Fonterra, New Zealand, developed an innovative way to reuse water from condensation that’s produced during the milk powder manufacturing process at its Pahiatua plant.

Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Va., ranked No. 1 in water management among leading meat companies in a new report from Boston-based business sustainability organization Ceres.

Ecolab, St. Paul, Minn., and Trucost Plc, New York, developed the Water Risk Monetizer, what is said to be the industry’s first financial modeling tool that enables businesses to factor water into decisions to for better and more responsible water use.

Nestlé S.A., Switzerland, opened what is said to be the first zero water factory in the world in Mexico.