AWS Standard offers a credible, globally-applicable framework for major water users to understand their own water use and impacts, and to work collaboratively and transparently with others for sustainable water management within the wider water catchment context.

 GIZ’s Natural Resources Stewardship Program (NatuReS) has developed the Natural Resources Risk and Action Framework (NRAF).

Set of tools for corporations to support their investment decisions in water and agriculture. Among the tools is the Ceres Aqua Gauge™ - a flexible Excel-based tool and associated methodology that allows investors to scorecard a company’s water management activities against detailed definitions of leading practice. 

GEMI is an organization of leading companies dedicated to fostering global environmental, health and safety (EHS) and sustainability excellence through the sharing of tools and information to help business achieve environmental sustainability excellence. Through the collaborative efforts of its members, GEMI also promotes a worldwide business ethic for EHS management and sustainable development through example and leadership.

The IBNET tariff database is a joint product of Global Water Intelligence (GWI) and International Benchmarking Network of the World Bank (IBNET). The amount people are prepared to pay for water is the biggest obstacle to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for water and sanitation. IBNET tariff database and Global Water Intelligence’s Annual Global Water Tariff survey make a big contribution to the understanding of the challenge. Together they complement each other and give a clear global picture of the iniquities of paying for water and wastewater services.

The Rural Water and Sanitation Information System (SIASAR) Global is a joint initiative launched by the governments of Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama that soon expanded to other regions. The strategic purpose of this initiative is to have a basic, updated and comparable information tool on the rural water supply and sanitation services in place in a given country.

The SWA Tools Portal houses tools that help national governments and their development partners put the different aspects of the SWA Framework including, Building Blocks, Collaborative Behaviours, and Guiding Principles into practice.The objectives of the Portal are to:

The assessment tool is designed to help users undertake a 360-degree assessment of the Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) ecosystem and identify gaps across financial, infrastructure, institutional, and regulatory aspects of FSM in a given region. The assessment tool will help users generate a shit flow diagram and city service delivery assessment.

This is an online decision tool that helps to build, implement, and deliver nature-based solutions. This tool will allow users to gain a deeper understanding of planning and management, co-benefit optimisation of NBS, and business model development. The instrument derives from the Regreen project's work and activities.

This free tool, available in both English and Spanish, illustrates how everyday actions – from washing dishes to watering the lawn to buying groceries – impact water use. The tool links to over 100 water-saving tips, and the site has grown to include middle- and high-school lesson plans as well as reference material about water use and the connections between water and food, energy, and consumer products.