What is Water Stewardship?
We define Water Stewardship as the use of water that is socially and culturally equitable, environmentally sustainable and economically beneficial, achieved through a stakeholder-inclusive process that includes both site- and catchment-based actions.
Our Approach to Water Stewardship
Any organisation can use the Water Stewardship framework to improve water management. The 5-step process keeps efforts manageable and allows impacts to be traced back to actions. The steps guide organisations to:
- Understand your water use, risks, impacts, and opportunities at a site and local catchment-level.
- Develop and commit to a water stewardship plan, prioritising targets, with actions and
- Responsibilities for improved water management and outcomes.
- Implement your plan and improve your water impacts.
- Evaluate your actions and revise your plan for continuous improvement.
- Communicate your water actions responsibly and transparently and collaborate stakeholders.
Together, these steps and actions work to deliver sustainable water outcomes at a site and catchment level:
The Water Stewardship framework is laid out in the International Water Stewardship Standard. The Standard and Guidance is available for download below.
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