HR2WISE
Digital Governance and Climate Risk Diagnostic Tool for Water Utilities
Why HR2WISE?
Water utilities face growing expectations around sustainability, climate resilience, human rights, ESG reporting, environmental due diligence and investor accountability. HR2WISE converts complex standards into structured, business-relevant questions, and clear operational insights.
Assess
Evaluate governance, sustainability and regulatory readiness.
Identify risk
Reveal legal, financial, operational and reputational risk.
Prioritise
Focus action and investment where intervention matters most.
Track & benchmark
Monitor progress, compare performance and support peer learning.
From checklist to action
A clearer view of performance and risk
HR2WISE combines human rights-based governance with sustainability, resilience and regulatory requirements, helping utilities move from compliance questions to better decisions.
10 core themes
From responses to actionable insight
Responses are analysed automatically to generate visual risk heat maps. These highlight areas of legal, financial, operational or reputational risk, supporting early intervention and more informed investment.
Risk: heat maps
Progress: tracking
Benchmark: comparison
Readiness: evidence
Continuous use and learning
- Track progress over time and benchmark performance internally and across jurisdictions.
- Demonstrate regulatory readiness to regulators, investors and lenders.
- Enable peer learning and comparison with industry best practice.
Grounded in leading standards
Mapped to international, European and sector-specific frameworks, including:
SDG 6 & General Comment No. 15
OECD Guidelines & ILO standards
EU CSDDD, CSRD/ESRS & Water Framework Directive
European Water Resilience Strategy
AWS, IFC, GRI, World Bank & EIB
