From Footprint to Public Policy – The Business Future for Addressing Water Issues (2009)
Understand basis for corporate action to advance sustainable water management “beyond the fenceline”.
This paper illustrates an emerging “roadmap” of water risk identification and management approaches that many companies are beginning to pursue, framed as a journey from water footprint to public policy. It describes how water footprinting can serve as the foundation for various “responses” that address water risks. We conclude by discussing how and why certain types of water risks can only be effectively managed through public policy engagement that goes beyond addressing just a water footprint.
This paper illustrates an emerging “roadmap” of water risk identification and management approaches that many companies are beginning to pursue, framed as a journey from water footprint to public policy. It describes how water footprinting can serve as the foundation for various “responses” that address water risks. We conclude by discussing how and why certain types of water risks can only be effectively managed through public policy engagement that goes beyond addressing just a water footprint.
