BSR Insight | New Water Risk Tool Helps Companies Get Local, Strategic
During last week’s Sustainability Matters webinar, BSR Manager Ryan Flaherty and Betsy Otto, director of the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Aqueduct Program, discussed how companies can develop corporate water strategies using WRI’s new water-management tool.
Responding to a question on the ease of use of the Water Risk Atlas, Flaherty described how the water risk maps generated by the tool—which provide current and future water-scarcity and water-quality assessments—can be used as a starting point for a company’s water-stewardship strategy:
“That’s where this tool becomes really interesting. You can get more local, and you can start looking at the different types of water risk. And this helps you think about both the relevance to the products you’re producing and your company's tolerance for risk. This can help you build a more strategic response.”
—Ryan Flaherty, Manager, Advisory Services, BSR (March 14, 2012)
Download the event recording, or contact Ryan Flaherty for more information.
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