Business Alliance for Water and Climate

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General

Name of initiative Business Alliance for Water and Climate (BAfW)
LPAA initiative Yes
NAZCA Initiative Yes
Website address https://wateractionhub.org/cop21-declaration/
Related initiatives
Starting year 2015
End year
Secretariat Sébastien Pellion, SUEZ, Tour CB21 - 16 place de l’Iris, 92040 Paris La Défense, France, Tél : +33 (0)1 58 81 55 51, e-mail: sebastien.pellion@suez.com
Organisational structure The Alliance is led by the UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate, CDP (ex-Carbon Disclosure Project) Water, WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) Water and the French company SUEZ.
Geographical coverage Global
Name of lead organisation BAfW is jointly managed by the CEO Water Mandate, CDP, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) on behalf of the companies who sign its declaration.
Type of lead organisation Network/Consortium/Partnership
Location/Nationality of lead organisation France

Description

Description The declaration is a call to action and an executive leadership commitment from companies around the world to address urgent sustainable development challenges related to water and climate.
Objectives Implementation of all action plans designed by endorsing companies; Scaling-up potential of the initiative: to be built collectively.
Activities Depending on its level of maturity, each signatory company commits to join all or one of the three following levels of ambition

and describes the action taken: 1/ Analyze and share water-related risks to implement collaborative response strategies. 2/ Measure water footprint with existing standards. 3/ Reduce impacts on water availability and quality in direct operations and all along the value chain. The actor should also report on the progress to the CDP, which is one of the leading organisations for this initiative.

One or two success stories achieved - French utilities giant ENGIE disclosed a reduction in revenue resulting from the ongoing drought in Brazil; in 2014, the financial impact of "unfavourable hydrology" was reported to cost the organization approximately US$223 million, almost 3% of operating income in 2014.

- Unilever reported that for their operations in the south east of Brazil, hydropower accounts for over 70% of its electricity supplied, and are anticipating energy restrictions being enforced if poor rains continue.

Monitoring and Impacts

Function of initiative Technical dialogue, Implementation
Activity of initiative Knowledge production and innovation, Goal setting (ex-ante), Technical operational implementation (ex-post), Knowledge dissemination and exchange
Indicators
Goals
Comments on indicators and goals
How will goals be achieved
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
Progress towards the goals Since COP21, the Business Alliance for Water and Climate made several progress:

- Advocacy: participation to the Technical Expert Meeting on Adaptation in Bonn on May 26th following SUEZ contribution in response to paragraph 126 of the Paris Agreement declaration. This event focused on enhancing the implementation of adaptation action, with emphasis on gaps, needs, challenges, options and opportunities for implementation on the ground; means of implementation, including for the improvement of climate information services and understanding of scientific information at the national level; and good practices for reducing vulnerability.

- Exchange of best practices: webinars hosted by CDP and CEO Water Mandate and covering, amongst other topics: how to use the Alliance for Water Stewardship standard to reduce impact; how to assess exposure to water risk using WRI’s aqueduct tool; and how to use the Water Action Hub to find partners for action.

- Organization of events: 2 major events organized by the founding partners of the Business Alliance for Water and Climate 1) SUEZ convened together with the French Ministry of Environment a high level luncheon on water action & climate change which gathered various French companies from water-intensive sectors: the objective was to raise awareness among CEOs on water related risks and to incentivize them to commit to the Business Alliance for Water and Climate.

2) The CEO Water Mandate convened a working session during Stockholm World Water Week on August 28th: the 2016/2017 orientations of the Business Alliance for Water and Climate were presented to the public, as well as the introduction of the We Mean Business Water Commitment. Furthermore, 3 case study were presented by three companies that have not yet joined the BAFWAC (Olam International / IFC, Dow Chemicals and OCP) in order to foster interest of new companies. - Integration of the Business Alliance for Water and Climate within the We Mean Business Take Action commitment campaign, through the label "Commit to Water Security" under the Resilience section. It is the first private-sector led commitment focusing on water and climate.

How are you tracking progress of your initiative Tracking of individual participants progress is made either through:

- CDP Water questionnaire - CEO Water Mandate Communication on Progress

For any signatory organization which does not answer either the CDP questionnaire or the CEO Water Mandate Communication on Progress, questionnaire to be sent on an annual basis for tracking progress against commitments.

Available reporting Results and achievements are made publicly available through the CEO Water Mandate's Water Action Hub website: https://wateractionhub.org/cop21-declaration/

In some specific occasions, press release can be used as a way to showcase results obtained by members of the initiative.

Participants

Participants Number Names
Members 0  
Companies 0
Business organisations 0
Research and educational organisations 0
Non-governmental organisations 0
National states 0
Governmental actors 0
Regional / state / county actors 0
City / municipal actors 0
Intergovernmental organisations 0
Financial Institutions 0
Faith based organisations 0
Other members 0
Supporting partners 0
Number of members in the years
2018
52
Have only national states as participators


Theme

Transport Agriculture Forestry Business Financial institutions Buildings Industry Waste Cities and subnational governments Short Term Pollutants International maritime transport Energy Supply Fluorinated gases Energy efficiency Renewable energy Supply chain emission reductions Adaptation Other Resilience Innovation Energy Access and Efficiency Private Finance
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Last update: 19 January 2021 09:04:29

Not only have national states as participators