Nestlé Waters North America has announced that it is partnering with Imagine H2O a water innovation accelerator.
The idea of the partnership is to help provide entrepreneurs with the resources, insight and visibility needed to launch and scale water solutions.
Nelson Switzer chief sustainability officer for Nestlé Waters North America said: “Population growth, urbanisation and increasingly volatile weather patterns continue to present challenges with respect to our shared water resources.
“We must identify and encourage innovation to overcome these challenges. Imagine H2O offers its partners an exclusive channel to engage with emerging water entrepreneurs whose technologies have been vetted for both commercial viability and impact.
Perhaps more importantly, the Imagine H2O network helps commercialise these critical innovations.”
Scott Bryan president of Imagine H2O added: “Providing entrepreneurs with access to customers in strategic markets is critical to our programming.
“For the beverage industry, engaging water technology startups is an opportunity to advance the market for water innovation and support new solutions to water resource challenges.”
Since 2009, Imagine H2O has supported over 550 startups in more than 30 countries across a diverse range of sectors, including food and agriculture plus water and wastewater treatment.
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