Firmenich (Organization)

www.firmenich.com/en_INT/index.html

Firmenich SA is a private Swiss company in the fragrance and flavor business. It is the largest privately-owned company in the field and ranks number two worldwide. Learn More

A safe operating space for humanity (Planetary Boundaries) (Resource)

In this Nature feature, Johan Rockstrom and co-authors argue that identifying and quantifying planetary boundaries that must not be transgressed could help prevent human activities from causing unacceptable environmental change. Learn More

ADAPTATION’S THIRST: ACCELERATING THE CONVERGENCE OF WATER AND CLIMATE ACTION (Resource)

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The Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) have published a background paper on managing the water-related impacts of climate change. It argues that water is key to effective climate change adaptation. It outlines … Learn More

Developers: Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), International Water Management Institute

Aqua Gauge (Resource)

www.ceres.org/resources/tools/ceres-aqua-gauge-comprehensive...

Inform and strengthen your company’s water management strategies and allow your investors to evaluate current water management activities against detailed definitions of leading practice. Learn More

Developers: Ceres

Aqueduct (Resource)

www.wri.org/aqueduct

World Resource Institute's four Aqueduct assessment tools -- Water Risk Atlas, Country Rankings, Aqueduct Food, and Aqueduct Floods -- help companies, governments, and civil society understand and respond to water risks. These water risks include water stress, seasonal variability, pollution, … Learn More

Developers: World Resources Institute

BLC Chem-MAP (Resource)

www.chem-map.com

Chem-MAP® is a ZDHC-approved program to improve chemical management in leather, textile, and synthetic materials supply chains. The program reduces chemical risk to customers. Learn More

CDP Global Water Report 2018 (Resource)

This report presents analysis of the response data from a sample of 783 of the world’s largest publicly listed companies. The report is aimed at companies and investors seeking to understand how they can play their part in delivering a … Learn More

CEO Water Mandate Toolbox (Resource)

ceowatermandate.org/toolbox

The Toolbox connects your business to the latest tools, guidance, case studies, datasets, and more most relevant to you based on your circumstances and interests. It features more than 250+ resources from dozens of organizations and is updated every week. Learn More

Developers: CEO Water Mandate, Pacific Institute

Center for Neighborhood Technology: National Green Values Calculator (Resource)

greenvalues.cnt.org/national/calculator.php

This tool is designed to quickly compare the performance, costs and benefits of green infrastructure, or low impact development, to conventional stormwater practices. The National Green Values Calculator is designed to take you step-by-step through a process of determining the … Learn More

Ceres: Investor Water Toolkit (Resource)

www.ceres.org/resources/toolkits/investor-water-toolkit

The Investor Water Toolkit is the first-ever comprehensive resource to evaluate and act on water risks in investment portfolios. This ‘how-to’ guide includes links to resources, databases, case studies and other tools for all investors to use, from pension funds … Learn More

Developers: Ceres

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

Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) Standards (Resource)

www.cottonmadeinafrica.org/en/standards/goals

The Cotton made in Africa standards comprise the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) and the Cotton made in Africa-Organic (CmiA-Organic) Standard. The standards are intended to improve the living conditions of African smallholders and support sustainable cotton production. The standards … Learn More

CottonUp Guide to Sourcing Sustainable Cotton (Resource)

cottonupguide.org

This guide aims to provide professionals with the practical information and resources to either start sourcing sustainable cotton or increase volumes. Learn More

ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX (Resource)

www.oeko-tex.com/en/apply-here/eco-passport-by-oeko-tex

ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX is an independent certification for chemicals, colorants, and accessories used in textile and leather manufacturing. The certification verifies that each individual substance in the chemical product meets statutory requirements and does not harm human health. Learn More

EPRI: United States National Opinion Survey on Stacking Environmental Credits (Resource)

www.epri.com/research/products/000000000001024803

This report summarizes and analyzes the responses of a national survey entitled "Evaluation of Credit Stacking" that was developed jointly by EPRI, the World Resources Institute, Stetson University College of Law and the University of Kentucky. The purpose of the … Learn More

Developers: World Resources Institute

Economic Evaluation of Stormwater Capture and Its Multiple Benefits in California (Resource)

pacinst.org/publication/economic-evaluation-of-stormwater

Urban stormwater is becoming an increasingly important alternative water supply in California. However, current economic analyses do not adequately evaluate co-benefits provided by different stormwater investments. As a result, urban stormwater capture is undervalued. Learn More

Developers: Pacific Institute

Engineering With Nature® An Atlas (Resource)

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This book is a collection of Engineering With Nature projects from around the world. Engineering With Nature is the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to efficiently and sustainably deliver economic, environmental, and social benefits through collaboration. Learn More

European Commission: Towards an EU research and innovation policy agenda for nature-based solutions & re-naturing cities (Resource)

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This report presents the main findings of the Horizon 2020 Expert Group on future orientations for EU Research and Innovation for Nature-Based Solutions and Re-Naturing Cities. Learn More

FAO: Nature-Based Solutions for agricultural water management and food security (Resource)

www.fao.org/3/CA2525EN/ca2525en.pdf

NBS offer a promising contribution on how to enhance the availability and quality of water for productive purposes and human consumption, while preserving ecosystems. In this discussion paper, 21 case studies of water management processes are analysed, using a non-representative … Learn More

Fairtrade Cotton Standard (Resource)

info.fairtrade.net/product/cotton

The Fairtrade Cotton standard promotes sustainability and social responsiblity across the cotton supply chain. Learn More

GEMI Local Water Tool (LWT) (Resource)

gemi.org/localwatertool

The GEMI Local Water Tool (LWT) helps organizations evaluate water-related external impacts, business risks and sufficiency of management plans at specific sites. Key Functions: Quantify water-related impacts caused by facility Quantify facility’s exposure to water-related risk Identify helpful management response Learn More

Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) (Resource)

www.global-standard.org/information-centre/downloads.html

The Global Organic Textile Standard specifies a supply-chain textile processing standard that includes ecological and social criteria. The standard seeks to define worldwide requirements for textiles to be described as organic. These requirements cover the entire supply chain, from harvesting … Learn More

Global Water Footprint Standard (Resource)

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The Global Water Footprint Assessment Standard can be used to provide comparable quantification and robust analytics, helping corporations, governments, and researchers manage water resources and achieve greater water sustainability. Learn More

Green Supply Chain: Brand Map (Resource)

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The Green Supply Chain: Brand Map is a leadership initiative dedicated to showcasing brands’ commitment to supply chain transparency and environmental management. Learn More

Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (Resource)

ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol establishes comprehensive global standardized frameworks to measure and manage GHG emissions from private and public sector operations, value chains and mitigation actions. Building on a 20-year partnership between WRI and the WBCSD, the protocol works with … Learn More

Developers: World Resources Institute

ISO/TC 207/SC 5 Life cycle assessment (Resource)

www.iso.org/committee/54854/x/catalogue

This ISO Standard helps to evaluate the sustainability of a product across its life cycle. Learn More

India Water Tool (Resource)

www.indiawatertool.in

The India Water Tool brings together 20 datasets and risk indicators to help users understand their water risks in India. Learn More

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (Resource)

www.ipcc.ch/report/2019-refinement-to-the-2006-ipcc-guidelin...

These guidelines help countries account for their GHG emissions. Learn More

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

Nature-based Solutions to address global societal challenges (Resource)

portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2016-...

The report proposes a definitional framework for NbS, including a set of general principles for any NbS intervention. The report also defines the scope of NbS as an umbrella concept embracing a number of different ecosystembased approaches. Learn More

Developers: International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Nature‐based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas (Resource)

link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-56091-5.pd...

This open access book brings together research findings and experiences from science, policy and practice to highlight and debate the importance of nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation in urban areas. Emphasis is given to the potential of nature-based approaches … Learn More

No Water No Growth (Resource)

www.chinawaterrisk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/CWR-Report...

This report seeks to provide an overview of the way in which the social and economic development of continental Asia is dependent on the resources of ten rivers. Learn More

Developers: China Water Risk

On the frontline: the state of the world's water 2020 (Resource)

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1 in 10 people globally do not even have a basic water pump or covered well close to home, which is making it much harder to cope with the growing impacts of climate change. Learn More

Developers: WASH4Work, WaterAid

One Planet Approaches: Methodology Mapping and Pathways Forward (Resource)

www.metabolic.nl/publications/one-planet-approaches-methodol...

One Planet Approaches consist of a family of tools, methodologies, frameworks, programs, and action plans, which recognize the need to measure and reduce human impact in relation to the absolute boundaries of the Earth system. Learn More

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Social Impact Investment Initiative (Resource)

www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/developme...

This framework provides finance to organizations addressing social and/or environmental needs with the explicit expectation of a measurable social, as well as financial, return. It thus aims to foster economic development while achieving social outcomes. It is one way of … Learn More

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Social Investment Framework (Resource)

www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/developme...

This framework provides finance to organizations addressing social and/or environmental needs with the explicit expectation of a measurable social, as well as financial, return. It thus aims to foster economic development while achieving social outcomes. It is one way of … Learn More

Preferred Fiber and Materials Market Report (Resource)

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TextileExchange's report offers personal accounts from fiber and materials experts “inside” the industry, demonstrating various company strategies and fiber priorities being implemented to achieve greater sustainability. Learn More

Pulse of the Fashion Industry (Resource)

www.globalfashionagenda.com/initiatives/pulse

This report uses new data and calculations to show that investments in resource efficiency, secure work environments, and sustainable materials can benefit the environment and improve profitability. Learn More

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: Global Environment Technology Foundation (GETF), The Coca-Cola Company

Reductions from Reduced Use of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Agricultural Crops (Resource)

americancarbonregistry.org/carbon-accounting/standards-metho...

This methodology makes it possible for farmers to participate in carbon markets by creating GHG offsets through reductions in the amount of nitrogen used to fertilize crops. These offsets can be sold to other carbon market participants to meet GHG … Learn More

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

Responsible Environment Enhanced Livelihoods (REEL) Cotton Standard 2.0 (Resource)

CottonConnect's Responsible Environment Enhanced Livelihoods Cotton (REEL COTTON) standard is a business-driven initiative that sources sustainable cotton to improve environmental, quality, and traceability conditions in supply chain factories and farms worldwide. Committed brands and their supply chains undertake a development-oriented … Learn More

SAVEh Water Efficiency Self-Assessment System (Resource)

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SAVEh is the platform through which Ambev shares its water management system free of charge with other companies, which has helped to reduce more than 40% of the company’s water consumption in the last 13 years. This water efficiency tool … Learn More

Developers: Ambev S/A

SDG Compass Business Tools (Resource)

sdgcompass.org/business-tools

The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Compass Business Tools inventory maps existing business tools against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It allows you to explore commonly used business tools that may be useful when assessing your organization’s impact on the SDGs. Learn More

Setting Site Water Targets Informed By Catchment Context: A Guide For Companies (Resource)

ceowatermandate.org/site-water-targets

This guide aims to help companies set effective site water targets that are informed by catchment context, which can create value and lessen risks for the company and support collective action. Learn More

Developers: CEO Water Mandate

Sharing Good Practice in Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Standard Implementation (2020) (Resource)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/sharing-good-practice-in-allia...

This report provides findings on good practices of AWS Standard implementation. Learn More

Developers: Pacific Institute

Short-changed on climate change: money, water and the people on the frontline (Resource)

washmatters.wateraid.org/publications/short-changed-on-clima...

Nowhere near enough money is being spent on climate change, and the low levels of funding allocated aren’t being targeted to help the worst affected countries deal with the effects, putting billions of lives at risk. Our global analysis of … Learn More

Developers: WASH4Work, WaterAid

Sustainable Timber Sourcing – Good Practices in Construction Material Industries (Resource)

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The Forest Stewardship Council created the Principles of Forest Stewardship as a worldwide standard to promote environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world’s forests. Learn More

The AWS International Water Stewardship Standard (Resource)

a4ws.org/the-aws-standard-2-0

The AWS Standard is a globally-applicable framework for major water users to understand their water use and impacts, and to work collaboratively and transparently for sustainable water management within a catchment context. Learn More

Developers: Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS)

The Elephant in the Boardroom: Why Unchecked Consumption is Not an Option (Resource)

www.wri.org/publication/elephant-in-the-boardroom

This discussion paper examines the need for companies to openly acknowledge and discuss the business dependency on consumption, exploring the topic through three different product examples – cars, beef, and clothing. Learn More

The Five Goods (Resource)

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‘The Five Goods’ stem from Fashion for Good’s robust definition of ‘good’ and intend to guide the sector with a genuine and accountable framework with the promise of social, economic, and environmental prosperity. Learn More

The Higg Index (Resource)

apparelcoalition.org/the-higg-index

Measure the environmental and social impact of your apparel products and operations. Learn More

Threading the Needle: Weaving SDGs in the Textile, Retail, and Apparel industry (Resource)

textileexchange.org/threading-the-needle-weaving-sdgs-in-the...

This report is a culmination of industry interviews, non-government organization inputs, and desk research, the report highlights practical examples for companies in the sector and beyond, grappling with how to integrate the SDGs into their core business and global supply … Learn More

Towards the Circular Economy: Accelerating the scale-up across global supply chains (Resource)

This report explores the possibilities of scaling a circular economy, given the reality of the global economy and the complexity of multi-tier supply chains. Learn More

Developers: World Economic Forum

ToxServices Full Materials Disclosure Screened Chemistry Program (ToxFMD) (Resource)

www.toxservices.com/services/fmd.php

ToxServices' Full Materials Disclosure Screened Chemistry Program (ToxFMD®) promotes chemical optimization through chemical hazard assessment, hazard reduction, and informed substitution. ZDHC members use the program to document conformance with the ZDHC MRSL. Learn More

UN Water: Nature-Based Solutions for Water (Resource)

www.unwater.org/publications/world-water-development-report-...

This report demonstrates how nature‐based solutions (NBS) offer a vital means of moving beyond business‐as‐usual to address many of the world’s water challenges while simultaneously delivering additional benefits vital to all aspects of sustainable development. Learn More

UNEP: List of example initiatives of Nature-Based Solutions to raise climate ambition and accelerate action (Resource)

wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/29989/NBS_Exam...

As the co-leads of the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Coalition for the UN Climate Action Summit, China and New Zealand have received descriptions of nearly 200 initiatives and best practices from a broad range of entities around the world. This paper … Learn More

WRI: Natural Infrastructure for Aquifer Recharge Financial Calculator (Resource)

www.wri.org/publication/natural-infrastructure-financial-cal...

Currently in the prototype phase, this calculator is an excel-based tool with a flexible financial model that estimates the private costs and benefits, including the return on investment, of natural infrastructure interventions designed to enhance aquifer recharge. This tool was … Learn More

Developers: World Resources Institute

WWF and USAID’s Natural and Nature-Based Flood Management: A Green Guide (Resource)

www.worldwildlife.org/publications/natural-and-nature-based-...

Provides a step-by-step framework for flood managers to understand the factors contributing to flood risk in their region, and to pull together the appropriate policies, NBS and traditional engineering to address the problem. Learn More

Wastewater: The Untapped Resource (Resource)

www.unwater.org/publications/world-water-development-report-...

This UN World Water Development report evaluates the vast quantities of domestic, agricultural and industrial wastewater discharged into the environment everyday as a valuable resource rather than costly problem. Learn More

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

Water Evaluation Planning System (WEAP) (Resource)

www.weap21.org

The WEAP system is a user-friendly software tool that takes an integrated approach to water resources planning. Freshwater management challenges are increasingly common. Allocation of limited water resources between agricultural, municipal and environmental uses now requires the full integration of … Learn More

Water Infrastructure For Climate Adaptation – The Opportunity To Scale Up Funding And Financing (2018) (Resource)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/water-infrastructure-for-clima...

This report calls for an integrated approach that brings together governments, water users, and the society at large including the private sector, NGOs, and academia to design smart, adaptable and sustainable solutions for water infrastructure impacted by climate change. Learn More

Water Risk Filter (Resource)

waterriskfilter.panda.org

The Water Risk Filter can be used to assess and respond to water related risks for your own operations, suppliers, or growth plans. Learn More

Developers: WWF

Water Risk Filter (2018) (Resource)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/water-risk-filter-2018

The Water Risk Filter can be used to assess and respond to water-related risks for your own operations, suppliers, or growth plans. Learn More

Developers: WWF

Why hygiene matters in the climate change discourse (Resource)

www.ircwash.org/blog/why-hygiene-matters-climate-change-disc...

Hygiene is both the first and the last defence against diseases due to climate change. Learn More

World Water Development Report 2020 - Water and Climate Change (Resource)

unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000372985.locale=en

The 2020 edition of the World Water Development Report (WWDR 2020) entitled ‘Water and Climate Change’ aims at helping the water community to tackle the challenges of climate change and informing the climate change community about the opportunities that improved … Learn More

thinknature: Nature-Based Solutions Handbook (Resource)

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This Handbook has been developed in the framework of the ThinkNature project. Its main objective is to gather and promote state-of-the-art knowledge regarding Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), comprising a comprehensive guide to all relevant actors. To this end, each aspect of … Learn More

Aqueduct (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/aqueduct-2013

World Resources Institute Learn More

Climate Change Adaptation Technologies for Water (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/climate-change-adaptation-tech...

CTCN; UNEP Learn More

Creating Vibrant Markets for Investment in Climate Solutions (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/creating-vibrant-markets-for-i...

WBCSD Learn More

Drought Stress Testing Tool (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/drought-stress-testing-tool-20...

UNEP Learn More

Guide to Responsible Business Engagement with Water Policy (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/policyengagement

CEO Water Mandate; Pegasys; Water Witness International; WWF Learn More

High and Dry: Climate Change, Water, and the Economy (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/high-dry-climate-change-water-...

The World Bank Learn More

IWRM Data Portal (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/iwrm-data-portal-2015

UNEP-DHI Learn More

Improved Community Livelihoods and Sustainable Water Management in the River Rwizi Catchment (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/improved-community-livelihoods...

International Water Stewardship Programme (IWaSP) Learn More

Partnership Reporting Progress Template (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/wraf/product/partnership-reporting-progr...

International Water Stewardship Programme (IWaSP) Learn More

Principles on Water Governance (Resource toolbox)

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OECD Learn More

SAVEh – Water Efficiency Self-Assessment System (Resource toolbox)

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Ambev Learn More

Saint Lucia Water Stewardship Partnership (Act) (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/saint-lucia-water-stewardship-...

International Water Stewardship Programme (IWaSP) Learn More

Shared Water Challenges and Interests (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/files/private-sector-water-policy-engage...

CEO Water Mandate; WWF Learn More

The Business Case for Responsible Corporate Adaptation (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/the-business-case-for-responsi...

CEO Water Mandate Learn More

U.S. Climate-Water Database (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/u-s-climate-water-database-201...

U.S. General Services Administration Learn More

U.S. Drought Monitor (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/u-s-drought-monitor-2017

National Drought Mitigation Center Learn More

USGS Water Data Portal (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/usgs-water-data-portal-2016

USGS Learn More

Water Risk Filter (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/water-risk-filter-2012

WWF Learn More

Water Risk Monetizer (Resource toolbox)

ceowatermandate.org/resources/water-risk-monetizer-2017

Ecolab Learn More