22.03.2023
This year, the Wilo Group is once again emphasizing the importance of our blue treasure on World Water Day (March 22). With its participation in the United Nations Water Conference 2023, the multinational technology group is setting an example for a more sustainable use of this vital resource.
Nueva York, USA. Under the patronage of the Netherlands and Tajikistan, the United Nations is organizing the Water Conference in New York from March 22-24. The internationally acclaimed conference, with preeminent participants, is dedicated to the sustainable use of water. A German delegation headed by the Federal Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection is also on site. Wilo will be represented by Dr Dirk Wittenberg, Senior Vice President of the Strategic Business Unit for Water Treatment. Together with participants from politics and civil society (NGOs), Wilo is the only industrial company invited to participate.
What is World Water Day?
Since 1992, the UN World Water Day has been celebrated on March 22 as an annual reminder of the essential importance of water. This year's theme, "Accelerating Change", calls for faster and more effective implementation of measures to achieve the 6th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG): "Water". Because more than two billion people worldwide still lack regular access to safe drinking water. However, according to UN plans, within the next seven years this should be a matter of course for all people. This is an ambitious goal that can only be achieved through international cooperation between politics, business and civil society in the face of the growing number of water crises related to global climate change.
What does World Water Day mean for Wilo?
For many years, the Dortmund-based Wilo Technology Group has been assuming "water stewardship", which means taking responsibility for its own impact on water as a resource. With its highly efficient product portfolio, water-saving production processes at all production sites worldwide and a comprehensive corporate commitment to water, the company contributes every day to the greatest possible extent to the achievement of the 6th UN SDG. In this way, Wilo will make it possible for 100 million people to have access to clean water by 2025. Examples are projects such as Toshka in Egypt or ImpactSite in Senegal. There, Wilo products supply rural regions in Africa with water and enable a sustainable and secure food supply. Wilo is also involved in international networks and initiatives to promote fair access to water for all.