8. ricardo monsivais - aes lac (parte 2)

Ricardo Monsivais, The Nature Conservancy, Coordinador AWS-ALC

(basada en una presentación de Alexis MorganWWF / Alliance for Water Stewardship)

AWS & Estándar Internacional para la Gestión

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The Landscape of Water

Tools & Efforts

1) Awareness

of Water Issues

3) Measure Basin

Status and Impacts

4) Determine Cumulative

Corporate Water Risks

Water Stewardship

5) Water Stewardship

Response (actions to

address impacts/risks)

7) Verification of Claims

(& risk mitigation) to

Stakeholders

2) Measure Direct

& Indirect Water

Use

6) Water Disclosure


Water Stewardship

AWS: Providing Coherence for

Water Stewardship

1) Awareness

of Water Issues

3) Measure Basin

Status and Impacts

4) Determine Cumulative

Corporate Water Risks

5) Water Stewardship

Response (actions to

reduce impacts/risks)

7) Verification of Claims

(& risk mitigation) to

Stakeholders

2) Measure Direct

& Indirect Water

Use6) Water Disclosure


Why develop a Standard?

• Physical Water Risk

– Water quantity (scarcity

/ flooding) and quality (pollution)

• Regulatory Water Risk

– Restrictions on water use by government

(pricing, licenses, rights, etc.)

• Reputational Water Risk

– Company’s image and the risk it faces

from customer support/rejection

Risk Response (+ Opportunity)- cost savings, brand

value, attracting staff, accessing markets, innovation & learning,

etc.

Risk Assessment


What are the benefits?

• Implementers:

– Risk reduction (physical, reputational, regulatory)

– Improved efficiency / decreased costs

– Access to markets, innovation, staff motivation, etc.

• Public Sector Agencies

– Deliver upon water-related mandates

• Civil Society Organizations:

– Deliver upon their social & environmental missions

How is the Standard

being developed?

• Stakeholder input and

stakeholder-based

decision-making

• 15-member International

Standard Development

Committee (ISDC)

• Regions & sectors

• ISEAL compliant

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Regions and the AWS

Regional Outreach Events(completed or planned)

Pilots (completed or planned)

AWS Board Organization


Primer Borrador del IWSS


Essence of the draft

PRINCIPLE 1:

WATER

GOVERNANCE

PRINCIPLE 2:

WATER BALANCE

PRINCIPLE 3:

WATER QUALITY

PRINCIPLE 4:

IMPORTANT

WATER AREAS

STEPS:

LEADERSHIP

COMMITMENT

MEASUREMENT

PLANNING

IMPLEMENTATION

MONITOR &

EVALUATE

DISCLOSE

AWS Certified

AWS Gold

Certified

AWS Platinum

Certified

Site

Nature EconomyPeople

BENEFITS


Government

Watershed

Local community

The Draft AWS Standard:

A Site’s Area of Influence

Neighbours

Site & staff

Adapted from: UN Global

Compact’s Sphere of

Influence Model



Principles, Criteria & Indicators

Principle 1 Water

Governance

12 Criteria n Indicators

Principle 2 Water

Balance


Principle 3 Water

Quality


Principle 4 Important

Water

Areas


STEP 1: MAKE A LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT

STEPS 2-6: MEASURE THE DIRECT & INDIRECT USE OF WATER AT THE SITE AND IN THE AREA OF INFLUENCE, AS WELL AS ITS

IMPACTS & RISKS.


Steps

STEP 7-8: DEVELOP A WATER STEWARDSHIP POLICY THAT INCLUDES PLANS FOR RARE INCIDENTS

STEP 12: DISCLOSE THE SITE’S WATER STEWARDSHIP PLANS, ACTIONS AND RESULTS

STEP 9: COMPLY WITH THE LAW & RESPECT WATER RIGHTS

STEP 10: UNDERTAKE ACTIONS TO IMPROVE IMPACTS

STEP 11: ESTABLISHTHE NECESSARY CAPACITY



3 Levels of Recognition

TBD in 2nd Draft

based on feedback

1st Draft


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PHASE I(1st Draft)

PHASE II(2nd Draft)

PHASE III(Final draft)

Consultation:

Timeline and Phases

Today Mid-2013

NOTE: FEEDBACK IS NOW OPEN AND WELCOME

THROUGH JUNE 15

(www.allianceforwaterstewardship.org)

Broad

Specific

Versions in:

- English

- Chinese

- French

- Spanish

- Portuguese

Consultation: Mechanisms

Regional

Meetings

Regional

Field Tests

Individual /

Public

Review

Mechanism for stakeholder engagement

Mechanism for stakeholder feedback to Secretariat

Official Submission

from Meetings

(any format)

Official submission

from Field Tests

(specific format)

Online / written

feedback

Mechanism for accounting for

stakeholder feedback

Water

Roundtable

Comment

Database

Comments

grouped into

categories

Grouped comments

responded to by ISDC

Responses

posted online

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Summary of Feedback

• Simplify and condense

• Clarify ideas and terminology

• Ensure feasibility of the Standard (data/cost)

• Consider differences (sectoral/geographical)

• Reduce the # of indicators

ISDC


Where Next?

• Modification of Standard

• Field testing and stakeholder outreach

• AWS Governance 2.0

• AWS business plan

– 3rd party certification system

– Stewardship training & outreach


Field Testing Opportunities


Engaging different types of

water stewards

IMPLEMENTERS PROMOTERS

Capacity Typically limited Typically greater

Focus Direct water use Indirect water use

Reach Local Global / Regional

Drives… Actions, outcomes

& impacts

Adoption/ uptake

Ability to

influence

Users in close proximity /

watershed

Users in supply chain

and watershed

Example e.g., Farmer, electronics

plant, etc.

e.g., MegaMart Inc.,

Ministry of Water


How to get involved

• Speak with AWS staff

• Explore opportunities to field test the draft

• Provide input to help shape future drafts

• $ support to advance the work in LAC

• Spread the word!


• Water management is not enough

• The AWS Standard = actions to mitigate

risks and improve their impacts on

watersheds.

• Join us!

http://allianceforwaterstewardship.org/

Conclusions

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− The AWS Standard will support water users in

taking appropriate actions to evaluate and

improve their impacts on watersheds.

− The AWS Water Stewardship System is being

developed to support the Standard

− We invite you to help develop the 2nd draft by

implementing phase 1 pilots before August

15th, 2012.

http://allianceforwaterstewardship.org/what-we-do.html#water-stewardship-standard

Conclusions

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