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Scores can be generated at a facility specific level by filling in the questionnaire. All answers to the questionnaire can be saved to allow the user to return to complete the questionnaire at another time. You can also send the questionnaire - fully secured - to another user, for example a plant manager, who will be able to enter information on your behalf.

The questions with water drops are direct risk indicators. Other questions do not influence the risk scores, but may help to better understand the water situation of your company. This may be helpful when defining what your company can do to respond to water issues and mitigate some of the risks.

Risk Indicator

Company related risk questionnaire

  • Physical Risk
    • Scarcity (Quantity)
      • 1. Importance of having sufficient amounts of clean freshwater available for the production/ operational site's operations
      • 2. Problems the company has/had withdrawing/obtaining the required amount of water for its operations
      • 2a. If yes, please explain:
      • 3. Total annual amount of freshwater withdrawn either directly from a water source or through the municipal supply (m3/year)
      • Please indicate the percentage of the total amount of freshwater that your company withdraws for its production/ operational site per water source:
        • 01-10%11-50%51-90%91-100%
        • 3a. Surface (e.g. River/ Lake)
        • 3b. Ground-water
        • 3c. Municipal Supply
        • 3d. Rainwater
        • 3e. Non-freshwater (e.g. saltwater)
        • 3f. Unknown Source
      • 4. Percentage of the total amount of withdrawn water that is recycled or reused (used more than once). Maximum answer for this indicator is 100%
      • 4a. What is the total amount of waste water discharged? (m³/year)
      • Please indicate the percentage of the total amount of waste water that your company discharges into the different receiving bodies:
        • 01-10%11-50%51-90%91-100%
        • 4b. Ocean
        • 4c. Surface (e.g. River/ Lake)
        • 4d. Subsurface/ Well
        • 4e. Off-Site Water Treatment
        • 4f. Other or unknown
    • Pollution (Quality)
      • 5. Typical level of water pollution caused by this industry
        • 5a. Average ecotoxicity (kg eq triethylene glycol into water/$)
        • 5b. Average eutrophication (kg eq triethylene glycol into water/$)
        • 5c. Average acidification (kg eq triethylene glycol into water/$)
      • 6. Requirement of treatment/ purification of the water the company withdraws before use in operations
      • 7. Percentage of the withdrawn freshwater that is discharged with some level of pollution
      • 8. Quality measurements of the water the company withdraws and discharges by the company itself or an external company
      • 8a. If no, please explain:
    • Physical risk of suppliers
      • 9a. Please select the country of origin of the main supplier(s) to the company
      • 10. Estimated total annual amount of freshwater withdrawn by suppliers to this specific company or facility (m3/year)
      • 11. Average level of water pollution caused by suppliers to this industry
        • 11a. Average ecotoxicity (kg eq triethylene glycol into water/$)
        • 11b. Average eutrophication (kg eq triethylene glycol into water/$)
        • 11c. Average acidification (kg eq triethylene glycol into water/$)
      • 12. Flexibility of the company to change its main supplier(s)
  • Regulatory Risk
      • 13. Compliance of the company to legal quality discharge standards for wastewater
      • 13a. If your company does not meet discharge quality requirements, please explain which elements do not comply (e.g. COD/ BOD/ TSS/ Chemicals/ Temperature/ Metals/ etc.).
      • 14. Has the company paid any penalties or fines for significant breaches of discharge regulations within the last 5 years?
      • 14a. If yes, please describe the incident(s):
      • 15. Is the company exposed to planned or potential significant regulatory changes?
      • 15a. Other (please specify):
      • 15b. Is there a strong enforcement of water related regulations in the area your company operates in?
  • Reputational Risk
      • 16. Exposure of this specific facility to local/national media coverage criticizing for a possible water issue
      • 17. Exposure of this specific facility to global media coverage criticizing for a possible water issue
      • 18. Does the company know who the other key stakeholders (e.g. communities, other industries, agriculture etc.) are who are dependent on the water supply and quality within the water basin the company operates in?
      • 19. Importance of the company as a water consumer in comparison to other stakeholders within the water basin (within 50 km).
      • 20. Engagement with other local basin stakeholders like municipalities, governments, companies, farmers and NGOs to solve water-related conflicts and to manage local water resources
      • 20a. If yes, please specify
      • 20b. Does an official forum or platform exist in which stakeholders come together to discuss water-related issues of the basin?
      • 20c. If yes, please state the name
      • 21. Involvement in any water-related disputes with other stakeholders in the basin within the last 5 years
      • 22. Water policy, strategy and/or management plan of the company
      • 23. Highest level of responsibility within the company for the policy, strategy and/or plan
      • 24. Discussions of monitoring of (waste) water quantities and quality within top management
      • 25. Contingency planning to be prepared to respond to water risks, such as supply disruptions, price increases and more stringent regulations
      • 25a. If yes, please specify
      • 26. Water-related actions have been taken at the operational/ production site in regard of improving its own operations
      • 26a. Other (please specify):
      • 27. Significant investments within the next 3 years which are related to water issues (e.g. water treatment plant, water recovery, water efficiency)
      • 27a. If yes, please specify
  • For anonymous bench marking purposes
      • 28. The annual (production) volume of output of this facility
        • 28a. Unit
        • 28b. Average amount of withdrawn freshwater needed to deliver or produce 1 unit of product
      • 29. Number of full time equivalent employees (FTE) work at this facility
        • 29a. Average amount of withdrawn freshwater per full time equivalent employee (FTE) per year
  • Final comments (for internal use only)
      • 30. If you have any final comments, please add them here: