"New Guidance Available for Companies to Help Them Respect Human Rights to Water and Sanitation", 16 Jan 2015

...The first comprehensive guidance for companies about how to meet their responsibility to respect the...rights to water and sanitation was launched today by the United Nations Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate – a public-private initiative designed to assist companies in the development, implementation and disclosure of water sustainability policies and practices...The...Guidance...will help companies translate their responsibility to respect the...rights to water and sanitation into their existing...policies, practices, and company cultures...[The development of the Guidance] was informed not only by...partners with expertise in water resources and human rights, but also by business representatives, civil society organizations, and UN agencies...The Guidance...is designed to be applicable to a broad range of corporate water users, and underscores the important nature of effective stakeholder engagement throughout the process...