In the past businesses have viewed water as a minimal operational cost and not a strategic issue. However, water has now emerged as a critical issue for both corporations and the public sector in response to increased water demand, climatic risks and potentially negative impacts on brand value.
This innovative book provides up-to-date information on global water issues and describes how companies can not only address these challenges but also implement high value global water strategies. It shows:
why water is a critical business issue for companies which now face water risk to their operations and brandshow new concepts such as embedded water and virtual water are forcing companies to think differently about how they use water to manufacture productsthat companies need to develop a corporate water strategy to manage it as a key business issue and capture the real value of waterhow companies can develop partnerships with non-governmental organizations to implement water strategies.
- ISBN10 1280683562
- ISBN13 9781280683565
- Publish Date 1 January 2012 (first published 27 January 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 February 2015
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Format eBook
- Language English