Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
As a manufacturer of consumer goods, Kimberly-Clark needs supplies of industrial water. At a number of their mills, water supplies in the relevant river basin are increasingly under pressure. Other multinationals find themselves in the same situation. Given their water requirements for production purposes, as well as their social responsibility, Kimberly-Clark needs an action perspective for times of water scarcity. The company approached Deltares in 2017 with the aim of working together on mapping out the challenges relating to water scarcity in various regions.
The result was an open platform, WaterLOUPE . It tracks data relating to social, economic and climate factors that affect the availability of fresh water in river basins, and it displays the information on a visual, user-friendly dashboard. The platform has been used in recent years in catchment areas housing large cities such as Cali (Colombia), Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Cape Town (South Africa). Similar assessments are now also taking place in Israel, Bahrain, Peru (Lima) and India (Chennai).
Both Kimberly-Clark and Deltares are calling on other multinationals to participate in the further development of WaterLOUPE.
https://waterloupe.deltares.nl/nl
As a manufacturer of consumer goods, Kimberly-Clark needs supplies of industrial water. At a number of their mills, water supplies in the relevant river basin are increasingly under pressure. Other multinationals find themselves in the same situation. Given their water requirements for production purposes, as well as their social responsibility, Kimberly-Clark needs an action perspective for times of water scarcity. The company approached Deltares in 2017 with the aim of working together on mapping out the challenges relating to water scarcity in various regions.
The result was an open platform, WaterLOUPE . It tracks data relating to social, economic and climate factors that affect the availability of fresh water in river basins, and it displays the information on a visual, user-friendly dashboard. The platform has been used in recent years in catchment areas housing large cities such as Cali (Colombia), Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Cape Town (South Africa). Similar assessments are now also taking place in Israel, Bahrain, Peru (Lima) and India (Chennai).
Both Kimberly-Clark and Deltares are calling on other multinationals to participate in the further development of WaterLOUPE.
https://waterloupe.deltares.nl/nl
