Corporate water stewardship services
Bluerisk offers water analytics, strategy, implementation, and consulting services.
Analytics
Turn water data into actionable insights.
Key services areas:
- Water risk assessment and prioritization: locate, evaluate, and assess water dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities, at specific locations, or across the entire value chain, today and into the future. Identify priorities based on water-related financial materiality and value at risk
- Physical climate and water risk modeling: evaluate long-term water supply variability and hazard-asset-specific vulnerabilities under different climate conditions using CMIP6-based future projections on monthly water supply, demand, and stress. Use probabilistic models and uncertainty ranges to help communicate the range of potential outcomes over the next 10 to 15 years
- Water valuation and financial materiality: use practical, quantitative approaches to estimate the full value of water to the business and society and make the business case for action on water. Understand the business and societal return on investment (ROI and SROI), informed by water-related risks to the business, business-related water impacts on society, and the cost of solutions
Strategy
Develop impactful water strategies to manage water risk and build resilience.
Key services areas:
- Water strategy development: to design effective water strategies to manage water as a shared strategic resource in ways that: are tailored to the value chain water context, risks, and opportunities; address key business drivers and priorities; leverage existing programs (e.g., climate, energy, regenerative agriculture); and drive on-the-ground actions that build long-term water security, business resilience, and brand value
- Water goals and target setting: to set water targets and goals for key focus areas, informed by the local catchment context and business priorities. Define specific tracking and reporting metrics, methods, and KPIs, including consolidation at the enterprise level, to support the successful execution of the water strategy
- Water program design: to develop a high-level action plan or roadmap to identify key internal and external actions required to meet the water targets and goals. Define suggested milestones, timelines, estimate cost ranges, and links to potential functional responsibilities in ways that promote buy-in and alignment throughout the company
Implementation
Drive meaningful actions on-the-ground.
Key services areas:
- Watershed diagnostics: to understand a watershed’s geographic, environmental, social, and economic conditions; identify key stakeholders and communities; assess current and emerging shared water challenges and their root causes; and review existing water stewardship efforts to guide strategic goals and priority actions
- Project discovery and development: to identify and recommend watershed projects and partners that support the company’s water goals while improving water security and business resilience, aligned with local community and watershed priorities
- Volumetric Water Benefit Quantification and Reporting: to estimate the benefits of water stewardship projects in ways that support credible, relevant, and long-term value and enable strong, impactful claims
Estimated cost range:
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$1,800 to $6,000 per project
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$30,000 to $150,000 per program
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Sample projects
- Nestle Water & Premium Beverages water regeneration program (source)
- Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting: Guidance for implementing, evaluating, and claiming volumetric water benefits of water stewardship projects (source)
- Application of the VWBA Withdrawal Method to Incorporate Precipitation Variability for Agricultural Activities that Reduce Water Applied to Crops (source)
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Whether you need the full spectrum or specific support, our services are designed to build on each other and move your business toward water security.