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HOW BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD ARE ADDRESSING THE
WATER STEWARDSHIP AGENDA
3rd Karachi International Water Conference
Adrian Sym, CEO, Alliance for Water Stewardship
November 21st, 2017
WATER AND STRATEGIC POLICY MAKING
Source: OECD 2017 Water Hotspots
Mongolia
China
India
NepalPakistan
Myanmar
Bhutan
Bangladesh
Japan
New Zealand
Australia
PapuaNew Guinea
Brunei
North Korea
South Korea
Philippines
Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
East Timor
Taiwan
ThailandCambodia
VietnamLaos
- Up to 3.4 billion could be living in water-stressed areas
of Asia by 2050
- Demand will grow by 30-40% but in most areas water
fully allocated and groundwater depleting
- Asia-Pacific cannot sustain economic growth unless
water is brought into the equation (ADB 2016)
WATER AND STRATEGIC POLICY MAKING
Source: OECD 2017 Water Hotspots
WATER & PEOPLE’S EVERYDAY NEEDS
WATER AND BUSINESS RISK
PHYSICAL RISK: Too much water, too little water,
future sustainability
REPUTATIONAL RISK: Consumer, community,
investor, government perceptions
REGULATORY RISK: Actual or potential
regulator action
WATER AND BUSINESS RISK
WATER AND INVESTOR CONCERN
Water Crises
WATER STEWARDSHIP DEFINITION
The use of water that is:-
socially equitable
environmentally sustainable
economically beneficial
achieved through a
stakeholder-inclusive process
that involves:
site and catchment-based actions
WATER STEWARDSHIP FOCUS
Water as an input to be managed
to
Water as a shared asset to be “stewarded”
Recognizing the value water creates for communities and businesses
With water stewardship, the focus moves from
WHY A WATER STEWARDSHIP STANDARD?
Incentivise private sector water users to exceed minimum regulatory requirements
Enable global consistency of approach and outcomes
Drive transparency
Ensure needs and challenges of diverse stakeholders are understood and addressed
Connect global drivers with locally-appropriate action
AWS STANDARD SYSTEM
SIX STEPS FOUR OUTCOMES
Independent 3rd
party certification
Credible claims of
meeting best practice
AWS STANDARD IN A NUTSHELL
Catchment conditions
Stakeholders concerns
Shared water challenges
Risks & opportunities
Water Balance
Water Quality
Water-related values
Water governance
Site water stewardship strategy & plan
PROCESSES OUTCOMESCONTEXT
GLOBAL UPTAKE OF AWS STANDARD
AWS Certified sites
Sites formally seeking AWS certification
WATER STEWARDSHIP IN PAKISTAN
Nestle Islamabad
Nestle Port QasimArchroma Pakistan Ltd
Nestle Kabirwala
“WAPRO” Project
Lahore City Wide Partnership
PAKISTAN WATER STEWARDSHIP NETWORK
EXAMPLE FROM CHINA: INDUSTRIAL PARKS
Changzhou Textile IP14 firms1 pilot sites
KunshanQiandeng Town136 firms12 pilot sites
Tianjin TEDA1000+ firmsRecognition schemeIP Management
Engage more IPs in China
Other Asian Countries
2014 2015 2016 2017 & Onwards
Kunshan City Industrial Water Stewardship ProgramTop 30 polluters involvedA full-year of engagement and incentive schemes to be introduced
New project proposal with TEDA Eco-center on Capacity Building to Industrial Park Managers in ASEAN countries
EXAMPLE FROM CHINA: INDUSTRIAL PARKS
Reduce Discharge
Permit by 20%
Online Monitoring
Drainage Water Quality
Control
Mandatory Response Plan
for Spilt
Penalty Tariff Rate –
Water/Electricity
Daily Fines on Illegal Discharge
Subsidy for Upgrade /
Renovation
Reward on Actual Reduction of
Pollution Loading
Env. Credit Rating (Green
Finance)
Green Supply Chain
Reward on Achieving Certification (e.g. AWS)
Permit Trading Scheme
PUSH PULL
EXAMPLE FROM CHINA: INDUSTRIAL PARKS
Key learnings
- AWS Standard needs Sector Specific Knowledge
- Needs to further strengthen the capacity of Industrial Park Management
- Approach needs to leverage AWS system to attract other stakeholders to join- Global Brands
- Financial institutions
- Local NGOs
- Various levels of government authorities
- Localize and materialize incentives for water stewardship & AWS Certification
EXAMPLE FROM PERU: AGRO EXPORT
EXAMPLE FROM PERU: AGRO EXPORT
EXAMPLE FROM PERU: AGRO EXPORT
EXAMPLE FROM PERU: AGRO EXPORT
PUSH PULLPOLICY
EXAMPLE FROM PERU: AGRO EXPORT
- One certified site
- Four other sites pursuing certification
- Concrete interest from other retailers & traders
- Investor led project beginning to build capacity to apply AWS Standard with clients in Peru
- Foundations for stakeholder platform
- Negotiations with National Water Authority on linking AWS Standard to “Blue Certificate”
EXAMPLE FROM SCOTLAND: HEALTHCARE
NHS HIGHLAND
- Aiming to have world’s 1st AWS certified
healthcare facility
EXAMPLE FROM SCOTLAND: HEALTHCARE
2012/13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
Total 77354 79160 83227 90905 93585
75000
77000
79000
81000
83000
85000
87000
89000
91000
93000
95000
£0
00
's
NHS Highland Drugs Spend
Public Health
the Hidden Cost
EXAMPLE FROM SCOTLAND: HEALTHCARE
- Up to 90% of an oral dose is excreted as a active
substance and enters the water system
- More than 600 pharmaceuticals have been found in the
environment worldwide.
- Pharmaceuticals can end up in drinking water, and
accumulate in fish, vegetables, and livestock.
- Some medicines are worse than others because of their
potential to affect people and wildlife, e.g. antibiotics,
antidepressants, painkillers, anti-inflammatories
CONCLUSION
- Clear private & public benefits from water stewardship
- Enables coordination of multiple policy objectives
- Long term, water stewardship needs to demonstrate
contribution to systemic change
- To do so, we need to understand that water
stewardship is 10% H²O, 90% people