Creating Shared Value Through Corporate Social Investment: Managing Water-Related Risk and Opportunity Through Coca-Cola's Replenish Africa Initiative

Nearly 300 million people throughout the African continent lack access to clean drinking water, and far more are without improved sanitation facilities. Companies such as The Coca-Cola Company, which rely on access to freshwater resources and surrounding communities for their core business operations and supply chains, face growing material risks as well as opportunities from the global water crisis (which includes sanitation challenges as well). Investments in water stewardship are becoming an increasingly common strategy for corporate or other private investors to both manage downside risk and build upside potential, particularly in emerging economies throughout the African region. Indeed, organizations that are able to forge relationships with markets and societies in Africa today are likely to be well positioned to enjoy the high rates of growth projected for the region. This report highlights 5 thematic area where business benefits from water stewardship investments can be realized, including: corporate competitiveness, operational efficiency, human capital, social capital, and risk exposure. Through the development of original spatial analyses, the report underscores selected trends and presents a series of recommendations for what type of water stewardship activities should be targeted to specific countries. Through a systemsbased mapping of over 50 distinct dimensions of both societal and business value creation and their interconnections, the report also discusses several high-level leverage points for value creation. These leverage points are capable of effecting deep systems-level change, and are presented as recommended programmatic themes. Finally, The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation’s Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) is presented and discussed as an example of a water stewardship investment that provides numerous benefits to societies, to larger economies, and to natural ecosystems.Master of ScienceNatural Resources and EnvironmentUniversity of Michiganhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/113283/1/Creating Shared Value Through Corporate Social Investment - Mitler Rostorfer Ledbetter 2015.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/113283/2/Executive Summary-Water Stewardship in Africa the Next Frontier for Building Shared Value.pdfDescription of Executive Summary-Water Stewardship in Africa the Next Frontier for Building Shared Value.pdf : Executive Summar

From Source Assessment to Water Quality Success: Implementing TMDL Alternatives in Southwest Washington

The East Fork Lewis River (EFLR) watershed is home to both the fastest growing city in Washington State, and five priority populations of ESA listed salmon and steelhead. The watershed has seen a 47 percent increase in population since 2000, and provides recreation, timber, agriculture, and water resources for this rapidly growing region. The diversity of functions the watershed supports makes it a central focus of salmon recovery, water quality, and water quantity management SW Washington. Currently, the EFLR is on Washington’s polluted waters list for warm water temperatures and bacteria problems. In 2018, the EFLR Watershed Bacteria and Temperature Source Assessment was published to support water cleanup efforts. To develop and implement the plan, the EFLR Partnership was launched to collaborate with local, state, federal, and tribal governments, non-profits, watershed groups, and landowners. Over 50 partners from 30 organizations have engaged in Partnership activities. Today, there are multiple new projects and programs being developed and implemented in the watershed. Priorities for long-term implementation include addressing threats from septic systems, stormwater, and agriculture, and increasing riparian restoration in the watershed. This presentation highlights how: • Ecology developed a Source Assessment and Water Cleanup Plan for the watershed. • Ecology is implementing proactive nonpoint source investigation to find and fix sources of bacteria. •Partners have developed a new pollution identification and correction program to comprehensively address failing septic systems and agricultural challenges in the watershed. This session will end with commentary on next steps for water quality collaboration in Clark County

THE GAS CONTENT OF THE SWIMBLADDER OF THE ROCK BASS, AMBLOPLITES RUPESTRIS, IN RELATION TO HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE

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THE RELATION OF BLOOD OXYGEN TRANSPORT TO RESISTANCE TO ANOXIA IN CHICKS AND DUCKLINGS

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Problem eating behaviors in autism spectrum disorder are associated with suboptimal daily nutrient intake and taste/smell sensitivity

Thirty children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) aged 3 to 10 years participated in this study exploring associations between problem eating behaviors, daily nutrient intake, and sensory disturbance. Parents completed surveys regarding the usual eating behaviors of their children. Children exhibiting more severe autism-specific disruptive behaviors at mealtimes were most at risk for suboptimal intake of select nutrients such as biotin, vitamin K, iodine, linolenic omega-3 fatty acids, and choline, which play a role in metabolism and bone and brain health. Children exhibiting food refusal tended to have increased caloric and nutrient intake. Picky eaters were more likely to consume adequate daily nutrients but experienced the highest levels of parent-reported taste/smell sensitivity. The findings of this preliminary study support a multifactorial approach to the management of problem eating behaviors in ASD

Medical Foods: Science, Regulation, and Practical Aspects. Summary of a Workshop.

On August 13-14, 2019, the Healthcare Nutrition Council and the ASN held the Medical Foods Workshop: Science, Regulation, and Practical Aspects. Medical food products help patients manage their disease and improve their quality of life. Yet many hurdles exist to getting patients new products. In this workshop, participants addressed some of these hurdles, with specific emphasis on topics like the statutory term distinctive nutritional requirements, the regulatory term modification of the diet alone, the role of clinical guidelines, the requirement that medical foods be used under medical supervision, and differentiation of foods for special dietary use from medical foods, as well as product innovation and future research. Real-world examples were discussed for intractable epilepsy, diabetes, end-stage renal disease, and inflammatory bowel disease