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China Water Stewardship Dialogue
On 5th January AWS co-hosted a Water Stewardship Dialogue in Beijing with two of our Board Organizations, WWF and The Nature Conservancy. More than fifty participants heard about the respective programs of the host organizations, before discussing ways in which to advance water stewardship in China.

Second AWS Latin America Regional Forum
Stakeholders from throughout the region gathered in Mexico to collate information gathered in five regional workshops during 2010. The outcomes of the Forum will be presented to and inform the work of the AWS International Standard Development Committee.

European Water Stewardship Launch
AWS Board Organization European Water Partnership launched European Water Stewardship (EWS) on November 24. European Water Stewardship is designed to provide the tools to make the complementary efforts of the private sector and enforced implementation of European legal requirements part of daily business practice to create long-term solutions for water management on a river basin scale.

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Forthcoming Events

As one of the "Target Coordinators", AWS is hosting a session at the 6th World Water Forum, taking place from March 12th - 16th in Marseille, France. Our work surrounds the target that "By 2015, more than 20 major businesses and their supply chains, from multiple business sectors, have developed water footprint impact mitigation and sustainable water management certification programmes". The session will explore experiences and solutions proposed by companies and associations that AWS works closely with, as well as additional proposals from other parties. We are joined in our work for this forum by Diversey, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, NALCO and the UN CEO Water Mandate. If you would like to join us for this session please go to the World Water Forum website for more details.