Water Stewardship
April 10 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
The Webinar on Water Stewardship is an overview of the best practices in the application of water stewardship when applied across an enterprise or at a specific site. Practical concepts, such as understanding and baselining water use and impacts, assessing risk, building a business case for water actions and adding water aspects to current environmental management systems like ISO 14001 will be introduced along with landscaping current terminology and key water stakeholders.
Presenter: Matt Howard, VP Water Stewardship
Matt oversees The Water Council’s stewardship initiatives including WAVE: Water Stewardship Verified, water stewardship advisory services and comprehensive professional water stewardship training. Previously, TWC helped establish the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) System globally with specific oversight of North America. Matt created the world’s first professional credentialing program for water stewardship professionals and made the business case for use of the International Water Stewardship Standard (“AWS Standard”) in the North American marketplace. His 15+ years in sustainability program development and management include serving as Milwaukee’s sustainability director and leading sustainable manufacturing initiatives during his time in Washington, D.C., where he worked at the U.S. Department of Commerce and as a staffer in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has an MA from George Washington University and a BA from Valparaiso University. He is AWS and Lean Six Sigma accredited and serves on the WELL Water Advisory and the Wisconsin Governor’s Wetlands Study Council. He served on the U.S. EPA’s National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology from 2014-2019.