30/09/2025
Agua Segura

10 Years of Agua Segura: Lessons Learned, Challenges, and the Future of Water

By Manuel Saurí, CEO of Agua Segura

It has been an intense 10 years, filled with significant entrepreneurial, corporate, and personal experiences. A tremendous decade, full of lessons learned, challenges, achievements, and also mistakes that taught us valuable lessons. One of the most beautiful aspects was choosing to found a venture focused on water—a path that forced us to always be present, to focus on the essential, and to work with science without abandoning the art or sensitivity of connecting with the human element.

Water is not just an element: it is territory, culture, health, and opportunity. Over these ten years, we’ve come to understand that caring for water means caring for life in all its forms. We learned that every watershed, every well, every community is a universe unto itself, with its own voices, histories, and challenges. And we understood that nothing can be transformed from a distance: you have to be in the territory, listen, learn, respect, and co-create solutions with the people who live there.

A Journey Rooted in Conviction and Science

At Agua Segura, science provided us with the method: measure, understand, demonstrate. Working for water security demands an understanding of water cycles, measuring quality, diagnosing soil and environmental conditions, and planning based on knowledge. Designing solutions to the water crisis requires data, but also empathy and humility.

Technology gave us speed and scale. Thanks to filtration tools, remote monitoring, humidity sensors, and ultrafiltration systems, we managed to reach more territories more efficiently. But we also learned that no innovation is useful if it is not adapted to the local reality. That is why every solution implemented was conceived with and for the community.

Education as a Bridge

Beyond technology, one of the great pillars of these years has been education. Community workshops, school activities, and awareness campaigns helped us build trust, strengthen local participation, and foster habits of hygiene and water care. The WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) approach was a key guide.

Throughout the years, we also incorporated art as a tool for raising awareness. Through murals, songs, games, and storytelling, we managed to connect with people on an emotional level, generating ownership and a sense of belonging around water as a right and essential resource.

Water as a Challenge and a Driver for Transformation

Starting a venture in water is not easy. It means choosing to work with deeply rooted cultures and raw, urgent needs. It means navigating situations of great sadness, but also witnessing solutions that transform lives. It means committing to long, complex processes that require patience, collaboration, and deep conviction.

During this decade, we faced contexts of extreme water stress, territories with severe pollution, communities without access to water, and scenarios of climate crisis. In all these places, we confirmed that joint work with local allies is the foundation of any successful project. Collaboration between the public sector, private sector, foundations, and citizens is essential to sustain solutions over time.

10 Years of Collective Impact

Today, as we complete ten years, we celebrate not just projects or milestones achieved, but a collective learning: that water is a driver of development, that the territory holds immense value, and that collaboration is the only viable way to face the challenges. Over these years, we implemented projects for water and sanitation access, wetland restoration, watershed reforestation, water quality monitoring, irrigation efficiency improvements, and more.

We have worked with over 1,000 communities, benefited hundreds of thousands of people, trained local leaders, and brought together young people committed to sustainable development. In every experience, we reaffirmed that real change occurs when solutions arise from the territory, respecting local voices and leveraging their knowledge.

Looking Ahead: What’s Next

The road ahead is equally challenging, but also clearer. We want to continue measuring, innovating with purpose, and, above all, being present: in the territories, with the communities, with partners, and with the new generations.

We know that the water crisis is one of the greatest global threats. Scarcity, pollution, unequal access, the loss of natural sources, and the deterioration of aquatic ecosystems require urgent responses. That is why Agua Segura is committed to Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for water, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and aquifer recharge projects as central pillars of our agenda.

Furthermore, we promote partnerships with companies to advance Corporate Water Stewardship. The private sector plays a key role in sustainable water management and can be an active part of the change. The same applies to the role of governments and the need for public policies that prioritize water security as a foundation for human development.

Conclusion: Ten Years for Life

These ten years confirm one thing: that water is history, present, and future. And working for it is, ultimately, working for life. Water conservation is everyone’s task. Every restored well, every restored watershed, every filter installed, every workshop conducted is a small but major contribution to a more just and sustainable world.

Thank you to all the people, communities, allies, donors, and teams that made this journey possible. We are aiming for much more: with science, with art, with data, and with heart. Because water deserves it. And because the future we dream of is built drop by drop, community by community, project by project.

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05/09/2024

Dvigi: Ultrafiltration Technology for a Healthier and More Sustainable Future

Gisella Djenderedjian – General Manager of Dvigi.

Access to safe drinking water remains one of the most urgent challenges of the 21st century. Although it may seem like a guaranteed right, over 2.2 billion people worldwide lack secure access to water, and this has devastating consequences, especially in rural communities.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 485,000 people die each year from diarrheal diseases linked to the consumption of contaminated water. This reality hits women and children hardest, as they are often primarily responsible for collecting water in rural areas. This task not only exposes them to physical risks but also keeps them away from educational and work opportunities, perpetuating cycles of poverty and inequality.

Accessible Technology to Improve Water Security

In this scenario, technology presents itself as a fundamental ally in the fight to guarantee water security. In particular, ultrafiltration systems have consolidated as an effective, sustainable, and low-cost solution to improve access to water and sanitation in contexts where water infrastructure is limited or nonexistent.

This technology allows the removal of bacteria, viruses, and sediments without the need for electricity or chemicals, making it a viable tool for vulnerable communities. Furthermore, it contributes to improving water quality, which is vital for preventing waterborne diseases and improving overall well-being.

How Ultrafiltration Works

Ultrafiltration is a purification process that uses membranes with extremely small pores to remove contaminants from water. In the case of purifiers developed by Dvigi, this system is combined with activated carbon and sediment filters, achieving complete purification without removing essential minerals from the water.

“Our purifiers combine ultrafiltration technology with activated carbon and sediment filters, eliminating impurities and improving water taste. We want to be part of the solution to the global water problem,” explains Gisella Djenderedjian, General Manager of Dvigi.

These systems are designed to be simple to install, easy to maintain, and durable, making them especially suitable for communities that do not have constant access to technical services or infrastructure.

A Sustainable Approach with Community Impact

Beyond its efficiency, Dvigi’s technology has a clear focus on sustainability. By not requiring electrical energy or generating polluting waste, it aligns with principles of water conservation and sustainable water management.

In collaboration with Agua Segura, Dvigi works on filter implementation projects in rural communities across Latin America. These initiatives not only improve access to safe drinking water but also strengthen the social fabric through:

Awareness workshops on responsible water use.
Training in hygiene and healthy habits (WASH).
Training for the use and maintenance of the systems.
Promotion of corporate water responsibility by technology provider companies.

Each project is conceived as part of a comprehensive approach that prioritizes community education and long-term sustainability.

Community Projects with Real Impact

The community water projects in which Dvigi participates are designed to generate a transformative effect. Daily access to safe water implies a radical change in health, development, and life opportunities in rural communities.

Furthermore, by freeing women and girls from the responsibility of fetching water, greater access to education and economic participation is enabled, contributing to gender equality.

These projects also reinforce the communities’ resilience to the water crisis, which intensifies with phenomena such as droughts, extreme rainfall, or contamination of surface sources.

Complement to Ecosystemic Strategies

Although ultrafiltration technology operates at the household level, it is also part of a broader approach that recognizes the importance of protecting water sources. That is, it is not enough to purify water at the end of the process: it is also essential to take care of what happens in the natural environment.

Therefore, Agua Segura articulates this technological solution with other nature-based solutions for water strategies, such as:

The restoration of aquatic ecosystems.
The recharge of aquifers through soil conservation.
The protection of watersheds.
The improvement of agricultural practices to prevent contamination.

These approaches mutually reinforce each other: while the environment is preserved, immediate tools are provided to ensure safe consumption in homes.

Technology with Purpose

“Our commitment is to improve the quality of life in the regions that need it most, using sustainable technology that transforms access to water,” says Djenderedjian.

Dvigi’s mission is clear: to make access to safe water not a privilege, but a right accessible to everyone. Each installed filter represents an opportunity to break the cycle of disease and exclusion.

In contexts where investment in traditional infrastructure takes years or is unfeasible, these technologies represent immediate, effective, and low-environmental-impact solutions for household water replenishment.

Conclusion: Innovation for the Right to Water

The water crisis demands multiple responses, from ecosystem restoration to the development of appropriate technologies for each reality. Dvigi’s experience demonstrates that social and technological innovation can be part of a comprehensive, people-centered solution.

Ultrafiltration systems not only purify water: they open doors to health, education, and community development. In partnership with organizations like Agua Segura, this technology transforms into a tool to build a fairer, more resilient, and healthier future for all.

15/01/2026

Less than 1% of the planet’s water is fit for human consumption: why water security is one of the greatest global challenges

We live on a planet covered in water. However, that image is deeply misleading.

Of the total water on Earth, about 97% is salt water, and nearly another 2% is trapped in glaciers and polar ice caps. This leaves less than 1% of freshwater available to supply more than eight billion people, sustain food production, cities, industry, and ecosystems.

That margin was already extremely limited. Today, it is under increasing pressure due to rising demand, watershed degradation, and the increasingly visible effects of climate change. In many territories, the problem is no longer just about how much water exists, but whether it is possible to access that essential resource in a safe, continuous, and sustainable way.

This context makes water security one of the primary global challenges of the 21st century.

🌍 The water crisis: a global problem with local impacts

The water crisis does not manifest the same way in every territory. In some places, it appears as extreme scarcity; in others, as contamination, supply interruptions, or inequality in access. But in all cases, it has a common denominator: increasing pressure on already fragile water systems.

Population growth, accelerated urbanization, and the intensification of productive uses have steadily increased the demand for water. Added to this is the degradation of watersheds—deforestation, soil loss, overexploitation of aquifers—and the impacts of climate change, which alter precipitation patterns and increase the frequency of droughts and floods.

In this scenario, guaranteeing safe water cannot be limited to simply increasing supply. It requires better management of that scarce 1% available by protecting sources, reducing losses, improving water quality, and strengthening local capacities for long-term sustainable management.

💧 From global diagnosis to territorial action

While the problem is global, solutions are always built at the local level, within the watershed. This is where it is decided how water is captured, distributed, used, and protected. That is why at Agua Segura, we work with a territorial approach, developing projects that combine infrastructure, technology, education, and community work.

🇧🇷 Brazil: access to safe water in contexts of urban vulnerability

In Rio de Janeiro, alongside Microsoft, we developed a project in the Vila Beira Mar community, where access to water was not stably guaranteed. In this context, water insecurity directly impacted the health, education, and quality of life of families.

The project included:

The installation of 15 community reservoirs.
The expansion of the distribution network with home connections for 70 families.
The delivery of 200 family water filters, as well as filters for schools and community centers.

These actions, carried out together with TETO Brasil, improved water availability and quality for more than 3,250 people while strengthening community management of the resource. In territories where every supply interruption has immediate consequences, guaranteeing safe water means reducing health risks and opening opportunities for development.

🇨🇱 Chile: safe water in a context of structural drought

In Chile, the central zone faces structural water scarcity, worsened by more than a decade of prolonged drought. In this context, access to drinking water and the reliability of existing systems become critical challenges, especially in rural communities.

Through Microsoft’s Water Positive program, we developed projects in Colina and Curacaví in collaboration with Rural Drinking Water (APR) cooperatives. The goal was to generate new water sources and improve their quality while strengthening local resource management.

The results include:

An estimated volumetric benefit of 4,500 m³ of water per year.
Direct impact on nearly 5,000 people.
Improvements in 14 schools.
WASH workshops to promote the safe and responsible use of water in drought contexts.

These projects demonstrate that water security depends not only on infrastructure but also on education, governance, and community participation.

🌎 Latin America: scalable solutions together with GRUNDFOS

A similar approach is applied to the projects we develop with GRUNDFOS in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Argentina. Since 2020, these water access initiatives have reached more than 50,000 people through the implementation of 830 solutions, including:

Family filters.
Community dispensers.
Rainwater harvesting systems.
Improvements in storage and distribution.

In these contexts, every liter of safe water available has a direct impact on the health, education, and economic opportunities of communities. The scale of the challenge demands adaptable solutions that are always designed based on local reality.

🔄 Beyond volume: how water security is built

These projects show that the water crisis is not just a matter of global volume. Reducing losses, improving quality, bringing water closer to those who cannot access it, and strengthening local capacities are actions that make a difference when the resource is so limited.

Talking about water security implies:

Protecting and restoring watersheds.
Improving efficiency in productive uses.
Implementing nature-based solutions.
Committing to long-term investments with measurable impact.

When the available margin is less than 1%, every decision counts. The way we manage water today defines not only current access but the resilience of the water systems that future generations will depend on.

🌱 A shared challenge

Water does not belong to a single organization, sector, or territory. It is a shared, interconnected, and vulnerable resource. Therefore, building sustainable water security requires collaboration between communities, companies, governments, and civil society organizations.

At Agua Segura, we work to ensure that every project contributes to strengthening the entire system, from the watershed to the global stage. Because when it comes to water, sustainability is not an option: it is a condition for the future.

22/07/2025

Networking: Local Allies for Lasting Impact

By the Agua Segura Team

At Agua Segura, we are convinced that no project can have a real and sustainable impact unless it is built together with those who know and inhabit the territory. Collaboration with local actors is not only an effective strategy but also an ethical principle that guides our way of working. In territories marked by resource scarcity and social vulnerability, understanding the context and community dynamics is as important as the technology or infrastructure being implemented.

The Importance of the Territory and Community Water Projects.

The challenges linked to water security are complex and require solutions adapted to each reality. Therefore, working with local allies is a fundamental part of how we do things. We rely on organizations, foundations, cooperatives, and local governments that understand the reality of the place and provide key insights to ensure that solutions truly work.

They are the ones who help us identify opportunities, who know the communities we will work with, and with whom we jointly design strategies adapted to each context. And, above all, they are the ones who make it possible for the impact to last over time.

Adapting Solutions to Local Reality

Sustainable water management requires planning that considers not only technical aspects but also social, cultural, and environmental ones. For example, installing a rainwater harvesting system or improving sanitation without understanding community customs can lead to rejection or lack of ownership. Therefore, before defining any intervention, we conduct a participatory diagnosis with key local stakeholders.

Listening to those who inhabit the territory is the first step towards a successful intervention. Often, water challenges are also linked to watershed management, water conservation in agricultural or domestic uses, or to problems of access and quality. Each territory presents a different range of possible solutions, and only through collaborative work can we choose the appropriate ones.

The Role of Grassroots Organizations

Foundations, civil associations, cooperatives, and other community organizations play a leading role. In many cases, they are already developing projects related to water, health, education, or local production. Working with them allows us to complement knowledge, strengthen local capacities, and ensure that actions do not dissipate over time.

These organizations also serve as a fundamental bridge to communities. They facilitate communication, help build trust, and act as catalysts for change. Furthermore, they often have greater flexibility to adapt to local rhythms and the particularities of each area. They are, ultimately, guardians of the process and strategic allies in implementation and monitoring.

Water Security: Shared Challenges, Joint Solutions.

Because when a project faces challenges—and there always are—it is precisely joint work that allows us to find answers. Mutual trust, constant dialogue, and a shared will to transform enable us to adapt, overcome obstacles, and move forward. Throughout our experience, we have learned that relationships are as important as results.

In contexts where access to water and sanitation remains a historical debt, we need to promote community water projects with a participatory approach. These projects not only improve infrastructure and water quality but also promote co-responsibility and the empowerment of people. The solution to the water crisis cannot be imposed; it must be built.

Sustainability Begins with Local Ownership

The permanence of results depends on community ownership. This includes both the maintenance of technologies and the continuity of hygiene practices and water care. When people feel part of the process, when they understand how a solution works and why it is important, they are more likely to sustain it over time.

Additionally, we promote WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) training workshops, where we address both technical and cultural issues. Nature-based solutions for water are also a fundamental axis in our interventions, integrating the restoration of aquatic ecosystems, aquifer recharge, and water replenishment as key strategies.

Building Networks That Transcend Projects

We know that truly transformative projects are not done alone. They are built through networks, and it is this joint work that achieves significant change and aligns with our purpose: water as a right, as a resource, as an opportunity. At Agua Segura, we foster public-private partnerships, links with local governments, universities, the private sector, and international organizations working for water security.

Corporate water responsibility also finds its place in this collaborative approach. Companies can be strategic allies in implementing sustainable solutions, contributing resources, technical knowledge, or strengthening value chains committed to local development.

A Commitment Built Day by Day

Ultimately, our experience shows that to achieve a sustainable impact, it is not enough to have a good technical solution. It is necessary to build relationships, respect the rhythms of the territory, learn to work with others, and trust in collective wisdom. Thus, each new project becomes an opportunity to grow together and ensure that the right to water is a reality for everyone.

Working with local allies is not just a methodology: it is a philosophy. A way of inhabiting territories with respect, humility, and commitment. It is also a way to address the water crisis collectively, recognizing that every person, every organization, and every community has something valuable to contribute to building a more just, resilient, and sustainable future.

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27/08/2026

Agua Segura at World Water Week 2026: Does water matter for business?

We’re excited to share that we’ll be taking part in the 2026 edition of World Water Week (linkedin.com/company/world-water-week) with our session “Does Water Matter for Business?”

In a world where return on investment (ROI) drives capital decisions, water projects are still too often treated as philanthropy. But if water is essential to productivity, resilience, operational continuity, and the future of industry, then we need to ask a more practical question: how do we build a business case for water strong enough to influence capital allocation?

A leading panel on corporate water management

Alongside our host and moderator Sara Hoversten (linkedin.com/in/sarahoversten), from Bonneville Environmental Foundation – BEF (linkedin.com/company/bonneville-environmental-foundation), we’ll explore this question with an exceptional group of panelists:

German Otalora Castro, from Microsoft (linkedin.com/in/german-otalora-castro-b41b5046 / linkedin.com/company/microsoft)
Yoshiko Hino, from Suntory Global Spirits (linkedin.com/in/yoshiko-hino-7b2158196 / linkedin.com/company/suntoryglobalspirits)
Santosh Govindaraju, from GRUNDFOS (linkedin.com/in/santoshgovindaraju2772 / linkedin.com/company/grundfos)
Catalina Deluchi, from Agua Segura (linkedin.com/in/catalinadeluchi/en / linkedin.com/company/aguasegura)
Antonella Maggioni, from Agrow (linkedin.com/in/antonella-maggioni-8885b36b / linkedin.com/company/agrow-analytics)

What we’ll discuss

The conversation will address how water is framed within business decisions — as risk, cost, sustainability, efficiency, supply chain resilience, CAPEX, or strategy — and what it takes for water to move from commitment to real investment.

Event details

Room A4, Level 6
Tuesday, August 25, 2:00 PM CEST
World Water Week 2026, Stockholm

The session will also be available online. You can join virtually by registering through the official World Water Week website.

We hope to see you there — in person or online — for a conversation about water, investment, resilience, and the future of business.

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24/07/2026

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.

24/06/2026

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.

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