Sources for Nature featured in NMWE’s 2026 EU Code of Conduct Report

Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE) has published its 2026 EU Code of Conduct Annual Report, highlighting the progress made over the past year in advancing the sector’s sustainability commitments. The report features Sources for Nature as one of the key initiatives contributing to NMWE’s biodiversity commitment. In particular, the report highlights the progress made since […]

[Watch]: What are participants hoping the Sources for Nature project will help achieve?

Every successful project is driven by the people behind it. To capture their expectations and ambitions, we invited participants in the Sources for Nature project to answer one simple question: “What are you hoping this project will help you achieve?” In this short video, participants share their perspectives on the project’s potential to strengthen biodiversity […]

Sources for Nature holds first learning webinar on biodiversity assessment

22/05/2026.- The Sources for Nature project held its first thematic webinar, bringing together participating companies, national associations and biodiversity experts to exchange practical experiences and approaches to biodiversity action in the natural mineral water sector. Organised by Natural Mineral Waters Europe in collaboration with International Union for Conservation of Nature, the session focused on the […]

Sources for Nature officially launched: Turning biodiversity ambition into action

Brussels, 01/04/2026.- On 31 March 2026, Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE) officially launched Sources for Nature in Brussels, marking the beginning of a new collaborative effort to strengthen biodiversity protection around Europe’s natural mineral water sources. Bringing together companies, associations, EU representatives and civil society organisations, the public session of the kick-off event set a […]

[Watch]: Sources for Nature, from recommendations to action

In this short video, Adam Gono, Deputy Secretary General at NMWE, presents Sources for Nature, NMWE’s new two-year pilot project aimed at turning biodiversity recommendations into concrete action across the natural mineral water sector. Highlighting the project’s practical, site-level approach, he explains how it will support ecosystem protection around water catchments and invites stakeholders to join […]

Natural Mineral Waters Europe launches “Sources for Nature” to pilot IUCN biodiversity recommendations across Europe

Brussels, 19 March 2026 – Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE) is launching Sources for Nature, a two‑year project to test, in real-world conditions, the IUCN Recommendations for Biodiversity in the natural mineral and spring water sector. The project brings together a group of volunteer companies and associations from across Europe to apply a common biodiversity framework […]

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