Thriving in a Water Stressed World
Thriving in a Water Stressed World
Presented on Tuesday, June 28, 2016
What steps should you take to identify the major water-related risks to your direct business operations?
Are your sites and supply chains prepared for water shortages and water quality issues, for instance?
Are your sites and supply chains prepared for water shortages and water quality issues, for instance?
Learn about a strategic framework for mitigating water-related risks that reduce water intensity, maintain access to reliable, safe sources of water, and ensure business continuity even as water resources continue to dwindle in many regions during this half-hour presentation.
The Alliance for Water Stewardship has a water standard that helps sites thrive in water-stressed situations, both within direct operations and within supply chains. The AWS International Water Stewardship Standard is internationally recognized and is being implemented worldwide including sites in North America.
Speaker:
Matthew Howard
Alliance for Water Stewardship-North America (AWS-NA)
Alliance for Water Stewardship-North America (AWS-NA)
Matt Howard, director of the Alliance for Water Stewardship-North America (AWS-NA), a program of The Water Council, leads the North American implementation of the AWS International Water Stewardship Standard, which is a strategic framework for companies to identify and mitigate water risks within direct operations and supply chains. He is also working with The Water Council to develop other water-related sustainability and stewardship programs for North American companies.
Prior to joining AWS-NA, Howard served as Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s sustainability director from 2010 to 2015 and spent 11 years with the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. He published North America’s first municipal urban water systems benchmarking report, helped create the U.S. Department of Commerce’s first sustainable manufacturing initiative, and assisted the White House Council on Environmental Quality on implementing the administration’s green government directive.
Howard was recently appointed the EPA administrator to the National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology. He has a B.A. and an M.A. in international economics, and is a LEED- and Lean Six Sigma-accredited professional.
