Alliance for Water Stewardship
The AWS International Water Stewardship Standard
Launched in 2009, the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) is a global, member collaboration, comprised of businesses, non-governmental organizations and public sector groups, committed to local water resources through the adoption and promotion of a universal framework for the sustainable use of water. The International Water Stewardship system drives, recognizes, and rewards improved water stewardship performance through the AWS Standard, the first, comprehensive, global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship across social, cultural, environmental and economic criteria.
It achieves this by engaging sites in understanding and addressing shared water challenges as well as site water risks and opportunities. It asks sites to address these challenges in a way that progressively moves them to best practice in terms of five outcomes:
Good Water
Governance
Sustainable Water
Balance
Good Water
Quality Status
Important Water-
Related Areas
Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for All (Wash)
Our Global Commitment
Positive Water Stewardship
Our leadership in water stewardship has been certified by independent third parties under the Alliance for Water Stewardship standard for 13 of our 28 factories, the most in the U.S., and awarded BlueTriton Brands eight Platinum Certifications.
Our facility located in Ontario, California was the first AWS-certified site of any kind in North America, while the Cabazon facility is the first facility in North America to achieve an AWS Gold certification. Our Hope BC facility was the first AWS certified facility in Canada. In August 2019, the Stanwood bottling facility in Michigan earned Gold certification under AWS, our second facility awarded this certification. Achieving advanced-level certification recognizes the additional effort and positive water stewardship outcomes that go beyond core requirements , including the site’s positive contribution to the local groundwater system, best practice of the site’s water balance, best practice of the site’s water quality, and implementation of a water education program, among others.
We are committed to setting an example as a water steward. The AWS Standard reinforces our role and clearly demonstrates the steps we are taking to manage water resources responsibly.