Act4water Standard
The framework for water footprint offsetting
Act4water has created a standard to enable water footprint offsetting while promoting projects that generate a positive impact on water and the environment.
The Act4water standard brings credibility and homogeneity to water offset projects and allows the translation of their impact into CAPs (Positive Water Credits). The standard establishes the requirements for obtaining the Water+ label for offset projects and the generation of accredited CAPs, also providing a common and transparent guideline for reporting and offsetting the organizational water footprint.
We propose a rigorous regulatory framework and a voluntary CAP market subject to an external verification process, achieving:
With this standard, organizations, projects and ACT4water can join forces and adapt to the effects of climate change.
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