UK Industry Acting on Water Issue

Business in the Community's Government-backed Water Taskforce is Calling on all UK Businesses to Take Action to Improve their Resilience to the Risk of Flooding and Drought

The Business in the Community (BITC) Water Taskforce, chaired byUnited Utilities' CEO, Steve Mogford, is calling on UK businesses - large and small, from every sector - to consider their relationship with water and take action to improve their resilience to gluts and shortages of water.

Gudrun Cartwright, head of innovation and partnerships at BITC, said: "Water management should be part of all sustainable business strategies. There is a clear and urgent need for UK businesses to act now and respond to water challenges."

To mark the start of a three-year plan of action, the group has launched a report‘Securing the Resources for Future Prosperity', which highlights the water challenges faced in the UK, reasons why businesses should take action and what they need to do. The report uncovers many stories of how businesses are already rising to the challenge.

The food industry is one of the major users of water and Decc is providing the Water Stewardship in Food Supply Chains Project within the Water Taskforce with £150,000 to help boost collaboration and share knowledge across the supply chain.

Source: Energy & Environment Management

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• Drought
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