stewardship

5 connected entities

Actors

Global multi-stakeholder network operating the International Water Stewardship Standard, engaging industry, civil society and governments in collective water governance.

Network

Grounded Solutions Network

National network supporting community land trusts and shared equity housing, advancing community ownership models that keep land in common stewardship.

Projects

Planetary Guardians Protocol Early

Denmark / Uganda / Morocco / Pakistan

Stories

Aerial view of forested watershed with river running through valley

12 March 2026

Nestlé certifies all bottling sites under AWS Standard — but what counts as stewardship?

Nestlé's achievement of AWS certification across 39 bottling sites raises deeper questions about how corporations govern shared water resources — and whether certification frameworks can transform extraction into genuine stewardship.

Alliance for Water Stewardship water stewardship corporate-governance certification commons

Chart showing U.S. Census Bureau data on housing patterns across Federal Home Loan Bank regions

29 January 2026

The Federal Home Loan Banks as Infrastructure for Shared Ownership

Eleven regional cooperative banks allocate billions for affordable housing through mandated programs — including community land trusts. A case study in how existing financial infrastructure can be steered toward stewardship models.

Grounded Solutions Network housing cooperative-models funding stewardship democratic-innovation