacinst.org/multi-benefits

Developers: Pacific Institute

Quantifying Replenish Benefits in Community Water Partnership Projects (Resource)

www.coca-colasrbija.rs/content/dam/journey/rs/sr/private/pdf...

The Coca-Cola Company is quantifying the water-related “Replenish” benefits derived through its Community Water Partnership (CWP) projects. The work described in this report builds on previous efforts, and provides a current status of quantification results for three categories of CWP ... Learn More

Developers: GETF, The Coca-Cola Company

Replenish (Resource)

www.worldwildlife.org/publications/replenish

Although metrics such as water use efficiency ratios are commonly employed within businesses to measurably demonstrate progress, assessing the benefits of water projects beyond a company’s four walls is much more difficult. To fill the gap, some companies are developing ... Learn More

Developers: WWF

Water Balance Targets (Resource)

www.worldwildlife.org/publications/water-balance-targets

Companies are increasingly setting and pursing ‘water balance targets’ as part of their water stewardship strategies. The seeming simplicity of balance goals can be attractive – “we will restore a volume of water equal to the amount our business consumes.” ... Learn More

Developers: WWF