Tag: WWF
Guide for Setting Water Targets Addresses Shared Challenges
The CEO Water Mandate, a United Nations Global Impact organization, along with partners World Resources Institute, Pacific Institute, CDP, The Nature Conservancy, and WWF,...
WWF Publishes Freshwater Call to Action for the Financial Sector
Last week, WWF published Freshwater risks & opportunities: an overview and call to action for the financial sector, highlighting the opportunities for financial institutions to...
New Study Explores Canadian Attitudes on Flooding
Increased rates of flooding are taking a toll on Canadians with 31 per cent worried they will experience flooding in the next 12 months....
Two Major U.S. Organization Sign on to Ceres & WWF AgWater...
Ceres and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have announced that Target, the U.S. general merchandise retailer with more than 1,800 stores, and Archer Daniels Midland...
Report: Undervaluing Healthy Rivers Causes Long-Term Economic Risk
A WWF report published this week highlights the capacity of healthy rivers to help mitigate flooding disasters, but it warns that the ecosystem services...
Global Reporting Initiative Updates its Corporate Water and Effluent Standard
Companies operating in areas with water stress have an urgent responsibility to track their impacts, to make informed decisions that trigger meaningful action and...
WWF Looks to Grow the Narrative on Water Stewardship
A new brief from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has called for an acceleration of the scope, activity, and framing of water stewardship that leverages...
From Risk to Resilience
Ask your average Canadian about the notion of water risk and they’re likely to say, “not here in Canada!” Yet water risk is a...
Nestlé and Alliance for Water Stewardship Partner to Certify Canadian Operations
Nestlé Waters announced this week that it will extend its partnership with the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) to certify 20 global factories by 2020, including...
WWF Study Demonstrates Best Practices in E-Flows
Human health and well-being are intrinsically linked to the health of water systems that support communities. A new study by the United Kingdom's branch of the World Wildlife...
