Water is a valuable resource, yet more than a third of the world’s drinking water is lost from urban water supply systems. No other industry allows itself to lose 30% of its product and term this acceptable, yet the water industry has done so for years. “Imagine that you run a company that sells bottled…
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Location
Tel Aviv, Israel
Industry
Environmental Services
Legal Structure
For-Profit
Ownership Model
Private
Employees
51–200
Why we are in business
Our Purpose
More than a third of the world’s drinking water is lost from urban water supply systems. There is no other industry in the world that allows itself to lose 30% of its product and consider this acceptable, yet the water industry has done so for years. Enough clean water to fill two million Olympic-sized swimming pools every year is lost due to inefficiency.
Businesswoman and philanthropist Shari Arison, owner of the Arison Group, has always been passionate about catalyzing positive change in the world. Believing that humanity must preserve the abundance of existing fresh water, she established Miya as part of Arison Investments, the business arm of Arison Group, which operates in 40 countries across five continents. Miya is a global leader in urban water efficiency, optimizing water distribution systems and connecting millions of people to the system.
How we operate
Our Practices
We strive to operate our business in a way that maximizes benefit to all life impacted, and to share our practices to inspire other companies to do the same.
Purpose-First
Clearly defining your mission and demonstrating your commitment to it through a theory of change that drives your strategy, impact measurements that track your progress, incentives that keep purpose a priority, and/or a legal structure that ensure social and environmental objectives are upheld.
Benevolent
Benefits
Going beyond monetary compensation to provide exceptional care for the people powering your business; including healthy food offerings, extraordinary office amenities, full health coverage, education subsidies, an inspiring work environment, etc.
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Positive, Healthy Work Environment Positive, Healthy Work Environment
At Miya, each employee has his/her own office with lots of daylight a view into a main arts area into the city. When Miya upgraded its current facility, employees all received ergonomic chairs, following a workshop a few years ago on proper working posture. We’ve installed bamboo floors in all of our offices. Bamboo flooring is…
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Tribe
Culture
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Global Alignment With Our Employees Global Alignment With Our Employees
Miya was established by Shari Arison in 2008, through Arison Investments, to influence and bring about positive change on a global level, with the vision of ensuring an abundance of fresh water through efficient management of our existing resources. Ms. Arison’s mission statement is to be a catalyst for bringing about positive change to people,…
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Caring Through
Sharing
Caring for mission-aligned causes by generously sharing business resources such as your products and services, meeting space, excess materials, media exposure, company best practices, and employee time and talent.
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Teaching Students to be Water Ambassadors Teaching Students to be Water Ambassadors
Miya believes that community involvement is an integral aspect of a successful water efficiency program. In the Bahamas in 2013, Miya donated a pilot water awareness and educational program for 5th graders at the Oakes Field Primary School as part of its 10-year partnership with the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC). Students learned about the history…
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Planet-friendly
Partners
Choosing suppliers, distributors and other partners that share your commitment to creating a better world and adhere to clearly defined social and environmental standards.
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Creating Local Capacity Creating Local Capacity
“They come in, they train locals, they transfer that technology, and then they let them loose. At the end of 10 years, we’ll have a trained workforce to continue the work.” – WSC General Manager Glen Laville to the New York Times. Miya’s projects all work based on the value of glocalizing: bringing in knowledge…
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What we impact
Our Performance
Global Water Intelligence (GWI) Sustainability Award
Read MoreGlobal Water Intelligence (GWI) Sustainability Award
This award, which was presented by former Vice President Al Gore, was given for the greatest contribution to social, environmental and financial sustainability in the water sector for the year.
Global Water Intelligence (GWI) Water Efficiency Project of the Year Award
Read MoreGlobal Water Intelligence (GWI) Water Efficiency Project of the Year Award
Our Sebokeng/Evaton Advanced Pressure Management Installation in South Africa was recognized for being “an enviable triple win for the utility, its customers and the contractor.” The project saved 50 million m3, which translates to more than US$20 million.
International Water Association (IWA) Project Innovation Award
Read MoreInternational Water Association (IWA) Project Innovation Award
In 2013, The Developing Countries Drinking Water Supply Category prize was awarded to the Miya-Maynilad partnership’s comprehensive NRW Reduction Project, which added more than 2.6 million new customers to the city’s water distribution system using the water savings.
In 2014, The Asia-Pacific Region’s Operations/Management category prize was awarded to the Miya-Maynilad partnership’s comprehensive NRW Reduction Project, which created a water loss management specific department, trained and certified 450 Filipino engineers and fomented systemic change in the way the water utility is managed.
Jobs
What we look for when hiring
We look for people who are hard working, reliable and independent, with a passion for ensuring an abundance of fresh water.
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