Volume of water withdrawn per unit of production/revenue
Unit
Indicator
Metric type
Framework alignment notes
CDP Water Security
W1.3 Provide a figure for your organization's total water withdrawal efficiency
SBTN: Appendix 2 - Table A3: Monthly or annual volume, per source (surface water, groundwater, municipal grid, etc.) of water withdrawal.
Target example
[Company name] will reduce the volume of water withdrawal in [basin] per unit of production/revenue to [target amount in ML/year] by [target year].
Target source: WBCSD target template
Metric assessment
Relevance:
Medium
Feasibility:
High
Additional Metric Notes
ACT-D stage
Assess
Maturity stage
Developing
Metric Contribution to Action
Monitoring this metric helps improve water use efficiency by linking consumption to economic outputs.
Observations, Successes and Challenges
- Provides insight into how water usage scales with production or economic output.
- Does not reflect total water impact
- Higher revenues do not necessarily mean better environmental performance.
- May not account for local water stress