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Report: Drinking It In: The Evolution of a Global Water Stewardship Program at The Coca-Cola Company
This report explores the role of the private sector in responsible management of global water resources by providing an overview of the development and implementation of The Coca-Cola Company’s (TCCC) global water stewardship program. By summarizing the journey of TCCC over five years, this report aims to demonstrate how companies can be proactively involved in water management along their supply chains and within the walls of their own facilities. This report profiles one company’s experience in advancing an integrated water strategy throughout its global operations and across the many networks in which it participates. It provides a brief review of the parameters of TCCC’s commitments and highlights the complexity of true water stewardship. Read more
Report: The New Markets for Environmental Services: A Corporate Manager's Resource Guide to Trading in Air, Climate, Water and Biodiversity Assets
Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
The natural environment provides society with essential services—such as clean air and reliable flows of clean water—which are increasingly being valued in financial terms. Environmental markets— some regulatory and others voluntary—are now trading credits as well as derivatives. Regulatory environmental markets are operating in Europe, the U.S., Australia and other countries around the world. Voluntary markets and business-to-business “payments for environmental services” (PES) deals are also underway, in both industrialized and developing countries. These markets and transactions are sending price signals about environmental values. The result is that businesses can place a financial value not only on environmental compliance, but also increasingly on voluntary actions. Read more
Report: Environmental Markets, Executive Briefing
Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
A shift is occurring in how environmental issues are understood and what corporate environmental expectations exist. The current focus on incremental improvements and discrete issues is becoming outmoded. Key regulators’ and stakeholders’ approaches to environmental issues are broadening to include the overall function of ecological systems as well as the application of market-based of incentives for environmental performance. Read more
Report: A Glimpse into the Future: A Survey of Food and Agriculture Industry Key Trends
This report reviews some of the key CSR trends emerging for the industry in the coming three to five years and point to implications for company practices. Read more
Report: At the Crest of a Wave: A Proactive Approach to Corporate Water Strategy
Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services; Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research
Emma Stewart, Jason Morrison, Peter H. Gleick, and Mari Morikawa
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