ECO-OS and EWS Announce Partnership to ‘Digitize’ Water Stewardship

European Water Stewardship (EWS) initiative joined forces with ECO-OS, an online operating system for corporate sustainability management, to develop a digital platform for the data management and audit processes behind the EWS Standard. 

Water management is often taken for granted and treated as no more than a low operational expense. But the pressures are mounting and action on water stewardship is becoming imperative to ensure our resilience to water challenges and the adaptability of businesses worldwide.

With this vision in mind, the European Water Stewardship (EWS) initiative joined forces with ECO-OS, an online operating system for corporate sustainability management, to develop a digital platform for the data management and audit processes behind the EWS Standard.

The EWS addresses everyday challenges of water users in and outside Europe, with a water stewardship standard at its heart that is widely used by businesses large and small from a broad range of sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, hospitality and agriculture.

EWS, together with its group of expert implementation partners, provide sophisticated water analyses and affordable and scalable support services. Noam Gressel, CEO of ECO-OS explained how the new digital platform ‘Reduces the burden on the network of expert water stewardship practitioners and auditors to collect, aggregate and report data related to water management with a scalable, multisite software solution.

The tool allows water stewards to extend the insights provided by the Standard, with additional analytical tools such as: internal and external benchmarking, supply chain assessments, location-based stress tests and near real time corporate-level monitoring’.

‘Raising the bar on water stewardship is necessary for businesses leading in their sector, especially as we deepen our understanding of the vulnerability of our production facilities and supply chains’, says EWS Director Tom Vereijken.

‘Indeed, water stewardship has rapidly become a necessary component for building a resilient, sustainable business case in line with circular economy.

Joining forces to digitize the European Water Stewardship Standard is a significant step in enabling the water stewardship efforts of businesses and governments worldwide’.

Press release by: European Water Partnership

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