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Water Management and StewardshipTaking stock of corporate water behaviourPeter Newborne and James Dalton

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James Dalton is a member of the IUCN global water team based in IUCN Headquarters in Gland, Switzerland. As an international organisation, IUCN has experience of working with several corporates (e.g. food and nutrition; cement and mining, global energy companies) in collaborative projects. Its motivation in sponsoring and taking part in this study has been the interest in developing a deeper understanding of what motivates businesses to engage, especially in water management beyond the factory fence.

Peter newborne is Research Associate to the ODI water policy programme which carries out applied research in water policy and practice, including recent studies of private sector involvement in relation to water, both water resources management-WRM (at river/aquifer) (e.g. Newborne and Mason, 2012) and water supply, sanitation and hygiene-WASH (taps/toilets) (e.g. Mason, Matoso and Smith, 2015). Peter is also a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.

Water Management and StewardshipTaking stock of corporate water behaviourPeter Newborne and James Dalton

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Citation: Newborne, P., and J. Dalton (2016). Water Management and Stewardship: Taking stock of corporate water behaviour. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN and London, UK: ODI. 132pp.

ISBN: 978-2-8317-1822-4

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2016.16.en

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3Water Management and Stewardship: taking stock of corporate water behaviourDiscussion Paper

Table of contents

table of contents .............................................................................................................................................................................3List of figures, tables and boxes ................................................................................................................................................5acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................................................................6acronyms ...........................................................................................................................................................................................7

summary .....................................................................................................................................................................................8

1. Context ................................................................................................................................................................................ 161.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................... 161.2 Essential elements of effective water resources management ...................................................................................... 191.3 The private sector ................................................................................................................................................................. 221.4 Types of action ......................................................................................................................................................................... 231.5 Drivers of corporate water behaviours ............................................................................................................................. 241.6 About this study....................................................................................................................................................................... 28

2. Water stewardship and Integrated Water resources Management ................. 302.1 Water Stewardship .................................................................................................................................................................. 302.2 Integrity and accountability ................................................................................................................................................... 352.3 Responses to the stewardship standards some examples ........................................................................................ 372.4 Other interpretations of stewardship ................................................................................................................................ 402.5 Progress to-date towards Water Stewardship .................................................................................................................. 402.6 Integrated Water Resources Management ........................................................................................................................ 412.7 Water st