In this episode Mark and Chris speak with Alexis Morgan and Jason Walters about a research project they led with 20 companies on the future of the corporate water agenda.
To improve water stewardship and communications, companies need to embrace more transparent, direct disclosure and real impacts in nature that avoid technical, jargon-heavy terms, which are not engaging or credible for most audiences.
To drive effective and impactful water stewardship, companies must prioritize cross-sector collaboration in priority river basins and value chains rather than focusing solely on their own water efficiency.
Strong majority of over 350 experts believe it is extremely important to integrate water stewardship into corporate sustainability initiatives for climate adaptation, nature, and regenerative agriculture.
The Future Water Agenda Report from GlobeScan and WWF offers insights to enhance corporate water stewardship and advance collective action on water challenges.
Despite political divisions, both Democrat and Republican voters believe companies should support government efforts to protect fresh water.
Ahead of World Water Day 2025, our 20th March webinar launched our groundbreaking report from WWF and GlobeScan’s research program, “Shaping the Future Water Agenda.
Experts Rate Society’s Performance Poorly in Achieving the SDGs, Especially Goal #10 Society’s Performance on the Sustainable Development Goals % of Experts, 2021 Experts continue to rate progress on each individual SDG as mostly negative, with majorities rating progress as poor on ten of the 17 Goals. Progress on Reduced Inequalities, Life on Land, and Life Below Water is rated especially negatively. The Goals with the most positive progress include Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure and Partnerships for the Goals. This assessment … “Insight of the Week: Experts Rate Society’s Performance Poorly in Achieving the SDGs, Especially Goal #10”
Worries About Water Strongest in the South Seriousness of Water Shortages, “Very Serious,” by Country, 2020 Although people in all 27 markets surveyed tend to be at least somewhat concerned about fresh water shortages, these concerns are much more intense among those living in Southern Europe, Latin America, and Africa and the Middle East. In contrast, Asian respondents tend to be the least worried about a lack of fresh water. Strong concern about water cuts across all demographic groups, with … “Insight of the Week: Worries About Water Strongest in the South”
One in three fear their favourite fish will be off the menu by 2040 High levels of concern for our oceans are driving a new wave of consumer activism, research for the Marine Stewardship Council reveals, as consumers increasingly ‘vote with their forks’ to safeguard our oceans. The largest survey of its kind involving more than 20,000 people across 23 countries, conducted by independent insights consultancy, GlobeScan, reveals that 6 in 10 seafood shoppers (58%) already made changes to the … “Concern for the Oceans Drives Consumers to ‘Vote with their Forks’ for Sustainable Seafood”