Introduction -- The Digital Century -- "Wicked Problem" of Water: Why Business as Usual is Failing Us -- The Digital Water Opportunity: The Experience of Other Sectors -- The Digital Water Ecosystem -- The Challenges -- The Roadmap -- Closing.

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....

The value of water -- Global trends as drivers for innovation -- Do water and innovation 'mix?' -- Water supply -- Water demand -- The water, energy, and food nexus -- The ideas -- The money -- Commercialization -- What does success look like? -- The global world water forum 2024

Purpose – This paper aims to challenge corporate theories such as creating shared value (CSV) as to how they account for company water use given that water risk is ultimately not an efficiency challenge. In exploring CSV and the management of shared resources, there are limitations to the...

Machine generated contents note: Foreword (William Sarni).Preface.Acknowledgments.About the Author.Introduction.Part One: How Sustainability Creates Value.1. Sustainable Companies Are Market Leaders.2. Sustainable Market Leaders Compete on Sustainability.3. Competing on Sustainability Creates...

Introduction -- The basics -- Why water and business value -- Valuing water -- Corporate water stewardship -- Water stewardship strategy -- Reputational risk -- Water stewardship and brand value -- Value beyond water stewardship : creating abundance -- Creating abundance

The problem with business as usual -- Risk associated with business-as-usual practices -- Demand for energy -- Demand for food -- Demand for water -- The challenge of the Nexus -- Demand for resources -- Climate change -- Tough choices -- the tradeoffs -- Why is it hard to make tough decisions?...