WE ARE A GLOBAL NON-PROFIT WORKING WITH CORPORATES
TO TACKLE WATER INSECURITY.
Water Unite is a registered a 501c3 working at the intersection of technology, finance, and efficiency. We partner with mission-aligned businesses to fund efficient, scalable solutions for global water challenges.
This is not aid: it’s smart, future-focused investment.
Across industries such as manufacturing, retail, and agriculture, water-related challenges are becoming more complex.
Water Unite collaborates with partners to sourcing and managing targeted water pollution, scarcity and poverty programmes within their supply chains and operations.
Our established global network, expertise and diverse pipeline of over 300 innovators uniquely positions us to provide a vital bridge between innovation and implementation.
Globally, consumers are becoming increasingly social conscious and concerned about environmental and social issues.
Water Unite's initiatives, including our novel micro-levy, have a track record of engaging internal and external stakeholders via in-store and online activations.
Our partners amplify their impact with industry associations and at major events, including the G20, COP, World Water Week and the Consumer Goods Forum.
Our impact investment arm, Water Unite Impact is a first-of-its-kind blended finance platform that unlocks private capital to close the water and waste investment gap.
It's blended finance approach to support local entrepreneurs and SMEs with risk-tolerant capital-filling a critical gap ignored by traditional banks, donors, and VCs.
We identify and support high-potential businesses solving real-world infrastructure and service delivery issues, using a mix of grants and catalytic capital.
OUR PARTNERS
Water Unite collaborates with a range of private and public partners including:
CPG COMPANIES
Britvic
Britvic is a leading soft drinks company, exporting to over 50 countries. Read more >
Suntory
Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I is home to brands Ribena and Lucozade. Read More >
Get More Vits
Get More Vits is the UK’s number one selling Vitamin drink. Read More >
GROCERY RETAILERS
Co-op
The Co-op is UK’s fifth biggest food retailer with more than 2,500 stores. Read More >
Elior
Elior UK is the British arm of the €6bn French foodservice company. Read more >
NISA
Nisa operates over 4,000 independently owned retail outlets.
INVESTORS & FUNDERS
US DFC
DFC is the U.S. Government’s development finance institution. Read More >
Wellers Impact
Wellers Impact is an FCA-authorised impact investment manager. Read More >
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation. Read more >
OUR PROGRAMMES
To date, Water Unite has supported water security programmes in 17 countries across Africa, Asia, and LATAM, reaching over 1 million people.
Jibu
Jibu pairs financing with an innovative franchise model to empower entrepreneurs to provide for their communities basic needs.
Decentralised, on-site productions allows franchises to sell high volumes directly from their high visibility retail points to end-customers across Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, DRC, Zambia and Burundi.
Sanivation
Sanivation, based in Naivasha (Kenya), build and operate circular economy treatment plants which take in sludge from pit latrines and septic tanks.
This waste is treated then and combined with other waste products such as sawdust to produce a solid fuel, or brickette. These briquettes provide a low carbon bioenergy alternative to fossil fuel.
Mr Green Africa
Mr Green Africa, an East African plastics pioneer, solves waste and exploitation issues by providing a transparent value chain.
They source recycled plastic waste ethically whilst giving waste pickers their fair share. Plastic collected is transported to their own recycling plants to produce high quality recycled plastics.
Our team has decades of experience in water, sustainability and impact investing sectors.
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NEWS
PACK2ZERO RAISES $5.7 MILLION TO SCALE SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
EXTREME WEATHER AND WATER: BUILDING RESILIENCE THROUGH INNOVATION
Statistic from Fig 1 World Health Organisation Graphic 2015 >
2. Statistic from Fig 2 World Health Organisation Graphic 2015 >
3. Statistic from Fig 1.6 UN Single-Use Plastic - A Roadmap for Sustainability >
4. Water Unite is the result of several years of research and consultation. For more information please visit the resources page
Water Unite is a registered 501(3)(c) non-profit in the United States (EIN: 84-2485313) and registered charity in England and Wales (no. 1210716). Registered company limited by guarantee (no. 10036997). 65 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3A 2AD, United Kingdom.