Get involved
Join the leadership effort for fair water footprints and change the way water is used for good.
Changing the way water is used means mobilising as many governments, businesses, investors and civil society groups as we can to help shape a more resilient, just and water-secure world.
In signing up to the declaration, signatories are committing to ensure that the water footprints over which they have control and influence will be sustainable, resilient and fair, by 2030.
Our signatories
Countries
- Republic of Austria, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
- Republic of Finland, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, and Ministry of Environment
- Republic of Madagascar, Ministry for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
- Republic of Malawi, Ministry of Forestry and Natural Resources
- Republic of Panama, Ministry of Environment
- Republic of Peru, Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office/Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs
Businesses
- Diageo plc, UK
- Unilever plc, UK
- BankaBio, India
External support agencies, partnership initiatives and networks
- Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), USA
- BASEFlow, Malawi
- CDP, UK
- Global Water Partnership (GWP), Sweden
- Water Footprint Network (WFN), Netherlands
- Water Integrity Network (WIN), Germany
- WRAP, UK
Civil society, social justice and environmental defenders
- African Civil Society Network for Water and Sanitation (ANEW), Kenya
- Peruvian Centre for Social Studies (CEPES), Peru
- WaterAid, UK
- Water Witness, UK
- Earth Guardians
Observer signatories
- The Kingdom of the Netherlands
- International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Switzerland
- Sainsbury’s plc, UK
- Sanitation and Water for All, USA
- Danone, UK
"GWP is proud to sign the Glasgow Declaration for Fair Water Footprints for climate-resilient, inclusive and sustainable development. We commit to take transformative action for fair water footprints which will have durable benefits for communities, ecosystems and economies across the world."
- Dario Soto AbrilChief Executive Officer, Global Water Partnership (GWP) 
“Sainsbury’s will play a key role in helping to shape and establish the roadmap to deliver this Declaration alongside others. With knowledge of our supply chains we will put our energies where they will have the greatest impact, working collectively and transparently from a global to local level.”
Ruth CranstonGroup Head Director of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Sainsbury’s 
"The declaration is in line with Finland's national policy and strategies, as well as work to promote the export of Finnish water know-how and water responsibility."
- Jari LeppäFormer Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Finland 
"Diageo is a proud signatory of the Glasgow Declaration for Fair Water Footprints at COP26. Water is a resource we’re all reliant upon for our health, livelihoods and businesses. This declaration will help us all to work together to address the global water crisis and build a more climate-resilient future for some of the most vulnerable communities in the world."
Ewan AndrewChief Sustainability Officer, Diageo 
"This declaration is a breakthrough moment for global climate and water justice. It marks the beginning of the end for the abuse of water, nature and people in our globalised supply chains, which pushes the most vulnerable further into climate catastrophe. We will work tirelessly with the founding signatories to ensure that responsible water stewardship becomes the global business norm, instead of the exception."
Nick HepworthDirector, Water Witness International 
