Water scarcity and stress problems across the UK have a new defender and watchdog in the shape of a coalition of non-governing entities with business interests in the UK. Approximately 60 businesses have declared their intent to create a sustainable environmental resource overseeing alliance, or catchment management. The declaration was signed on the 29th of the month and published by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Signatories, such as Coca-Cola and Nestle, are highly invested, as business entities. Their obvious stake in how the water resources in their place of business fare places them on their mettle to prove themselves good water stewards. They are to alert communities as to their actions, creating a framework for employees and suppliers to exercise best practices to avoid waste and limit pollutants to reaching water supplies. The pledgers have agreed to meet and check their ongoing progress annually, hoping eventually to spread the good word and the stewarding mantle to other areas beyond the UK.

Key Takeaways:

• Sixty business entities have created a coalition to aid UK in preventing water waste and pollution.
• Some of the signatories of the catchment management agreement include, Coca-Cola, Nestle and Marks & Spencer.
• The business behemoths will work to encourage best water sustainability practices among their suppliers, employees and customers.

“Water stress such as flooding or drought can impact business continuity and add costs, whether this is directly within operations or further up the value chain”

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