Godavari Initiative Marks Two-Year Milestone with Water Stewardship Dialogue in Mumbai
The Godavari Initiative (TGI), a basin-level collective action platform, marked its two-year milestone by convening the Water Stewardship Dialogue in Mumbai. The event brought together senior leaders from industry, government, civil society, technical institutions, and the development sector to discuss the growing imperative for corporate India: building water resilience requires shared intelligence, aligned investment, and sustained collaboration.
The dialogue examined the business case for water resilience, collective stewardship, institutional mechanisms, alignment with government priorities, and collaboration for India's water future. Representatives from Diageo India, The Coca-Cola Company, Arvind Limited, L'Oréal India, Government of Maharashtra, civil society organisations, and corporate partners participated in the event.
TGI was established to address water management at the basin level, rather than through individual projects. Over two years, it has built an expanding ecosystem of partners and developed its Impact Aggregator, designed to bring interventions, organisations, and evidence into a common view. The initiative has also engaged IUCN India to strengthen standardisation around Nature-based Solutions.
The next phase will focus on deeper on-ground action, stronger government convergence, basin intelligence, Nature-based Solutions, collaborative investment pathways, and measurable outcomes across priority landscapes. The Coca-Cola Foundation joins the next phase as the new Basin Champion, building on the foundation established with Diageo India.