Water
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Water Futures: Working together with WWF and GIZ for a secure water future
Through our Water Futures partnership with WWF and GIZ (the German government’s development agency), we aim to protect watersheds critical to SABMiller’s operations and supply chains, and to strengthen the role of the private sector in promoting the sustainable management of water resources and share the lessons learnt:
“WWF is encouraged by the way SABMiller has identified water as a critical business issue. This is not just corporate social responsibility; this is about the essence of their business. As a global company that operates with strong local operations, SABMiller has identified the need to address water security and resilience in a way that maps the culture of the company. This has led them to address water locally around the world, reflecting the reality that water is, above-all, a local issue.”
David Nussbaum, Chief Executive of WWF – UK
“We are proving that in a well-facilitated and transparent environment, businesses can form action-orientated partnerships with government, NGOs and donors, in an effort to pool resources to tackle what is likely to be the greatest challenge of the century: water security for all.”
Robin Farrington, Water Stewardship, Advisor, GIZ
“Our partnership follows an innovative and participatory approach to sustainably manage water resources. This should equally benefit the entire population, the environment and production processes. Moreover, we strive for an improved responsiveness to adapt to climate change. We see our role in facilitating this dynamic dialogue among all stakeholders concerned.”
Andreas Kanzler, Head of Water Section GIZ
Working with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to protect watersheds
MillerCoors understands the importance of maintaining and preserving freshwater systems. Since 2009, MillerCoors and TNC have worked together in the Silver Creek watershed of central Idaho. Silver Creek is one of the country’s premier trout streams and one of the TNC’s premier preserves. It is also surrounded by barley growers under contract to MillerCoors.
“One of our biggest challenges at The Nature Conservancy is scaling up our work. As a society, we need to address the fact that agriculture dominates freshwater use, and many agricultural practices are not aligned with water conservation. So it’s no longer enough for us to do demonstration projects. We need to change whole patterns of thinking. Our partnership with MillerCoors in the Silver Creek watershed in Idaho demonstrates how this can work.”
Richard Rosengren, Director, Corporate Partnerships, TNC
