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Allies: Working for Socio-environmental Impact

Catalina Deluchi – Vice President of Global Business Development

The socio-ecological transition poses a significant challenge for all sectors of the economy striving to adapt to more sustainable development models in this changing era.

While there is broad consensus on the need to implement business models that can mitigate and even reverse the damage done to the environment and people, many companies still struggle to find solutions that genuinely have an impact.

That’s why, when executing any project, it is crucial to understand the unique contribution that specialized companies and projects can offer. Designing a socio-environmental impact strategy with a partner who brings expertise and support to the company is a strategic decision that helps tailor solutions to the problems at hand.

At Agua Segura, we have partnered with major corporations seeking our specialized knowledge in developing programs tailored to the needs of both the companies and the communities they are part of. In this collaboration, we see ourselves as “fellow travelers,” as promoting solutions that positively impact the planet is at the core of our mission.

These strategic alliances embody a spirit of cooperation and mutual growth, and they are part of a new generation of entrepreneurs who believe in the need to rethink our production methods. The benefits of positioning companies as leaders in their communities are becoming increasingly visible, alongside cost savings and enhanced competitive advantages.

The water crisis presents a top-priority challenge for many companies looking to address their water footprint, and they are acutely aware of the urgency of this issue. No longer do multinational corporations need to be convinced that approaches considering social and environmental impact throughout the entire production chain are essential for business growth.

Therefore, the added value is not only in terms of reputation but also in the collective benefit of sustaining a project that can support long-term development within a community. On this path of social responsibility and transformative action, we accompany our partners, bringing our full expertise and knowledge to the table.

Cooperation and strategic alliances with companies that are experts in addressing the socio-environmental challenges we face today allow us to co-create an economically sustainable model for both the present and the future.

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Agua Segura Receives the “New Business Paradigm” Award at AmCham Argentina’s Corporate Citizenship Awards

Ensuring access to safe water in educational and rural communities is a task that requires innovation, alliances, and a deep social commitment. This sustained work has been recognized with one of the most important awards in the country: the “New Business Paradigm” Award in the 2025 edition of the Corporate Citizenship Award (Premio Ciudadanía Empresaria – PCE), organized by AmCham Argentina.

This recognition distinguishes organizations that integrate profitability, sustainability, and social impact, driving business models that contribute to a regenerative economy. For Agua Segura, receiving this award in the year we celebrate our first decade of work is a milestone that validates our mission and reaffirms our commitment to sustainable development in Latin America.

An Award that Recognizes a Model of Comprehensive Impact

The Corporate Citizenship Award (PCE) is one of AmCham’s most prestigious initiatives and a benchmark for corporate sustainability in Argentina and the region.

Since its creation in 1999, the program has received over 2,100 nominations and distinguished more than 170 companies, becoming a standard for measuring the maturity and evolution of practices related to social responsibility, environmental impact, and sustainable innovation.

The “New Business Paradigm” award celebrates those organizations that manage to integrate in a balanced way:

  • Direct and measurable social impact,
  • Sustainable economic results,
  • Responsible environmental management,
  • Scalability and innovation,
  • Business model with a regenerative vision.

For Agua Segura, this recognition confirms that it is possible to build sustainable solutions that transform realities, generate shared value, and promote equitable access to safe drinking water.

A Decade Promoting Access to Safe Water and Education

Over the last 10 years, Agua Segura has developed a comprehensive model that combines water purification technology, community education, and intersectoral articulation. Our approach is not limited to installing solutions but works on four fundamental pillars:

  1. Appropriate and Sustainable Technology: We design and install safe water access solutions adapted to schools, rural communities, and organizations. We prioritize technologies with low maintenance, high efficiency, and a long lifespan.
  2. Education and Training: We train teachers, students, and families to promote hygiene habits, water care, and responsible consumption. Education is an essential component for long-term sustainability.
  3. Public-Private Articulation: We work with companies, governments, educational institutions, and community organizations to generate scalable and replicable initiatives.
  4. Measurable Impact: Every intervention includes clear metrics linked to access, health, school attendance, reduction of waterborne diseases, and community strengthening.

This ecosystem allows us to bring concrete solutions to thousands of people every year, always guided by SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, one of the most urgent challenges on the global agenda.

What Does This Award Represent for Agua Segura?

Being recognized in the “New Business Paradigm” category means that our work is integrated within an emerging vision of regenerative business, where organizations not only seek to reduce negative impacts but also to create positive and sustainable impacts over time. For our organization, this award represents:

  • Institutional validation of the impact model.
  • Greater visibility within the ecosystem of companies, foundations, and institutions committed to sustainability.
  • Opening up new strategic alliances at a national and regional level.
  • Recognition of the work of the team, communities, and allies who make every project possible.

Celebrating our tenth anniversary with this award marks a turning point in our history. It drives us to continue developing innovative initiatives, strengthening alliances, and expanding our reach so that more schools, families, and communities can access safe water.

A Vision Towards the Future: Regenerative Economy and Sustainable Solutions:

AmCham’s recognition highlights the importance of building models based on the regenerative economy, a vision in which businesses:

  • Restore, not just preserve.
  • Generate social and environmental well-being.
  • Create sustainable and measurable value.
  • Operate in collaboration with multiple sectors.

Agua Segura will continue to promote projects that integrate technology, education, and articulation to transform the present and build a future where access to safe water is a reality for everyone.

Our Commitment Continues:

This award is not a finishing point, but a new impetus to continue building solutions that promote health, education, and sustainable development throughout the region. We deeply thank AmCham Argentina and all the people, schools, communities, companies, and partners who are part of Agua Segura’s journey. We move forward, with the conviction that access to safe water changes lives.

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A Personal Bet and a Bet on Water-Agua Segura

By Catalina Deluchi, VP and Business Development Director at Agua Segura

For a large part of my professional life, I was linked to the corporate and marketing world. There, I learned the importance of strategy, innovation, efficiency, and brand value. However, as time passed, I began to feel that something was missing: I needed my work to also leave a positive mark on society and the planet.

This personal process led me to look closely at the great challenges of our time, and one of them moved me profoundly: the water crisis. Water is not just a natural resource: it is the foundation of life, health, food production, energy, and communities. Yet, we are facing an alarming scenario: by 2030, water demand could exceed availability by 40%. This projection jeopardizes global water security and requires urgent solutions.

In 2019, I began my journey with Agua Segura, a triple-impact company that designs and implements projects related to water access and sanitation in vulnerable communities. In 2022, I decided to take a further step: becoming a partner. This decision marked a before and after, not only professionally but also personally. Because investing in water is not philanthropy: it is a bet on the future. It is understanding that business competitiveness, economic stability, and community well-being largely depend on how we manage this vital resource.

The companies of the future must have sustainability incorporated into their DNA, and water will be a transversal focus. Without water, there is no health, development, or innovation possible. Water conservation and the promotion of sustainable water management strategies are an urgent necessity today, involving both the public and private sectors. In fact, many community water projects—including those linked to WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene)—demonstrate that generating positive impact is possible when working collaboratively.

For me, this decision is also deeply personal. It is choosing to align my values with my actions. It is trusting that from our respective places—whether as individuals, companies, or society—we can make a difference. It is also, like many women who now lead impact projects, betting on a more integrating, collaborative, and transformative vision.

One of the most powerful lessons from these years has been understanding that no project can have a real impact unless it is built from the territory, together with those who live there. At Agua Segura, we are clear about this: we work hand-in-hand with local allies, communities, and governments to identify opportunities, design adapted solutions, and ensure that the impact is lasting. This is the key to ensuring that projects are not merely interventions, but real transformations in water access and sanitation.

I also learned that challenges are not faced with prefabricated recipes, but with active listening, empathy, and co-creation. The response to water scarcity, source pollution, and lack of infrastructure requires multiple approaches: from the restoration of aquatic ecosystems and aquifer recharge, to the use of sustainable technologies and the strengthening of local capacities.

This path has not been easy. Venturing and leading in the water world involves overcoming structural barriers, cultural resistance, and, often, a lack of reliable data and information. But it also means being part of an increasingly strong network of individuals, companies, and organizations committed to change.

Today, I am proud to be part of Agua Segura and to contribute my experience to a mission I fully share: building local and sustainable solutions to one of the most pressing crises of our time. And I do so with the certainty that every effort, every alliance, and every project we implement is a seed that grows. A seed that carries not only water, but also health, dignity, equality, and opportunity.

The bet on water is, ultimately, a bet on life.

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Bringing Companies on Board the Circular Economy Train

Manuel Sauri – CEO of Agua Segura

At Agua Segura, we develop, manage, and implement water footprint mitigation projects across the continent. We’ve engaged with dozens of new communities and launched nature-based solutions and WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) projects that have positively impacted thousands of families in the region.

For our team, the right to safe water is the driving force that pushes us to keep expanding our horizons and finding solutions to a problem that knows no borders. The water supply crisis affects nearly every corner of the planet and has been identified as the fourth greatest risk to society over the next decade. Food security, access to healthcare, soil and groundwater contamination, and the destruction of productive ecosystems are just some of the alarm bells ringing as we view the world through the lens of the “climate crisis.”

That’s why at Agua Segura, we insist on changing the way we approach the challenges of a development model that emphasizes the transformative opportunity of investing in green solutions. There’s no need to wait for change to happen elsewhere, at another time, or within large institutions. Any company that invests in water can generate a positive impact on its business model by increasing productivity, reducing commercial risks, developing secure supply chains, and strengthening both its social license to operate and its reputation.

This is the core of our company: getting global companies on board the water economy train by advising, supporting, and adapting impact programs to address the specific challenges each company faces. The power of our project lies in these strategic alliances, which help shape the society we want to live in—a world where everyone feels responsible for water and its use. Only then will it be a right accessible to all, enabling communities to thrive in safe ecosystems, while the private sector becomes a driving force for sustainable transformation and a leader in environmental stewardship.

This cooperation is already underway. The relationship between corporations and companies specializing in solutions to the socio-environmental crisis we inhabit is growing ever closer and more prosperous. Numerous projects are embracing this new understanding of the economy, where there is no business unless it is sustainable.

This overarching approach guides our strategic mission, for which we work every day, offering local solutions to global problems. We believe it sets a clear path toward reinventing the world we want to live in.

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How to Measure Your Environmental Footprint to Make Better Decisions: The Value of Digitalizing Water, Energy, and Waste Consumption

How to Measure Your Environmental Footprint to Make Better Decisions: The Value of Digitalizing Water, Energy, and Waste Consumption

Sustainability is no longer just about commitments or declarations. Today, companies need reliable data to understand their environmental impact, identify opportunities for improvement, and make strategic decisions that generate measurable results.

In this context, measuring the environmental footprint has moved beyond a reporting exercise to become a management tool. Understanding how an organization consumes water, energy, and resources — and how it generates waste — makes it possible to turn information into concrete actions that reduce costs, lower risks, and strengthen competitiveness.

At Agua Segura, we believe that environmental management begins with knowledge. That is why we developed, together with Unplastify, the Environmental Footprint Tool: a platform that allows organizations to digitalize consumption data, simulate scenarios, and design personalized strategies to improve their environmental performance.

Environmental management starts with data

Many companies know how much they pay for water, electricity, or waste management, but few have an integrated view of how those consumption levels impact their costs, operations, and sustainability goals.

A lack of consolidated information often makes it difficult to answer fundamental questions such as:

  • Where are the greatest savings opportunities?
  • What impact would adopting new technologies have?
  • How would costs change in response to new regulations or tariff variations?
  • Which projects generate the highest environmental and economic return?

Answering these questions requires up-to-date information, comparable indicators, and tools that allow different scenarios to be analyzed before investing.

What is the Environmental Footprint Tool?

The Environmental Footprint Tool is a platform designed to help organizations measure, analyze, and optimize their environmental performance through data-driven management.

The tool integrates three core dimensions:

  • Water consumption
  • Energy consumption
  • Waste management

Based on this information, it enables organizations to build a continuous operational diagnosis and identify concrete improvement opportunities.

More than a dashboard of indicators, it functions as a decision-support system.

Digitalizing to manage better

One of the main challenges in sustainability is that many decisions are still made reactively.

Digitalizing consumption makes it possible to move from an approach based on estimates to continuous management, where information becomes a competitive advantage.

The Environmental Footprint Tool enables organizations to:

  • digitalize water, energy, and waste consumption data;
  • benchmark performance against references drawn from a proprietary database;
  • detect economic and operational savings opportunities;
  • access AI-powered recommendations to guide decision-making.

This information helps prioritize actions and accelerates the implementation of improvements with measurable impact.

Simulating scenarios before investing

One of the platform’s most valuable features is the ability to run simulations.

Before implementing a solution, organizations can analyze different scenarios by considering variables such as:

  • regulatory changes;
  • cost variations;
  • adoption of new technologies;
  • consumption reduction strategies.

The system also estimates the investment required and the direct and indirect savings associated with each alternative.

This reduces uncertainty and helps prioritize projects with the greatest environmental and financial impact.

From data to implementation

Measuring is only the first step.

The real value emerges when information is transformed into concrete projects.

That is why Agua Segura supports organizations throughout the entire process:

  • identifying opportunities;
  • designing solutions;
  • selecting and coordinating suppliers;
  • overseeing implementation;
  • measuring and reporting the impact achieved.

This comprehensive approach turns environmental strategy into verifiable results.

Water, energy, and waste: an integrated perspective

Traditionally, these resources have been managed separately.

However, there is growing evidence that they form part of the same system.

Reducing water consumption can lower energy use. Optimizing processes can simultaneously reduce waste and costs. Implementing efficient solutions can generate environmental and economic benefits at the same time.

An integrated perspective therefore makes it possible to identify opportunities that often go unnoticed when each indicator is analyzed in isolation.

Sustainability also drives efficiency

Companies today face new challenges:

  • increasing regulatory pressure;
  • more demanding ESG objectives;
  • growing expectations from investors and consumers;
  • the need to reduce operating costs;
  • risk management related to water and climate change.

Having tools that make it possible to measure, benchmark, and project scenarios helps organizations respond to these challenges with objective information.

Sustainability moves beyond being solely an environmental goal to become a tool for business efficiency and resilience.

Technology for better environmental management

Digital transformation is also reaching the management of natural resources.

Tools like the Environmental Footprint Tool allow organizations to evolve from reactive management to preventive management, grounded in indicators and evidence.

This supports organizations in:

  • improving environmental performance;
  • reducing costs;
  • optimizing investments;
  • strengthening their ESG strategy;
  • advancing toward more sustainable production and operating models.

From commitment to action

Sustainability begins when decisions can be measured.

Digitalizing consumption, understanding the impact of operations, and evaluating different scenarios makes it possible to move from diagnosis to action with greater speed and precision.

At Agua Segura, we believe the future of environmental management will depend increasingly on the ability to turn data into decisions — and decisions into positive impact.

The Environmental Footprint Tool was developed precisely with that goal in mind: to help organizations convert information into concrete solutions and move toward more efficient, resilient, and sustainable management.

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World Environment Day: Why Plastic Is Also a Water Crisis

Every June 5th, the world pauses for a moment to remember something that should be self-evident: the planet we inhabit has limits. World Environment Day, led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is an opportunity to put the most urgent environmental challenges on the agenda and call for collective action.

This year, at Agua Segura, we want to highlight a connection that often goes unnoticed: the relationship between plastics and the water crisis. A relationship that is not metaphorical. It is chemical, ecosystemic, and deeply territorial.

Plastic doesn’t disappear. It breaks down and reaches the water

When plastic is not properly managed, it doesn’t disappear. It fragments into increasingly smaller particles — known as microplastics — that end up in rivers, watersheds, aquifers, and oceans. According to UNEP data, between 9 and 14 million tons of plastic enter the ocean every year. But the problem doesn’t start or end at sea.

Microplastics have been found in drinking water sources, agricultural soils, fish tissue, and human blood. They affect aquatic biodiversity, disrupt the natural cycles of ecosystems, and compromise the quality of water that entire communities depend on to live, produce, and develop.

The plastic crisis and the water crisis are not two separate problems. They are two symptoms of the same production and consumption model that ignores the natural limits of the planet.

Water security and biodiversity: an interdependent system

At Agua Segura, we work with this reality on the ground every day. We know that water security cannot be guaranteed by infrastructure alone. It depends on healthy ecosystems, functioning watersheds, soils that absorb water effectively, and communities with the capacity to care for and manage this resource.

When ecosystems become contaminated — with plastics, agrochemicals, or industrial waste — that chain breaks down. Wetlands lose their retention capacity. Degraded soils no longer filter as they once did. Communities that rely on surface or groundwater sources are left exposed.

That is why talking about the environment on June 5th is also talking about water. And talking about water means talking about the natural systems that sustain it: forests, wetlands, soils, rivers, aquifers. All of them threatened, among other things, by plastic pollution.

What can companies do?

Organizations have a role that cannot be delegated. Not only because plastic and water are part of their value chains, but because they have the capacity to scale solutions that go beyond their own operations.

This year, together with Unplastify, we developed a series of special proposals for corporate teams looking to engage with this agenda in a concrete, meaningful, and transformative way:

Inspirational talk: a awareness session on the impact of plastics on water, nature, and communities. Ideal for building internal awareness and opening conversations about sustainability within teams.

Solution design workshop: a participatory dynamic for co-creating concrete responses to plastic and water challenges. An activity that combines creativity, collaboration, and purpose.

Clean-up day: a collective action experience in contact with urban nature. Because change is also built with our hands.

These proposals are not just team-building activities. They are opportunities for organizations to integrate the environmental agenda from within, with teams that understand the problem, commit to the solution, and build a culture of sustainability.

June 5th is a date. The commitment is permanent

World Environment Day serves an important function: it raises visibility. But the environmental crisis has no expiration date and cannot be resolved with a single awareness event. It requires strategic decisions, sustained investment, and the willingness to change production and consumption models that have carried decades of inertia.

At Agua Segura, we believe that companies that understand this have a real competitive advantage: they build resilience before scarcity forces them to. They design solutions before regulators require them. They generate value for their territory before social conflict demands it.

Plastic in water is not just an environmental problem. It is an indicator of how an organization relates to the ecosystem it depends on. And changing that is possible, measurable, and necessary.

Does your company want to activate Environment Day with real impact?

Together with Unplastify, we design tailored proposals for teams that want to go beyond communication and connect with concrete environmental action. Talks, workshops, and clean-up days designed to build awareness, creativity, and commitment.

If you’re interested in exploring how we can support your organization this June 5th — and beyond — reach out to schedule a call. We’re here to help you design a water and environmental impact strategy that makes sense for your company and your territory.

Contact us at aguasegura.com and let’s talk.

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World Environment Day: Why Plastic Is Also a Water Crisis

Every June 5th, the world pauses to acknowledge something that should be self-evident: the planet we inhabit has limits. World Environment Day, led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is an opportunity to bring the most urgent environmental challenges onto the agenda and call for collective action.

This year, at Agua Segura, we want to address a connection that often goes unnoticed: the relationship between plastics and the water crisis. A relationship that is not metaphorical. It is chemical, ecosystemic and deeply territorial.

Plastic Does Not Disappear. It Fragments and Reaches Our Water

When plastic is not properly managed, it does not disappear. It breaks down into increasingly smaller particles — known as microplastics — which end up in rivers, watersheds, aquifers and oceans. According to UNEP data, between 9 and 14 million tons of plastic enter the ocean every year. But the problem does not begin or end at sea.

Microplastics have been found in drinking water sources, agricultural soils, fish tissue and human blood. They affect aquatic biodiversity, disrupt the natural cycles of ecosystems and compromise the water quality that entire communities depend on to live, produce and develop.

The plastic crisis and the water crisis are not two separate problems. They are two symptoms of the same model of production and consumption that ignores the natural limits of the planet.

Water Security and Biodiversity: An Interdependent System

At Agua Segura we work with this reality on the ground every day. We know that water security cannot be guaranteed by infrastructure alone. It depends on healthy ecosystems, functional watersheds, soils with strong infiltration capacity and communities with the ability to care for and manage the resource.

When ecosystems become contaminated — by plastics, agrochemicals or industrial waste — that chain breaks down. Wetlands lose their retention capacity. Degraded soils no longer filter as they once did. Communities that depend on surface or groundwater sources become vulnerable.

That is why talking about the environment on June 5th also means talking about water. And talking about water means talking about the natural systems that sustain it: forests, wetlands, soils, rivers and aquifers. All of them threatened, among other things, by plastic pollution.

What Can Companies Do?

Organizations have a role that cannot be delegated. Not only because plastic and water are part of their value chains, but because they have the capacity to scale solutions that reach far beyond their own operations.

This year, together with Unplastify, we developed a series of special proposals for corporate teams looking to engage with this agenda in a concrete, meaningful and transformative way:

Inspirational talk: a awareness session on the impact of plastics on water, nature and communities. Ideal for building internal awareness and opening sustainability conversations within teams.

Solutions design workshop: a participatory session to co-create concrete responses to plastic and water challenges. An activity that combines creativity, collaboration and purpose.

Clean-up day: a collective action experience in contact with urban nature. Because change is also built with your hands.

These proposals are not just team-building activities. They are opportunities for organizations to integrate the environmental agenda from within — with teams that understand the problem, commit to solutions and build a culture of sustainability.

June 5th Is a Date. The Commitment Is Permanent

World Environment Day serves an important purpose: it makes the crisis visible. But the environmental crisis has no expiration date and cannot be resolved with a single awareness event. It requires strategic decisions, sustained investment and the willingness to change production and consumption models that have decades of inertia behind them.

At Agua Segura we believe that companies that understand this have a real competitive advantage: they build resilience before scarcity forces them to. They design solutions before regulators require them. They generate value for their territory before social conflict demands it.

Plastic in water is not just an environmental problem. It is an indicator of how an organization relates to the ecosystem it depends on. And changing that is possible, measurable and necessary.

Does Your Company Want to Activate Environment Day With Real Impact?

Together with Unplastify we design tailored proposals for teams that want to go beyond communication and connect with concrete environmental action. Talks, workshops and clean-up days designed to generate awareness, creativity and commitment.

If you are interested in exploring how we can support your organization this June 5th — and beyond — reach out to coordinate a call. We are here to help you design a water and environmental impact strategy that makes sense for your company and your territory.

Contact us at aguasegura.com and let’s talk.

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