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World Water Day: Prince Charles launches climate finance drive as businesses boost stewardship efforts

The Prince of Wales has launched a new initiative designed to scale up and fast-track finance to help alleviate water stress on World Water Day 2021.

New report details how businesses can help deliver clean water and sanitation post-Covid-19

Circular economy

Huge wind-powered boats and a boon for solar in the US: The sustainability success stories of the week

Circular economy

Charities to Boris Johnson: Pandemic response will determine whether UK meets climate goals

Energy

SodaStream’s 67 billion plastics pledge and Timberland’s letter to nature: The Earth Day success stories

Climate & nature

Danone Waters closes in on 100% recycled plastic and carbon-neutral goals in the UK

Circular economy

WaterAid: Global climate finance insufficient to ‘save lives and livelihoods’

Circular economy

Twinings partners with WaterAid to improve sanitation in tea supply chains

Circular economy

AB Sugar launches global innovation challenge to address water stewardship

Circular economy

PepsiCo expands stewardship efforts across water-stressed regions

Food and drink manufacturing giant PepsiCo has announced that its campaign to expand access to safe water in its areas of operation has provided 16 million people with clean water, putting it on track to reach 25 million by 2025.

Circular economy

Glastonbury Festival to ban water bottles from 2019

Glastonbury Festival is undergoing an "enormous project" to create a site-wide ban on plastic water bottles when it returns in 2019.

H&M Foundation donates £5m in second stage of WaterAid partnership

The H&M Foundation is launching the second stage of its partnership with WaterAid to deliver safe water and sanitation to four of the world's poorest communities.

Circular economy

Diageo to slash water use in half

Drinks giant Diageo has vowed to improve its water efficiency by 50%, replenish water in water-stressed areas and return all waste water back to the environment as part of an ambitious new water stewardship strategy.

Cross-sector collaboration and the global water crisis

Diageo's head of water, environment and agriculture sustainability Michael Alexander explains how and why businesses must collaborate to address the critical issue of water scarcity.

Circular economy

A brighter future: using solar power to tackle the water crisis in Ethiopia

There are 44.5 million people in Ethiopia that don't have access to safe drinking water. Renewable energy is an ideal solution in remote areas with no mains electricity. We take a look at a WaterAid project that used solar power to save lives.

Circular economy

Raising the bar: Belu’s refreshing take on sustainability

Ethical water brand Belu started out with a simple idea: that there is a better way to do business by minimising environmental impact and investing all profits in ending water poverty. Ten years on, Luke Nicholls investigates how the not-for-profit social enterprise is using its sustainable ethos to drive industry-wide change.

Circular economy

Global brands sign up to international water stewardship standard

Several global organisations, including food companies Nestle and General Mills, have today announced their commitment to the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Standard, which aims to promote a global framework for sustainable use of freshwater resources.