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Ahead of the curve: industry leaders driving water performance and stewardship uptake in China Megan McLeod | AWS Asia-Pacific AWS STANDARD V2.0 AWS Water Stewardship 3 rd Party Certification Credible Claims Catchment Impacts AWS Global

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Ahead of the curve: industry leaders driving water performance and stewardship uptake in China

Megan McLeod | AWS Asia-Pacific

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AWS STANDARD V2.0

3rd Party Certification Credible Claims Catchment Impacts

AWS Water Stewardship

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~40 certified ~80 registered ~100 pipeline

AWS Global Uptake

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Source：中国绿色经济展望2010-2050

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AWS in China – Partners and Sectors

Strategic Partners National Standard Setting Partner Supporting Partners ICT Sector Leaders

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AWS in China – Multinational Leaders

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Scaling-up Industrial Water Stewardship in Kunshan City

First Local Government Incentive Policy

Kunshan government 100,000

RMB incentive payment for achieving AWS certification Strong Uptake of the AWS Standard

8 companies certified against AWS

Standard, and 1 achieved Gold Certification Market Signal from Major Electronic Brands

Two global brands publicly

declared their willingness to engage key suppliers

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Fashion Industry Awareness Raising

2016 first introduction of AWS Water Stewardship to Australian Fashion Council (AFC) members 2017 roundtable with the Australasian Brands Alliance 2017 reciprocal membership between AWS AP and AFC 2017 guest speaker in the Sustainable Living Festival 2017 AWS Asia-Pacific AGM Special Event – “Water, Fashion, Cotton” 2018 China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) Roadshow, Australia 2019 Responsible Fashion Summit, Sydney

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Water Stewardship China Network Quarterly Gatherings

International NGOs
Local NGOs
Water Utility Operator
Global Brands / MNCs
Local Companies
Consultants
Financial Institutes

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Learnings

Benefits

Community trust
Cost savings
Increased staff capacity & motivation

Challenges Realising market benefits; increasing market recognition and demand

B2B – more brands requiring AWS can

increase uptake

B2C – consumer demand can improve

industry performance Drivers

Multinational companies: common approach across

whole business, understanding sites’ risks, brand credentials

Supply chain managers looking at risks in their supply

chain (particularly regulatory risks)

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BEING PROACTIVE 变被动为主动 BEING STRATEGIC 从策略到战略 BEYOND COMPLIANCE 超越合规 COLLABORATION is KEY 合作共赢