Water Stewardship

Water Stewardship

Stuart OrrWWF International

Freshwater Team

2001• Oil $25 a barrel• 1 ton rice $170• 1 ton sugar $115• China current account

surplus 2% GDP• US budget deficit ~ $300bn• World ethanol production

31 billion litres• World beef production 3.8

bn tons• World milk production 585

mill tonnes

2010• Oil $90 a barrel• 1 ton rice $470• 1 ton sugar $553• China current account

surplus 8% GDP • US budget deficit ~ $1tn• World ethanol production

368 billion litres• World beef production 4.6

bn tons• World milk production 669

mill tonnes

A rapidly changing world

‘A survey of 350 companies found that 92% agree that a water crisis is looming and 70% believe that the risks of water scarcity are equal to those of carbon emissions.’

WSP Environment & Energy, September 2009

What are companies saying?

• Increasing water scarcity is a reality• Agreement on trends and pressures• Non–substitution of water• Increased social & media attention• Risks are real• Need for global/regional fora and dialogue• Cooperation essential, not conflict

What are companies saying?

• Impact and risk – what’s the difference?• Do volumes matter?• Resource efficiency - treating water like carbon• Beyond footprint response

• Which horse to back?

• Who to listen to?• Go it alone?

Where are companies stuck?

What’s new?

Time

Water awareness

Knowledge of Impact

Stakeholder engagement

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Internal action

Incentivizes to manage water basins in a sustainable way – investment in improvements of the basin

Companies, governments and NGO’s are engaged in multi-stakeholder platforms to address issues

All stakeholders have taken action to optimize internal water governance, use while measuring and reporting water quantity and quality

Stakeholders have a detailed understanding of the impact they and their suppliers have on river basins, including identification of ‘hot spots’

Stakeholders have a (high level) understanding of the global water challenges, their dependence on freshwater and their exposure to water related risks

WWF Water Stewardship

Source: WWF-International

• Water footprint to highlight hotspots• Watershed risk analysis• WWF, GIZ, SABMiller, also working

with TNC and in India CII• Active countries

– Tanzania– South Africa– Peru– Ukraine– India– US– Colombia– Honduras

SAB Miller - Shared risk and responsibility

AMBEV e WWF-Brasil Nascentes do Brasil

Gestão participativa e cuidado com a água na

Bacia do Corumbá-Paranoá

Objective: To develop, pilot-scale - with the local community, governments and other actors - actions for conservation and / or environmental restoration of springs, headwater areas and aquifer recharge stimulating the management of water resources

AmBev - Nascentes do Brasil – Springs of Brazil

1) Develop a recovery plan and implement watershed-scale pilot

2) Promote social mobilization for conservation

3) Promote water management in the DF

4) Build learning and disseminate lessons learned

2% - 3% of Kenyan GDP - 10% of FEE

Shared risk - Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Delivering ideas – Turn risk to opportunity

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