Sustainability

According to Global Water Challenge, sustainability is one of the most pressing issues facing the WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) sector today. More than 30 percent of WASH projects fail after two to five years. Resources available to help address this challenge include guidance on operations and maintenance approaches, tools to estimate long-term costs, and other resources to support sustainability.

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Sustainability Resources

Water: At What Cost? - The State of the World’s Water 2016 (ENGLISH)

Published: 
March 22, 2016
WaterAid
Today, more than 650 million people are living without access to an ‘improved’ source of drinking water. The price paid by these communities – in wasted income, ill-health, and lost productivity – is extremely high, and has a devastating impact from the family to the national level. This report...Read more

Low-income Customer Support Units: How utilities are successfully serving poor people

Published: 
January 18, 2016
WaterAid
Over the last decade, it has become common knowledge that residents of low-income urban communities are paying for effective, affordable pro-poor WASH services. A few smart utilities have pioneered ways of providing viable inclusive services. WaterAid has worked with some of these utilities over...Read more

Processes for Sustainability: Facilitating a Cycle of Success

Published: 
October 19, 2016
World VisionThe Water Institute at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
This two-page document summarises the findings of a recent study conducted by researchers at The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina. The lack of sustainable community-managed drinking water systems is a major concern in low- and middle-income countries. While water system breakdown...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

World Vision's Approach to Community Engagement for Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Projects

Published: 
October 7, 2016
World Vision
This report will serve to articulate the method of community engagement that World Vision has implemented to achieve high levels of long-term sustainability within their West Africa Regional WASH projects.Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Our approach to WASH in the Middle East and Eastern Europe Region

Published: 
November 1, 2016
World Vision
This two-page document summarises World Vision's strategic drivers and approaches for WASH in the Middle East and Eastern Europe Region. The second page includes summaries and links to more detail about World Vision's WASH work in specific countries in the region.�Read more

Insight of the Week: Worries About Water Strongest in the South

Published: 
May 25, 2021
Worries About Water Strongest in the South. Seriousness of Water Shortages, Very Serious; by CountryRead more
Regional focus: 
Global

Creating Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Communities: Perspectives from the SDG 11 Leadership Forum

Published: 
May 25, 2021
Learn from the perspectives of 150 guest contributors who explored the critical role that green infrastructure and urban green spaces can play in building sustainable cities and communities. The focus of the forum was to explore the challenges faced by North American urban centres.Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

INTERWOVEN RISKS, UNTAPPED OPPORTUNITIES: The business case for tackling water pollution in apparel and textile value chains

Published: 
May 25, 2021
The apparel and textile industry is one of the largest industries in the world, both in terms of annual revenue (over US$2.5 trillion pre-pandemic) and environmental degradation.Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Empowering Consumers Through Transparency

Published: 
May 25, 2021
Last year a group of brand, retailer, and manufacturer members from the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and GlobeScan joined forces to investigate how the apparel, footwear, and textile industry can offer more meaningful transparency to consumers.Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Rebuilding a More Sustainable Fashion Industry After COVID-19

Published: 
May 25, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting societal and economic shutdowns required to contain it present the apparel, footwear, and textile industries with unprecedented challenges. But while this crisis strains their commitment to sustainability, it simultaneously demands that companies accelerate...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

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