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Unlocking the profit in Water savings

Unlock the profit in Water saving

(2nd Edition - June 2010)

How big companies manage water risk – and the business opportunities in doing so

Contents

Foreword
Executive summary
Introduction

Section 1: Water risks and opportunities

  • 1.1 Calculating your water risk factor
      • Industry affects water needs
      • Water is local – the issues of water insecurity
      • Water demand increases and so does the population
      • Water management affects company reputation
  • 1.2 Understanding your opportunities through water stewardship
  • 1.3 “Water is important” – the result of Ethical Corporation's 2010 survey
  • 1.4 The big water issues: what every executive should know
      • Water insecurity
      • Water costs and efficiency
      • Community partnerships and access to clean water
      • Water footprinting and its challenges
      • Becoming water neutral
      • Labelling, reporting and auditing

Section 2: Strategies and solutions

  • 2.1 Company strategies
  • 2.2 Tools and techniques

Section 3: Corporate case studies

  • 3.1 Introduction to corporate case studies
  • 3.2 Shell – working with water scarcity
  • 3.3 Rio Tinto – developing a global water strategy
  • 3.4 Intel – successful water efficiency measures, at the Ocotillo Campus, Arizona
  • 3.5 Whitbread – water reductions by technical solutions
  • 3.6 Unilever – working outside of the company
  • 3.7 M&S – educating suppliers and customers
  • 3.8 SABMiller – leadership in water footprinting
  • 3.9 Molson Coors – water stewardship
  • 3.10 Coca-Cola – stakeholder engagement in communities

Summary of corporate initiatives, trends and recommended action

Figures [13 figure titles coming soon!]

Appendices

  • A: UN water map
  • B: Methodology and company questionnaire
  • C: Corporate water resources
  • D: Further information on corporate water savings

 

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