Sample Case Studies

• • Water Resources

  Groundwater Sustainability Agency Formation in Sonoma County, California

  CBI partners with local agencies to develop a decision-making and governance structure for the county’s Groundwater Sustainability Agency designee.

  October 23, 2025

  Sonoma County engages CBI to help build consensus on how to create a governance and decision-making structure to form a groundwater sustainability agency under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014.

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• • Agriculture & Commodities

  Guiding Chile’s Salmon Farmers toward More Sustainable Community Relations

  March 17, 2021

  CBI works with Chilean farmed salmon companies and communities to improve the industry’s social performance.

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• • Economic & Social Policy
  • Global Development & Peacebuilding

  Helping OECD Members use Mediation to Resolve Complaints About Multinational Enterprises

  CBI works with OECD National Contact Point (NCP) offices to improve their use of mediation and informal problem solving to respond to complaints filed against OECD affiliated corporations.

  October 23, 2025

  CBI works with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to improve member governments' use of mediation and informal problem solving to respond to complaints about corporations' adherence to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

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• • Natural & Cultural Resources

  Helping WWF Drive Conservation Impact Through Collaboration

  CBI supports the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) with strategic planning and designing dialogues to develop responsible production standards

  October 23, 2025

  CBI supports the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) with strategic planning, as well as facilitates and helps design WWF dialogues aimed at developing environmentally and socially responsible production standards for commodities and goods, including farmed seafood, beef, and timber.

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• • Natural & Cultural Resources

  Honing World Wildlife Fund's Forest Strategies

  CBI supported WWF Forest Goal Team as it refined its strategic focus and prepared for challenges ahead.

  October 23, 2025

  CBI helps the World Wildlife Fund's Forest Goal Team refine its strategic focus and prepare for challenges, as it works with diverse sectors to promote responsible forest management and trade, as well as deforestation-free supply chains.

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• Interbasin Coordination in the Northern Sacramento Valley

  January 31, 2023

  Background and Challenge Below the surface of the earth—between rock fractures, sand, and soil—underground basins contain a large percentage of the water on which we depend. In dry years, these groundwater basins can contribute nearly half of California’s…

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Partial List of Convenors/Clients

• Sierra Club

• Sonoma County Water Agency

• South Florida Water Management District

• Staples, Inc.

• State of Alaska

• State of Delaware

• State of Maryland

• State of New York Department of Environmental Conservation

• State of NH

• State of VT

• Stockholm International Water Institute

• Stroud Water Resource Center

• Sustainability Challenge Foundation

• Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

• Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

• Texas Dept Parks and Wildlife