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Water resource management services 

KPMG’s water resource management services can help you drive sustainable growth through innovation, increased revenue and decreased costs.

Climate change, urbanization, population growth and other sustainability megaforces will bring greater levels of uncertainty and risk to global water supplies. Businesses that respond strategically and collaboratively now can reduce future costs of mitigation and adaption.


At KPMG member firms, we understand that different businesses face different types of water challenges and opportunities. These must be addressed locally and regionally. Our services take a long term approach to water resource management that can help you drive sustainable growth through innovation, increased revenue and decreased costs.

Water Scarcity: A dive into global reporting trends

Water Scarcity
This edition of Sustainable Insight explores how the world’s major businesses are approaching water scarcity via corporate responsibility and sustainability reporting.

Issues Monitor: IDAS May 2012 – Potable Water

Potable Water
Access to safe and potable water is fundamental to achieving economic development. With rapid population growth, border disputes, inadequate management of water resources, and the effects of climate change, water scarcity has emerged as a key issue.

Water - Project Profiles

Water Project Profiles
Infrastructure 100: World Cities Edition, Water sector Leaders in the Field.

Turning off the taps: How water scarcity could threaten consumer production

Water: the next sustainability bombshell
Oil might hog the headlines, but many experts believe water is will become scarcest most quickly – and that’s a bad news for consumer goods groups.

We can assist organizations throughout each phase of a water stewardship program including:

Assess

  • Assessing the materiality of water use to the business
  • Quantifying water inputs and outputs (operations and supply chain) and identifying data gaps
  • Mapping water risk hot spots
  • Competitor and stakeholder benchmarking

Account

  • Preparing water accounts
  • Quantifying embedded water in products and services (LCA)

Plan

  • Preparing water resource management plans
  • Developing targets and KPIs linked to business value drivers
  • Preparing roadmap and implementation support

Act

  • Support for reporting and disclosure
  • Developing the business case water or initiatives/projects
  • Mapping and engaging stakeholders
  • Project management
  • Transaction services in relation to water impacts in acquisitions and mergers

Monitor

  • Conducting compliance audits
  • Providing independent assurance on reporting
  • Evaluating project and initiatives
  • Assessing the maturity of water programs