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Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Water conservation in scarcity conditions: corporate sustainability at mexico's femsa group / Roger Nion Conaway, Ph.D., Francisco Gabriel Rodríguez González -- Walmart mexico: clean energy to reduce costs and improve corporate image / Mariel Guadalupe Ferro Rivas, Mariana Cesín Sastré -- Grupo vanguardia revitalizes plastics recycling in honduras / Martha Sofia Cifuentes, Felipe Perez -- Nissan mexicana's renewable power partnership / Marco Antonio Cristobal, Aidee Figueroa -- Tecnosol follows the sun / Martha Sofia Cifuentes, Felipe Perez -- Rizek pushes dominican republic cocoa industry toward sustainability / Milagros De Camps German -- Centrosur leads the way to sustainability in ecuador / Edwin Garcia -- A resilient world: bavaria builds its case on water / Santiago Cortes Villota -- Grupo herdez takes the initiative in mexico's food market / Faruz O. Loutfi Olivares -- Chile's las palmas avocado orchard: water consumption reduction in agriculture / Siegfried King -- Mabe-ontex: increasing global competitiveness with ecofriendly disposable products / Margarita Heredia-Soto -- Water use efficiency initiatives in nestlé¿s value chain and the implications of the company's business model / Hellen Quinonez -- Index.

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