Sustainability

According to Global Water Challenge, sustainability is one of the most pressing issues facing the WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) sector today. More than 30 percent of WASH projects fail after two to five years. Resources available to help address this challenge include guidance on operations and maintenance approaches, tools to estimate long-term costs, and other resources to support sustainability.

Sustainability Resources

Water: At What Cost? - The State of the World’s Water 2016 (ENGLISH)

Publication date:
March 22, 2016
WaterAid
Today, more than 650 million people are living without access to an ‘improved’ source of drinking water. The price paid by these communities – in wasted income, ill-health, and lost productivity – is extremely high, and has a devastating impact from the family to the national level. This report...Read more

Processes for Sustainability: Facilitating a Cycle of Success

Publication date:
October 19, 2016
World Vision
The Water Institute at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
This two-page document summarises the findings of a recent study conducted by researchers at The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina. The lack of sustainable community-managed drinking water systems is a major concern in low- and middle-income countries. While water system breakdown...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Our approach to WASH in the Middle East and Eastern Europe Region

Publication date:
November 1, 2016
World Vision
This two-page document summarises World Vision's strategic drivers and approaches for WASH in the Middle East and Eastern Europe Region. The second page includes summaries and links to more detail about World Vision's WASH work in specific countries in the region.�Read more

Empowering Consumers Through Transparency

Publication date:
May 25, 2021
Last year a group of brand, retailer, and manufacturer members from the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and GlobeScan joined forces to investigate how the apparel, footwear, and textile industry can offer more meaningful transparency to consumers.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Rebuilding a More Sustainable Fashion Industry After COVID-19

Publication date:
May 25, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting societal and economic shutdowns required to contain it present the apparel, footwear, and textile industries with unprecedented challenges. But while this crisis strains their commitment to sustainability, it simultaneously demands that companies accelerate...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

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