The World Business Council for Sustainable DevelopmentĀ is releasingĀ a Global Water Tool, which companies can use to map their water use and assess risks relative to their global operations and supply chains.
WBCSD says that the free tool allows companies to quickly and accurately:
It does not provide specific guidance on local situations, which require more in-depth, systematic analysis.
The WBCSD’s Water Working Group stewarded development of the Global Water Tool. WBCSD Member and global engineering company CH2M HILL led the tool’s development. An Advisory Board comprised of 22 WBCSD Member Companies in a wide range of industries provided oversight and pilot testing: Air Products and Chemicals, Alcan, Alcoa,
Anglo American, Borealis, ConocoPhillips, Degussa, The Dow Chemical Company, DuPont, GrupoNueva, Holcim, ITT,
Kimberly Clark, Lafarge, PepsiCo, Petro-Canada, Rio Tinto, Sanyo, Shell, Suez, Syngenta, andUnilever.
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