Become a water steward

Sign up to become a water steward for your business. Start saving water and protecting the environment.

Medium and large businesses

Take our 8-week Water Stewardship programme to become a certified water steward. It's open to industrial and commercial business owners.

Small businesses

If you're a small enterprise or local office, our 60-minute online Water Stewardship for SMEs Programme is ideal for you.

Accelerator Programme

For eligible companies, the new Water Stewardship Accelerator Programme includes a funded on-site water sustainability and resilience workshop that will assist sites in better planning to address current and future water-related challenges. Areas to be explored in the workshop include:

Understanding demand management issues and solutions;
Planning for evolving regulatory drivers and charging frameworks;
Recognising water-related impacts, risks, and opportunities;
Navigating water-related disclosure standards and frameworks; and
Identifying available funding from Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, and others to support business action on water.

Upon completion, the company will be provided with summary findings and recommended next steps.

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“Water is our most important ingredient, but is also a precious shared resource which is coming under increasing pressure. We have a strong track record in managing our impact on water and we are committed to delivering best-in-class water stewardship in our operations. The Water Stewardship Accelerator Programme empowers companies to take a meaningful leap towards water sustainability.”

Dawn Reilly, Sustainability and Utilities manager at Diageo

50%

increase in global water demand expected by 2030

40%

of Europe's water is used by industry and agriculture

600%

increase in global water demand in the last 100 years