Total water withdrawals

Unit

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: Cubic meters (m³)

Indicator

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: Water consumption and withdrawal

Metric type

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: Pressure

Framework alignment notes

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E3-4 28b AR28
Target 16
SASB IF RE-140a.1., IF-RE-140a.2., IF-RE-140a.3.
TNFD A3.0 Total volume of water withdrawal and consumption (m3)

Target example

[Company name] will reduce its water withdrawal in the [basin] to [target amount in ML/year] by the [target year], compared with a baseline of [baseline amount in ML/year] in [baseline year].

Target Source: WBCSD target template

Sector

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Built Environment

Value chain stage

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Raw Materials Manufacturing Use

Metric assessment

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Relevance: High

Feasibility: High

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Description

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Description

Value chain stage

Manufacturing

Sector of stage operator

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