Corporations as Custodians of the Public Good? Exploring the Intersection of Corporate Water Stewardship and Global Water Governance /

• Main Author: Rudebeck, Thérèse (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Water Governance - Concepts, Methods, and Practice,
• Subjects: Environmental policy.; Environmental management.; Industrial management-Environmental aspects.; Water pollution.; Sustainable development.; Natural resources.; Environmental Politics.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Corporate Environmental Management.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Sustainable Development.; Natural Resources.

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of how local corporate water strategies influence global water governance objectives. In various geographies, companies spearhead a quest for more sustainable water management within and beyond their own operations. This book critically examines such str...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introducing Corporate Water Stewardship in the Context of Global Water Governance
• Part I: Incorporation
• Chapter 2. Understanding the Enabling Environment
• Chapter 3. The Rise of Corporate Water Stewardship
• Part II: Involvement
• Chapter 4. Companies and Water Resources Management
• Chapter 5. Companies and Water Sanitation and Hygiene
• Part III: Influence
• Chapter 6. Corporate Legitimacy in Collective Action
• Chapter 7. Corporations and the Shaping of the Global Water Agenda
• Chapter 8. Imagining Pathways Forward: Corporate Water Stewardship and the future of Global Water Governance.