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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