Survey: Business Water Management Efforts Are Still a Drop in the Bucket
October 23 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Ecolab opens Water University to help companies
accelerate their progress
By the year 2030, water demand is expected to exceed sustainable
supply by 40 percent, but only 42 percent of respondents from a
recent survey conducted by Ecolab and GreenBiz Group cited water
management as a strategic corporate initiative. According to the
research, 82 percent of the 184 large businesses surveyed say they
are not sufficiently using advanced tools and technologies to
better manage their water use.
To encourage better water management practices, Nalco Water,
Ecolab’s global water management business, has created Water
University, a hands-on training facility for Nalco Water clients
and associates. The new Water University will be officially
dedicated today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nalco Water’s
Naperville campus. Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti, former
U.S. Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, State Senator Michael
Connelly and Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico, as well as leaders
from industry and non-governmental organizations and other local
representatives, will be part of the opening ceremonies.
Water University will provide the tools and training businesses
need to strategically manage water more efficiently. The innovative
learning environment showcases water management technologies
serving a variety of industries. It also features a training
facility with a lab and a range of equipment for hands-on training.
Water University is expected to host more than 2,200 global
visitors in 2018.
“In partnership with our customers, our goal by 2030 is to help
save 300 billion gallons of water annually – equal to the yearly
drinking needs of more than one billion people,” said Christophe
Beck, executive vice president and president of Nalco Water. “Water
University is a state-of-the-art facility where 200 scientists
share solutions to conserve our most precious resource –
water.”
Ecolab’s 25,000-strong field team serves customers globally, and
they have access to data from tens of thousands of digitally
controlled and remotely monitored IoT devices to ensure immediate
problem identification and resolution.
The Ecolab/GreenBiz Group survey further underscores the need
for companies to rethink their water management. Key findings of
the survey include:
- Water is an increasing priority –
especially in the consumer packaged goods and healthcare industries
– but it still is not a key factor in corporate decision
making.
- Most companies have water-related
targets (75%) – but the retail and healthcare sectors are lagging
in integrating water into corporate decision making.
- Respondents said the key drivers for
managing water are: mitigating business risk (48%); meeting
regulatory requirements (33%); saving money (30%); achieving
internal goals (28%); protecting local sources of water (28%); and
improving company brand (23%).
- The majority of companies (82%) say
they lack the tools and strategies to turn data into actionable
insights.
“We need to start thinking about how we can do more with the
water we are using,” said Jason Morrison, president of the Pacific
Institute and head of CEO Water Mandate, which partnered with
Ecolab to evaluate the survey findings. “We all need to help drive
this shift from thinking of water as a consumable good to managing
water as a reusable asset.”
For more information about Water University as well as photos,
please visit Ecolab.com. For more information on the survey results
or to set up an interview with a water expert from Ecolab, please
contact Ecolab Media Relations at 651-250-3273 or
mediarelations@ecolab.com.
About EcolabA trusted partner at more than one million
customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water,
hygiene and energy technologies and services that protect people
and vital resources. With 2016 sales of $13 billion and
48,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions and
on-site service to promote safe food, maintain clean environments,
optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies
for customers in the food, healthcare, energy, hospitality and
industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. For
more Ecolab news and information, visit www.ecolab.com. Follow
us on Twitter @ecolab or Facebook
at facebook.com/ecolab.
About GreenBiz GroupGreenBiz Group’s mission is to define
and accelerate the business of sustainability. It does this through
a wide range of products and services, including its acclaimed
website GreenBiz.com and e-newsletters, GreenBuzz and VERGE;
webcasts on topics of importance to sustainability and energy
executives; research reports, including the annual State of Green
Business; the GreenBiz Executive Network, a membership-based,
peer-to-peer learning forum for sustainability executives; and
conferences: the annual GreenBiz forum and VERGE.
www.greenbiz.com
About the Pacific Institute and CEO Water MandateThe
Pacific Institute is a global water think tank that combines
science-based thought leadership with active outreach to influence
local, national, and international efforts in developing
sustainable water policies.
The UN CEO Water Mandate is a unique public-private initiative –
established by the UN Global Compact in 2007 and endorsed by global
companies from a variety of industry sectors – designed to assist
companies in the development, implementation, and disclosure of
corporate water stewardship practices and policies.
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