All Articles About Water

Blog: Field Notes: No, Not “That” Crisis!

Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research

It’s been raining all day here in Istanbul on this fourth day of the 5th World Water Forum. As I dodge puddles and armed security, I keep thinking about the poor timing of this rain. Not because I—along with 20,000 other Forum participants—am getting soaked, but because rain never seems to fall where or when we need it. And where it does fall, we get too much all at once and then can’t use it.  Read more →

Posted: March 19, 2009 | Topics: Water

Report: Measuring Corporate Impact on Ecosystems: A Comprehensive Review of New Tools

Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research; Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Kit Armstrong, Senior Advisor, BSR

Learn how to integrate new ecosystem services into your corporate planning and daily decision-making. This report on ecosystem services—the collective benefits provided by a community of animals and plants interacting with one another and with their physical environment, such as clean water and pollination of plants—allows you to compare the various tools that measure and assess the value of ecosystem services. Read more →

Posted: December 28, 2008 | Topics: Climate Change, Ecosystem Services, Environment, Land Use & Biodiversity, Water | Download (PDF)

Report: Word from the Street: Water

This brief includes a set of guidelines, described in the Water & Finance Workstream of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Finance Initiative publication “Half Full or Half Empty?”, which companies can use to evaluate their level of risk exposure to water constraints in order to respond to the growing community of investors and financiers who are including water criteria in their investment decisions. Read more →

Posted: May 28, 2008 | Topics: Financial Services, Investor Perspective, Water | Download (PDF)

Report: Water Management in China's Apparel and Textile Factories

This report summarizes the activities and findings of the first phase of the Water Quality Initiative in China. A joint effort by Business for Social Responsibility and the Center for Water Research at Peking University, the Initiative has two expected outcomes: 1) improvements in water quality management and water use in apparel factories (textile manufacturers, dye houses and laundries/washing facilities); and 2) decreased water risk in the China-based supply chains for global apparel companies and retailers. Read more →

Posted: April 28, 2008 | Topics: Environment, Supply Chain, Water | Download (PDF)

Report: Beyond Compliance: Assessing Water Management Practices and Opportunities in Chinese Apparel Factories

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Posted: April 9, 2008 | Topics: Consumer Products, Environment, Water | Download (PDF)