SBIA PARTNER PROFILE CENTRAL SOLUTIONS
Central Solutions: World Class Water Stewardship With over a decade’s experience in the water stewardship sector, Central Solutions has delivered tangible impacts across industry, agencies, society and the environment
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ater is a critically important resource, fundamental to both homes and businesses. It is also a limited resource with the UN estimating that global water demand will outstrip supply by 2030. Central Solutions has been ahead of the green curve, operating in the corporate water stewardship sector for over 10 years. WATER STEWARDSHIP Over the past decade, Central Solutions has developed and delivered a wide range of world class water stewardship initiatives, delivering tangible impacts across industry, agencies, wider society and the environment. By supporting Irish businesses (who rely on circa 510 million litres of water every day to operate) to develop better corporate water stewardship practices, Central Solutions is helping to address this critical national and global challenge, collectively. Furthermore, by establishing Ireland as a leader in water stewardship practices on the international stage, Central Solutions is enhancing the country’s attractiveness as an investment location. “We at Central Solutions are very proud to be shortlisted at this year’s Chambers Ireland Sustainable Business Impact Awards in recognition of our contribution to the development of programmatic solutions and initiatives aimed at driving better corporate water stewardship practices in Ireland and across Europe,” states Ken Stockil, CEO, Central Solutions.
INTERNATIONAL IMPACT The hugely successful EPA-supported ‘Large Water Users Community of Practice’ has recently gone international with firms joining from across the UK and Europe, leading advanced R&D initiatives with national and international partners to develop cutting-edge tools and supports for integrated water management and supporting industry leaders to achieve ‘world firsts’ in water stewardship international certification. Central Solutions has been recognised at a number of prestigious Sustainability and Water Awards recently including the Water Europe Awards, the Green Awards, and the UK’s Water Industry Awards 2021. RESOURCE EFFICIENCY Central Solutions has to date trained more than 300 businesses across
Ireland as part of the Irish Water and Lean & Green Skillnet Certified Water Steward programme, producing over 800 new water conservation projects. The firm has also been instrumental in growing Ireland’s first peer-to-peer industry network of leading businesses, agencies and international stakeholders all focussed on the development and adoption of best practices, reducing water usage consumption and achieving annual water resource efficiency savings. “This nomination is a testimony to all the hard work of the fantastic Central Solutions team over recent years and a recognition of our many many industry partners and key collaborators including Irish Water, Skillnet Ireland, BIM, EPA, Origin Green, SEAI and many others. Together, we have established water stewardship in Ireland as a real success story both nationally and internationally.”
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