The WBCSD's Global Water Tool, launched at World Water Week 2007 in Stockholm and updated in 2009 for the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul, and further upgraded in 2010. The tool, consisting of a spreadsheet with an online mapping section, compares the company's water uses (including staff presence, industrial use, and supply chain) with validated water and sanitation availability information on a country and watershed basis, allows calculation of water consumption & efficiency, establishes relative water risks in the company's portfolio to prioritise action – including more detailed assessment, creates key water Global Reporting Initiative Indicators, inventories, risk and performance metrics and geographic mapping and enables effective communication with internal and external stakeholders on the company's water issues.
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development.
Check out the Water Tool on the WBCSD website.
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