Sustained basin-level partnerships: case studies Pathway 3 CASE STUDY 9 Living Danube Partnership – collective action at the basin-level to address watershed health Organizations: WWF, The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF). Description: The Living Danube Partnership is an example of collective action, uniting multiple stakeholders including, among others, WWF, the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River and TCCF. This partnership aims to implement basin-level water management, breaking down silos to achieve the shared goal of improving watershed health in the Danube basin. By engaging decision- makers from politics and business, the partnership promotes a shift in mindset and awareness regarding water stewardship. The partnership has restored vital wetlands, rivers and floodplains along the Danube and its tributaries, increasing the river’s capacity by 12 million m³ and restoring 53 km² of wetland habitat. This initiative was supported by funding from TCCF ($4.4 million), as well as from the EU’s LIFE Nature programme, GEF/World Bank and others. Sources: See endnotes.94,95 CASE STUDY 10 PepsiCo’s public-private-philanthropic partnerships to deliver on water stewardship ambitions in multiple regions Organizations: PepsiCo with Inter-American Development Bank, TNC, WWF and others. Description: PepsiCo has implemented plans to address water risk and resilience at a watershed level and has formed stakeholder partnerships in water-stressed areas to amplify impact and improve broader watershed health. PepsiCo draws on the expertise and local knowledge of multiple partners to deliver on its water stewardship ambitions, including with non-profit organizations, research institutions, developmental experts and collaborative initiatives. Partnerships to drive action at the watershed level have been formed with the following actors: –Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): a public-private-philanthropic partnership between PepsiCo, the PepsiCo Foundation and IDB for collaborative efforts across Latin America. Its work includes installing water connections for difficult-to-reach rural and dispersed communities in Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala and Honduras. IDB and PepsiCo have also launched a modelling tool called Hydro-BID to help local governments estimate the availability of freshwater in water-scarce regions and to support water budgeting and water-resource planning. –TNC: a partnership on water stewardship efforts and in implementing projects to achieve PepsiCo’s 2030 goal (replenishing back into the local watershed more than 100% of the water used in PepsiCo’s high water-risk manufacturing facilities). In 2023, there were 22 active partnerships between PepsiCo and TNC spanning North America, Latin America and Africa, returning over 9 billion litres of water back into local watersheds. –WWF, Pakistan: a partnership to improve water security near Lahore and Multan, with rainwater harvesting, water recharge interventions and constructed wetlands. This expanded to South Africa in 2021, adding additional programmes in high water-risk watersheds. On a global scale, PepsiCo engaged with WWF to develop a PepsiCo Stakeholder Engagement Guide. Sources: See endnotes.96,97 Water Futures: Mobilizing Multi-Stakeholder Action for Resilience 36

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