Are you prepared to navigate the complexities of corporate water stewardship? Join us for this leadership masterclass where three industry experts will guide you through a comprehensive roadmap for achieving water resilience, compliance, and operational efficiency.

This session will cover the entire spectrum of water stewardship, from internal audit-grade accounting to catchment-wide risk management and global ESG reporting requirements.

Featured Speakers & Topics

1. Sai Bhaskar Veluri

Principal Consultant and Certified Water Stewardship expert

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sai-bhaskar-veluri-910a4535/

Theme: Know ESG reporting bodies' requirements on water - BRSR Core, CDP, AWS, GRI

Sai Bhaskar will connect operational and catchment strategies to the critical demands of global reporting and investor expectations.

Key Takeaways:

• Drivers of Corporate Water Risk Management: Moving beyond OPEX reduction towards long-term water resilience and business continuity.
• Components of a Water Stewardship Programme: Understanding the journey from "within the fence" operational improvements to "outside the fence" collective action and catchment stewardship.
• Water Stewardship Frameworks and Disclosures: Overview of AWS Certification, GRI, CDP Water Security, BRSR, and emerging investor expectations.
• Within-the-Fence Water Leadership: Best practices for water conservation, recycling, efficiency improvement, digital monitoring, and AI-enabled water management tools.
• Outside-the-Fence Water Stewardship: Catchment risk assessment, stakeholder engagement, community water programmes, and the role of digital platforms in measuring CSR and watershed impacts.
• Preparing the Water Stewardship Journey: A practical roadmap from regulatory compliance to resource conservation, OPEX optimization, water resilience, stakeholder inclusiveness, and sustainable value creation.

2. G. Prasad Babu

Founder, Geo Climate Risk Solutions (GCRS)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/prasad-babu-627a3924/

Theme: Beyond the fence (Catchment) Water Risk Analysis & Building Resilience

Prasad will expand the perspective to examine the broader environmental context and strategies for long-term water security.

Key Takeaways:

• Catchment Water Risk Assessment: Evaluate watershed conditions, water availability, groundwater sustainability, climate risks, and basin-wide water dependencies.
• Water Resilience Strategy: Develop practical roadmaps to strengthen long-term water security and reduce operational risks from droughts, floods, and climate change.
• Watershed Restoration & Water Replenishment: Design nature-based solutions, aquifer recharge, wetland restoration, and water replenishment projects to enhance basin resilience.
• Collective Water Stewardship: Facilitate collaboration with communities, government agencies, and stakeholders to implement catchment-scale water management initiatives.
• Digital Monitoring & Impact Measurement: Track watershed health, water resources, and resilience outcomes using satellite data, GIS, AI, and hydrological analytics to support ESG and Water Stewardship reporting.

3. Vinay Chataraju

Co-founder & CEO, Kritsnam Technologies

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinaychataraju/

Theme: Within-the-Fence Water Accounting (Building audit-grade water data)

Vinay will focus on transforming internal water management into a precise, defensible science.

Key Takeaways:

• The Water Accounting Maturity Model: Transitioning from manual logbooks and basic monitoring to audit-grade, defensible water accounting.
• Adopting Managed Water Accountability: Moving from hardware ownership to a managed service with a dedicated Water Accountant for complete data accuracy.
• Building an Audit-Grade Chain of Custody: Turning meter data into timestamped Water Receipts, reconciled Ledgers, and signed Monthly Water Statements.
• Controlling Unaccounted-For-Water (UFW): Automating data reconciliation and ISO 17025 calibration to keep UFW below 5%.
• Rapid Audit Defense: Equipping facilities with ISO-referenced evidence folders and 24-hour response capabilities for ESG and regulatory queries.
• Unlocking Water Economics: Analyzing the true cost of water to drive operational savings, lower OPEX, and achieve fast ROI.