While much has changed since 2013, much remains the same. Water stewardship, as a concept, remains as critical as ever. The drivers have grown from corporate water risk and been mainstreamed into economic water risk, value and purpose.

We must build upon the successes that have been seen around starting the journey for small and medium sized enterprises, embedding the concept in sustainability standards, building the idea into sectoral initiatives, growing levels of water disclosure and improving collaboration. 

To forge a new pathway, we need those companies already engaged in water stewardship to help drive a new narrative in the water stewardship space - one that is focused around notions of value, opportunity, collaboration, context, innovation and resilience.