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Water: Impacts, Risks and Opportunities in our Supply Chain. Vevey, 22 March 2012. Carlo Galli. Setting the scene: Freshwater availability vs. demand. From: WEF Water Resources Group (2009): “Charting our Water Future”. Impacts: it’s about volumes. The Water Footprints of F&B business.
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Water: Impacts, Risks and Opportunities in our Supply Chain Vevey, 22 March 2012 Carlo Galli
Setting the scene: Freshwater availability vs. demand From: WEF Water Resources Group (2009): “Charting our Water Future”
Impacts: it’s about volumes.The Water Footprints of F&B business Virtual Virtual Virtual water water water flow flow flow Food Consumer Retailer Farmer processer From: Hoekstra et al. (2011): “The Water Footprint Assessment Manual” green and blue water use blue water use grey water blue water use blue water use grey water grey water grey water
Total CWU (rainwater + irrigation) (~ 44.8 billion m3) Blue CWU (irrigation) (~ 2.9 billion m3) Impacts: Consumptive Water Use for Nestlé agricultural raw materials Blue CWU of 460 Nestlé factories = 0,05 billion m3 DRAFT
Sustainability of fresh milk production is about...rice • Intensification of dairy farming • Better irrigation and cultivation practices for rice • SRI trials in Punjab SAIN Case India Moga
Coffee farming is booming • Unsustainable practices • Improvement of water use efficiency and fertilizers management • Scale up initiative with key stakeholders SAIN Case Vietnam Dak Lak
Power of collective food industry approach • Collective farmer approach to water management • Better irrigation scheduling • Work on supply and demand side Collective action: SAI Icrisat India