As part of its ambitious new 2026-2030 Strategy, the Global Water Partnership (GWP) is rolling out a transformative approach to aligning private sector water stewardship commitments with existing public sector investment opportunities, aiming to bridge sustainable investment gaps for water, in basins across the world.
Using existing corporate commitments to the Net Positive Water Impact (NPWI) framework as a starting point, GWP is deploying the water intelligence of its network of Regional and Country Water Partnerships around the world, and its strong trusted relationship with the public sector, to match corporate water stewardship commitments with readily accessible investment opportunities, which meet the public sector’s greatest investment needs.
GWP pinpoints these needs based on existing water and climate plans, including those under the SDGs, National Adaptation Plans and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), among others. In that way, GWP is reducing the transaction costs for companies in meeting their NPWI goals, while also making a tangible contribution to the achievement of SDG 6, the Paris Agreement and other relevant global frameworks.
This approach has already been successful in generating win-win-win arrangements for corporate partners such as Coca Cola, Microsoft, Reckitt and Crown, for local authorities where the companies are located, and for the watersheds in which they operate. Many more conversations are ongoing with corporate partners, aiming to replicate this approach across the GWP network, and more news of some significant agreements will be announced very soon.
“I invite all companies that are committed to contributing to a water-secure world to contact us, to help them to make transformative investments that don’t just reduce their business risks, but also maximise the broader public impact” said Alex Simalabwi, CEO and Executive Secretariat of the Global Water Partnership Organisation, which supports the GWP network around the world. “This is your opportunity to be part of a global movement of local water and climate solutions”, he added.
This approach is key to GWP’s goals of unlocking USD 15 billion in global water investments and mobilise USD 500 million directly for countries and partners, over the 2026-2030 period, as part of the Global Transformation Agenda for Climate-Resilient Water Investments.
Find out more about how GWP’s approach to water replenishment works, through this short fact sheet.