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The water
resilience
certificate.

Scientific, agentic certification that unlocks revenue, capital and regulatory access for a water-smart economy.

Project developersCorporate buyersFunders

Evidence · Impact · Value

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01 — The problem

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Water is twenty years
behind carbon.
Its impacts are not.

Carbon benefits from project methodologies, registries and market mechanisms. Water, our most precious resource, has none of these, even as droughts and shortages already hit businesses and communities.

We build the missing infrastructure for a water‑positive economy.

World

40%

gap between freshwater demand and supply by 2030¹

World

4bn

people face severe water scarcity at least one month a year²

EuropeEU

30%

of Europeans live under water stress in an average year³

EuropeEU

23bn EUR

investment gap each year to finance EU water resilience⁴

Why water, why now

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02 — The language of climate finance

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Climate finance speaks one language:
the certificate.

But a certificate’s value rests on the rigour of the protocol behind it: the accounting standard for impact. No protocol, no certificate.

Protocol

Certificate

Market· size

Energy

I-REC, EN 16325

→

Guarantee of origin

→

Green power780bn USD/yr⁵

Carbon

Verra, Gold Standard

→

Carbon credit

→

Carbon markets900bn USD/yr⁶

Green debt

Green Bond Principles

→

Green bond

→

Bond market670bn USD/yr⁷

Water

NEXUS protocols

→

WRC certificate

→

Water financeTo be built

The protocol is the market key

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03 — Our answer

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Channel climate finance
into water-positive projects.

Veracity builds the incentive market mechanisms that turn every m³ saved, reused or restored into a financeable asset.

The capital available

Global climate finance

2tn USD

a year, a record in 2024. Water captures only a small share.⁸

The catalyst · Veracity

Incentive market mechanisms

WRC certificatesverified m³, retired in the buyer's name

Performance contractspaid on measured results

Results-linked financeloans and bonds tied to evidence

The need to finance

Water investment needed

1tn USD

a year worldwide, three times today's level.¹

Today, over 90% of water finance is public⁹

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04 — Our markets

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Four untapped water sources.
One protocol for each.

Our products are our protocols: each one opens the market for a water source.

WRC-NRW

Network leakage

World

126bn m³

of drinking water lost in networks every year¹⁰

Europe

33%

of water abstracted for public supply lost before reaching users¹¹

WRC-IWR

Water reuse

World

188bn m³

of wastewater treated every year. Only 22% is reused.¹²

Europe

40bn m³

of wastewater treated every year in the EU. Only 2.4% is reused.¹³

WRC-IRR

Efficient irrigation

World

608bn m³

consumed every year with no benefit to crops¹⁴

Europe

20%

potential savings on water abstracted by agriculture¹¹

Protocol coming

Industrial cooling

World

770bn m³

withdrawn by industry every year: power plants, data centres, food processing¹⁵

Europe

72bn m³

withdrawn every year to cool power plants: 36% of EU water abstraction¹¹

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05 — The infrastructure

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An agentic infrastructure
for water certification.

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06 — How it works

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Agents verify.
Experts sign the proof.

01 · COLLECTION

Data

Meters, field, satellite, laboratory.

02 · AI

Agents verify

Every data point tested against the protocol.

03 · HUMAN

Experts sign

Review of flagged cases, scientific validation.

04 · REGISTRY

Proof published

Public registry, full audit trail.

Conventional certification

12–24 months Veracity

÷10 · weeks

Any project can be certified, whatever its size

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07 — Who it's for

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One proof. Three players.

WRC certificate · 1 verified m³

Prove · certify

Project developers

Value that is proven, and sellable.

Claim

Corporate buyers

Verified m³ to meet their Water Positive pledge.

Finance

Funders

Tracked performance, to finance on evidence.

Every certified result serves the whole market.

One registry record, from actor to actor

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For project developers

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Your impact is
never valued.

Your solution saves water and carbon for your clients. Without independent proof, that value stays out of your offer.

Project developers · eco-techs

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For project developers

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Three ways to monetise your performance.

01 · Prove to sell

Impact Case

Your impact assessed at the scale of your deployment.

Value delivered

Quantified impact: m³, kWh and tCO₂e avoided
A case file for investors, clients and tenders
Eligible for labels such as Solar Impulse

02 · Get paid on results

Performance contract

Sell a result, not equipment.

Value delivered

The client's CAPEX becomes OPEX
Payment indexed on saved, verified m³
Results measured by a trusted third party

03 · Sell certificates

WRC certificate

Every verified m³ becomes an asset to sell.

Value delivered

Recurring revenue, for every verified m³
Access to Water Positive buyers and funders
Asset tracked in the registry, counted once

One measurement · each volume claimed only once

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For project developers

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From project to certificate.

Phase 0

Impact Case

Assess your impact at the scale of your deployment.

2 weeks

Step 1

PDD design and validation

Boundary, baseline and monitoring plan, validated against the protocol.

2 to 3 weeks

Step 2

Monitoring and agentic certification

dMRV: agents check every data point, the expert signs.

Continuous

Step 3

Registry and issuance

WRCs are issued, serialised and recorded in the public registry.

First WRCs at 2–3 months
then every month

Preliminary assessment

First certificates 2 to 3 months after the Impact Case

One measurement, from first assessment to certificate

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For buyers · WRC certificate

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Billions of m³
to give back by 2030.

Water stewardship leaders already fund projects that give water back. What they lack is a verified, comparable m³: the WRC certificate.

Coca-Cola

2bn m³

to give back to nature by 2030.¹⁶

Data centers

1.2bn m³

of water a year by 2030, twice today's level.¹⁷

Microsoft

104M m³

already contracted.¹⁸

Google · AWS · Nestlé

70M m³

a year, already given back or committed.¹⁹

Already giving water back Google

With AI, the volumes to give back will double by 2030

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For corporate buyers

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Meet your
Water Positive pledge
with verified m³.

One m³ saved, reused or restored, in a named basin, in a given year. Retired only once, in your name.

Aligned methodologiesVWBA 2.0 · WRIWQBA · WRIBioBA · CEO Water MandateISO 14046

For your reportingCSRD ESRS E3CDP Water SecurityGRI 303AWS StandardSBTN Freshwater

Also: pay for a water solution on its verified results · performance contract

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For funders

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Finance water resilience
on evidence.

Every euro follows verified performance, from project to portfolio.

01

Banks and funds

Faster due diligence, objective risk, tracking by project or across a portfolio.

02

Sustainable finance

Taxonomy eligibility, green bonds and evidence-linked loans.

03

Payments for ecosystem services

Water agencies, local authorities and downstream companies pay for the verified water outcome.

Banks · funds · impact investors · water agencies · local authorities

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08 — The mechanism

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One project. Three winners.

Illustrative exampleLeakage reduction · WRC-NRW600,000 m³ saved a year

Funder

Fronts the CAPEX

What they gainAn asset backed by verified revenue.

Capital

Developer

Cuts leakage

What they gainPaid on results, without carrying the investment alone.

m³ saved

Veracity

Certifies every m³

Its roleTrusted third party: verifies, issues, records.

WRC

Corporate buyer

Retires the WRCs

What they gainIts Water Positive pledge, proven and reportable.

WRC payments subsidise the developer

Every m³ verified once, claimed only once

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International alignment

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Aligned with international
water initiatives.

World Resources Institute

VWBA 2.0 · WQBA

Volumetric and quality benefits, counted with the reference method.

ISO

ISO 14046 · 14065

Water footprint and verification in line with international standards.

European Commission

Water Resilience Strategy

2025 strategy: efficiency, reuse and recharge as the EU's levers.

Alliance for Water Stewardship

AWS Standard 2.0

Water stewardship at site and catchment scale.

CEO Water Mandate

Net Positive Water Impact

The corporate net positive water goal, led by the Water Resilience Coalition.

Verified m³, readable in every reporting framework

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Next step

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Prove, claim, finance.
Let's find your path.

Project developers

Impact Case

2 weeks. Your impact assessed, your project ready to certify.

Corporate buyers

WRC certificates

Verified m³, in your basins, retired in your name.

Funders

Result-based Finance

Tracked performance, to finance on water-positive evidence

Book a meeting

Evidence · Impact · Value

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Sources

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Sources.

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The waterresiliencecertificate.

Water is twenty yearsbehind carbon.Its impacts are not.

Climate finance speaks one language:the certificate.

Channel climate financeinto water-positive projects.

Global climate finance

Incentive market mechanisms

Water investment needed

Four untapped water sources.One protocol for each.

Network leakage

Water reuse

Efficient irrigation

Industrial cooling

An agentic infrastructurefor water certification.

Agents verify.Experts sign the proof.

Data

Agents verify

Experts sign

Proof published

One proof. Three players.

Project developers

Corporate buyers

Funders

Your impact isnever valued.

Three ways to monetise your performance.

Impact Case

Performance contract

WRC certificate

From project to certificate.

Impact Case

PDD design and validation

Monitoring and agentic certification

Registry and issuance

Billions of m³to give back by 2030.

Meet yourWater Positive pledgewith verified m³.

Finance water resilienceon evidence.

Banks and funds

Sustainable finance

Payments for ecosystem services

One project. Three winners.

Fronts the CAPEX

Cuts leakage

Certifies every m³

Retires the WRCs

Aligned with internationalwater initiatives.

VWBA 2.0 · WQBA

ISO 14046 · 14065

Water Resilience Strategy

AWS Standard 2.0

Net Positive Water Impact

Prove, claim, finance.Let's find your path.

Impact Case

WRC certificates

Result-based Finance

Sources.

The water
resilience
certificate.

Water is twenty years
behind carbon.
Its impacts are not.

Climate finance speaks one language:
the certificate.

Channel climate finance
into water-positive projects.

Four untapped water sources.
One protocol for each.

An agentic infrastructure
for water certification.

Agents verify.
Experts sign the proof.

Your impact is
never valued.

Billions of m³
to give back by 2030.

Meet your
Water Positive pledge
with verified m³.

Finance water resilience
on evidence.

Aligned with international
water initiatives.

Prove, claim, finance.
Let's find your path.