BIER creates a water circularity good practices guide that supports beverage companies in attaining water circularity in their business.

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) has created a Water Circularity Good Practices Guide. The guide puts forth insights ideas and a framework that would help beverage companies put water circularity at the heart of their business’s water strategy

The Guide caters to the growing demand for a simple procedure that also integrates crucial factors to take into account when moving from from on-site methods to off-site circularity methods.

This is a comprehensive strategy, helps in achieving Collective Action and Integrated Water Resource Management Goals ( IWRM), which a critical part of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The BRAID Work Stream approach's strength, breadth, and integration can aid in public education and confidence building with respect to the advantages of circular water reuse.

The Water Circularity Good Practices Guide outlines the the

BRAID Work Stream (Benchmarking, Relationships, Accountability, Intertwined, Dynamic) — helps to coordinate complex solutions & strategies and create tailored outreach materials necessary to design and deliver impactful and sustainable watershed-level outcomes.

BRAID as defined by the guide is :

Benchmarking

Establish context by understanding water use-discharge dynamics within the watershed.

Relationships

Local partnerships, built on trust lead to more successful, long-term solutions.

Accountability

Transparent communications around circularity performance is critical. Engage stakeholders early and often.

Intertwined

Stakeholder engagement, quality assurance, and innovative solutions will likely overlap, and occur frequently.

Dynamic

To remain successful, continue to evaluate and/or adopt new opportunities, technologies, and messaging.

The guide also covers various case studies from brands like : ABInBev, Constellation Brands, Heineken, PepsiCo & Non-Beverage & Non Bevergae Industry Case Studies like Apple Inc, Chevron, Danone - On-Site, H&M Group, UPL (formerly United Phosphorous, Limited)

In order to lessen our reliance on freshwater resources and enhance the health of our watersheds, BIER hope that this guide can serve as an approachable and practical document to better prepare you and your organisation for the task at hand: socialising water-circularity opportunities, particularly those off-site.

About BIER

This is a technical coalition of leading international beverage businesses who have come together to form BIER . With the aim of enhancing environmental sustainability in the beverage industry. BIER, which was established in 2006, serves as a unified voice for the beverage industry, advocating for changes up and down the supply chain, influencing global standards on environmental sustainability issues most pertinent to the industry, and exchanging best practises that raise the bar for the sector's environmental performance.

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