In
my latest article on Guardian Sustainable Business, I discuss the nascent water offset market. As of now there are two different kinds of schemes: one that pays the owners of water rights to
not use their water allotments and another that works similarly to carbon offsets. With
water stewardship becoming increasingly of focus of companies burnishing their sustainability programs, many questions about water offsets must be asked. Can they make a difference in a world where fresh water is becoming more scarce? Should companies like those in the
beverage industry tackle water usage at the source? Or can new technologies and
more water efficient processes really make a difference?
Read the entire article here.
Photo courtesy Leon Kaye.
About The Author
Leon Kaye
Leon Kaye is the founder and editor of GreenGoPost.com and its advisory division,
GGP Media.
Contact him to discuss how he can work with your organization or event.
His focus is making the business case for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR).
He writes for San Francisco-based
Triple Pundit,
Inhabitat and now
The Guardian, for which he writes about corporate responsibility, water, and green building. He has also written for AIA's
Architect Magazine.
Leon works out of Fresno and Silicon Valley, California, and when he has free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, and planning his next trip to one of the 60 countries he has visited. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business and is also a proud graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Cal State-Fresno.
In my latest article on Guardian Sustainable Business, I discuss the nascent water offset market. As of now there are two different kinds of schemes: one that pays the owners of water rights to not use their water allotments and another that works similarly to carbon offsets. With water stewardship becoming increasingly of focus of companies burnishing their sustainability programs, many questions about water offsets must be asked. Can they make a difference in a world where fresh water is becoming more scarce? Should companies like those in the beverage industry tackle water usage at the source? Or can new technologies and more water efficient processes really make a difference?
Read the entire article here.
Photo courtesy Leon Kaye.
