The Water Risk Academy
The Water Risk Academy provides practical, professional water risk training for consultants, sustainability professionals, corporates and other professionals seeking to understand, assess, communicate and manage water risks. Our programmes draw on 16 years of global water risk advisory experience with organisations including the World Bank, UN agencies and multinational companies.
Water Risk Assessment Certification (CPD-Accredited)
Become a CPD‑accredited Water Risk Expert in just 12 weeks
Learn everything you need to know to be fully proficient in assessing, communicating and mitigating water risks to successfully pivot and accelerate your career into the water risk or water stewardship space. Get hands on experience, build a global network of like-minded experts and enjoy discussions with leading water risk experts across various industries. Boost your CV with the accredited training by Continued Professional Development (CPD) Training services.
You will learn to:
- Understand the full spectrum of water risks—physical, infrastructure, and governance – and how this impacts physical, reputational and regulatory corporate risks
- Prioritise hotspot locations (sites/ cities/ river basins) using open source water risk tools
- Conduct an in-depth water risk assessment using Water Security Collective’s proprietary Water Risk Assessment Blueprint for sites/ cities/ river basins
- Transfer theory to practice by conducting your own deep dive water risk assessment, which will be evaluated by Jennifer
- Translate water risk into financial and strategic terms to win decision‑maker support
- Design interventions that mitigate risks and strengthen resilience
- Communicate complex findings clearly and lead stakeholder collaboration (e.g. multi-stakeholder platforms or collective action)
- Position and market yourself as a water risk expert to accelerate your career
This training is your fast-track into the water risk field—skip my 16-year learning curve, become a CPD accredited Water Risk Expert in as little as 12 weeks and start leading now.
Water Risk Crash Course
Master the Fundamentals of Water Risk—in Just 4.5 Hours
You’ll learn how to:
- What makes water risk so complex (hint: it’s not just about scarcity)
- How to build a business case for action
- How to run a quick water risk scan using open-source tools
- What to consider for an in-depth water risk assessment across physical, infrastructure, and governance risks
- How to communicate risks clearly and credibly to stakeholders
Winning Water Risk Assessment Projects: The Consultant's Playbook
Learn everything you need to start offering and winning credible water risk projects.
If you’re tired of guessing what to offer, how to price it, or how to get taken seriously in the water risk space—this is your shortcut. In under two hours, you’ll get the practical framework developed from 16 years of real-world water risk consulting experience to scope, price and pitch credible, high-impact water risk assessments.
You’ll learn how to:
- Break into the little known but fast growing water risk niche and understand what clients actually pay for in water risk consulting
- Learn about the 4-Phases of Corporate Risk Assessments that are required to conduct a state of the art assessment
- Price your work with confidence—whether you’re a freelancer or a firm
- Use a plug-and-play financial proposal structure to win your first $40K+ project
- Position yourself as a strategic advisor, not just another sustainability consultant
This training teaches you a practical, fast-track system to go confidently scope and price your water risk projects to never lose a proposal to your competitors – or run a loss – again. If you’re new to the corporate water risk space, you will learn exactly what is required to run a successful corporate water risk assessment.
Tailored Corporate Water Risk Trainings
Give your team the skills, tools, and clarity to act on water risk—strategically.
Whether you’re navigating supply chain resilience, long-term business continuity, expansion plans, compliance or ESG reporting—your team needs more than awareness. They need practical, business-relevant training on water risks. These custom 1–2 day trainings are designed specifically for your organization’s needs, with a focus on actionable steps that your teams can apply immediately.
Your teams will learn how to:
- Understand the full spectrum of water risks—physical, infrastructure, and governance—and how these affect different parts of your business, even without a technical background
- Use open-source tools like the WWF Water Risk Filter and WRI Aqueduct to scan sites, cities, and basins for exposure—and know when deeper assessments are needed
- Conduct in-depth water risk assessments using our proven Water Risk Assessment Blueprint—applying it at site, city, and river basin level
- Link water risks to business priorities, including regulatory compliance, supply chain resilience, and financial planning
- Set clear, actionable KPIs and risk mitigation plans aligned with your organization’s risk profile and strategy
- Communicate insights with clarity and credibility, using messaging that resonates with senior decision-makers
- Identify and prioritize solutions, collective action, based on specific risk drivers, feasibility, and local context
- Collaborate across teams to assess and mitigate water risks strategically
This training is available in two formats:
- For corporates, to understand their water risk exposure and to build or refine their internal water risk strategy
- For consultancies, to confidently support clients in understanding their water risk exposure and to build or refine their water risk strategy
This training is designed to make water risk real, relevant, and operational specifically for your team (s) and to give them the confidence to act.
Free Masterclass on "How to Assess & Communicate Water Risks So They Drive Decisions and Advance Your Career ... even if you have no prior expertise in hydrology or engineering"
If you are curious and would like to learn more about water risks, but aren’t quite ready to join the trainings, this Masterclass is perfect for you.
In this Free 90 Minute Masterclass I’ll Share the Three Gamechangers for Credible Water Risk Assessments That I’ve Learned Over the Past 16 Years So You Can:
- Gain clarity on the do’s and don’ts of assessing water risk exposure — and how common mistakes create false confidence
- Be taken seriously in senior conversations by clearly linking water risks to decisions, priorities, and strategy
- Position yourself for more strategic roles by moving beyond technical analysis to system-level judgement