Resource alert: Water footprinting

Posted on 4 May 2012 by The Manufacturer

In the UK water is generally cheap and is used liberally both in a domestic and business context. But Joe Flanagan, principal consultant sustainability at international materials technology company Ceram, warns that this situation will not last and urges manufacturers to place water usage at the heart of corporate responsibility.

Joe Flanagan, principal consultant sustainability at international materials technology company Ceram
Manufacturers must start paying more than lip service to reducing water usage if they want to avoid supply disruptions, escalating costs – and maybe even a water trading scheme similar to that now applied to carbon – in the near…

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