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Context-basedwatermetrics:whatmakesthemmeaningful?Tuesday14November2017

MarkMcElroyCenterforSustainable

Organizations

@mwmce

PaulReigWorldResourcesInstitute

@Paul_Reig

RylanDobsonRylanDobsonConsulting

@rylan_dobson

StephanieBertelsEmbeddingProject

@sbertels

ElizaRobertsCeres

@elizabroberts

ValeriaOrozcoNestléWatersNorthAmerica

@NestleWatersNA

#H2OContext#NewMetrics

StephanieBertelsEmbeddingProject@sbertels

#H2OContext#NewMetrics

MarkMcElroyCenterforSustainableOrganizations@mwmce

#H2OContext#NewMetrics

• WhatistheCorporateWaterGauge?• World’s1stcontext-basedwatermetric• CreatedbyCenterforSustainableOrganizations(CSO)in2008/2009

• Oneofthefirstcontext-basedmetricstoflowoutofthedevelopmentofContext-BasedSustainabilityatCSO

• Context-BasedSustainability• InspiredinpartbyGRI’sSustainabilityContextPrinciple• Animplementationofmultiplecapitalaccountingandintegratedreporting• Definesorganization-specificstandardsofperformanceforwhatimpactsonvitalcapitalswouldhavetobeinordertobesustainable

ABriefHistoryoftheCorporateWaterGauge

• Takesthegeneralformofallcontext-basedmetrics• S=A/N(actualimpactsovernormativeimpacts)

• Normativeallocationsofavailablerenewablesupplies(annualprecip.)arecalculatedasfollows:

1. Roughlyhalfislosttoevapotranspiration

2. Halfoftheremainderisallocatedtoecologicalfunctions

3. Allocationsforhumanpurposesarethenmade:- Alllocalhouseholdneedsaremetfirst

- Organizationalneedsmetlastbywayoffair,justandproportionateallocations

a.Economic(GDP)b.Percapitasizec.Outputbysector

HowtheCorporateWaterGaugeWorks

PaulReigWorldResourcesInstitute@Paul_Reig

#H2OContext#NewMetrics

ValeriaOrozcoNestléWatersNorthAmerica@NestleWatersNA

#H2OContext#NewMetrics

ElizaRobertsCeres@elizabroberts

#H2OContext#NewMetrics

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$6,000

$7,000

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$10,000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

InitiativeAUM(US$)

UnitedNationsPrinciplesforResponsibleInvestment

$70trillion

Carbon DisclosureProject

$100trillion

Ceres’InvestorNetworkonClimateRisk&Sustainability

$17trillion

Key sustainability-related investor initiatives:

Sources: Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment Global Sustainable Investment Alliance

In 2016, sustainable and responsible investment strategies applied to more than one out of every five dollars under professional management in the U.S.

U.S. Sustainable & Responsible Investing(in billions)

9%11% 12%

11%

18%

22%

InvestorscareaboutSustainabilityArapidincreasingshareofglobalassetsaremanagedwithESGissuesinmind

ShareholderResolutionsasaProxy

Datasources:AsYouSow,Ceres0 5 10 15 20 25

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

ClimateChange

Deforestation

HumanRights

WaterUse&Pollution

AnimalWelfare

GMOs

Other

ShareholderProposalsRelatedtoSupplychain(byyear)U.S.Food,Beverage&FoodRetailIndustries

RylanDobsonRylanDobsonConsulting@rylan_dobson

#H2OContext#NewMetrics

CONTEXTUALWATERTARGETS

PHYSICAL

REGULATORY

REPUTATIONAL

PHYSICAL

REGULATORY

REPUTATIONAL

GoalsGoals

Goals

BASIN OP.RESPONSE BASIN OP.RESPONSE

GoalsGoals

Goals

MarkMcElroyCenterforSustainable

Organizations

@mwmce

PaulReigWorldResourcesInstitute

@Paul_Reig

RylanDobsonRylanDobsonConsulting

@rylan_dobson

StephanieBertelsEmbeddingProject

@sbertels

ElizaRobertsCeres

@elizabroberts

ValeriaOrozcoNestléWatersNorthAmerica

@NestleWatersNA

#H2OContext#NewMetrics