Climate & Environment
Water Positive
A corporate commitment to return more water to watersheds than an organisation consumes, through efficiency, reuse and replenishment projects in water-stressed basins.
Definition
Water positive describes a goal in which an organisation's contributions to water availability — through replenishment, restoration and stewardship projects — exceed its operational water consumption, particularly in water-stressed regions. Claims are typically time- and geography-bound and rely on volumetric accounting.
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