The Pacific Institute, World Resources Institute, and the UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate are working with businesses to develop a database on public water management in the U.S. and Mexico.
Currently, businesses have access to robust information on physical water risk through resources such as the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, but there is no similar resource to assess the conditions around public water management. This project seeks to fill in this information gap, to allow businesses to better screen for water management conditions in their operations and in their supply chains.
Project partners are crowdsourcing responses from industrial water users in the U.S. and Mexico to develop the database. This geospatial dataset on water management will be used to improve business responses to shared water challenges and to improve public policy, aiming to reduce water risks for all users.
Join the Pacific Institute and project partners for webinars on the project:
- Thursday, April 2nd from 9:00 a.m. PT to 10 a.m. PT
- Thursday April 9th from 11:30 a.m. PT to 2:30 p.m. PT
Featured speakers include:
- Tien Shiao, Senior Researcher at the Pacific Institute
- Colin Strong, Corporate Water Stewardship Associate at World Resources Institute
- Julian Kölobel, Head of Research, Post-Doc at the University of Zurich
- Company Speaker, TBD
The webinars will provide a forum for businesses to collaborate, an opportunity to address questions, and a chance to learn more about the project.