HOW BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD ARE ADDRESSING THE WATER STEWARDSHIP AGENDA 3 rd Karachi International Water Conference Adrian Sym, CEO, Alliance for Water Stewardship November 21 st, 2017
WATER AND STRATEGIC POLICY MAKING Pakistan Mongolia China Bhutan North Korea South Korea Nepal India Taiwan MyanmarVietnam Laos Bangladesh Thailand Philippines Cambodia Brunei Sri Lanka Malaysia Singapore Indonesia East Timor Japan Papua New Guinea - 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) Australia New Zealand Source: OECD 2017 Water Hotspots
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 With water stewardship, the focus moves from 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
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 3 rd party certification Credible claims of meeting best practice
AWS STANDARD IN A NUTSHELL PROCESSES CONTEXT OUTCOMES Catchment conditions Stakeholders concerns Shared water challenges Risks & opportunities Site water stewardship strategy & plan Water Balance Water Quality Water-related values Water governance
GLOBAL UPTAKE OF AWS STANDARD AWS Certified sites Sites formally seeking AWS certification
WATER STEWARDSHIP IN PAKISTAN WAPRO Project Nestle Islamabad Lahore City Wide Partnership Nestle Kabirwala Nestle Port Qasim Archroma Pakistan Ltd
PAKISTAN WATER STEWARDSHIP NETWORK
EXAMPLE FROM CHINA: INDUSTRIAL PARKS Kunshan Qiandeng Town 136 firms 12 pilot sites Kunshan City Industrial Water Stewardship Engage more Program IPs in China Top 30 polluters involved A full-year of engagement and incentive schemes to be introduced Changzhou Textile IP 14 firms 1 pilot sites Tianjin TEDA 1000+ firms Recognition scheme IP Management New project proposal with TEDA Eco-center on Capacity Building to Industrial Park Managers in ASEAN countries Other Asian Countries 2014 2015 2016 2017 & Onwards
EXAMPLE FROM CHINA: INDUSTRIAL PARKS Online Monitoring Mandatory Response Plan for Spilt PUSH Reduce Discharge Permit by 20% Penalty Tariff Rate Water/Electricity Drainage Water Quality Control Daily Fines on Illegal Discharge Subsidy for Upgrade / Renovation Env. Credit Rating (Green Finance) PULL Reward on Actual Reduction of Pollution Loading Reward on Achieving Certification (e.g. AWS) Permit Trading Scheme Green Supply Chain
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 POLICY PULL
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 1 st AWS certified healthcare facility
000's EXAMPLE FROM SCOTLAND: HEALTHCARE 95000 NHS Highland Drugs Spend 93000 91000 89000 87000 85000 Public Health the Hidden Cost 83000 81000 79000 77000 75000 2012/13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Total 77354 79160 83227 90905 93585
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