Boost flood resilience with modular water-saving barriers

This case study is part of the “Climate Resilience Awards for Business” an initiative by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in partnership with the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), which celebrate businesses driving innovative and scalable solutions to strengthen climate resilience across operations, supply chains, and communities. Learn more here.

SLAMDAM operates at the forefront of climate risk. Floods and droughts are becoming increasingly severe and frequent across the regions in which the organisation works, damaging communities, farms, infrastructure, and the environment. Its deployments across four continents have been repeatedly exposed to various types of floods and prolonged dry spells. These events disrupt operations, increase costs, and directly endanger the vulnerable communities and institutions it serves.

For surrounding communities, climate extremes lead to loss of harvests, contaminated drinking water, and damaged homes. Without accessible protection, local economies remain highly vulnerable. These risks are central to SLAMDAM’s mission and business model: demand for resilient, fast-deployable flood and drought solutions is rising, and the organisation’s credibility depends on reducing losses for its partners. This exposure drives SLAMDAM to develop SLAMDAM SMART mobile flood barriers with integrated AI-driven IT tools, turning hazards into opportunities for water storage, irrigation, and long-term resilience.

Location of the initiative (region, country, city): The Netherlands, Montfoort