Draft:Open Water (company)

Open Water is an aluminum bottled water company headquartered in Chicago. It uses the slogan "More ocean. Less plastic." Open Water is the first bottled water to be certified climate neutral by the Change Climate Project. The company was founded by Nicole Doucet and Jess Page in 2014 under the name Green Sheep Water, which was later changed to Open Water in a 2018 rebrand. The pair attended University of Miami together, where they realized they needed to do something to combat the amount of plastic in oceans in 2009 after watching a documentary. They opted for aluminum as the most sustainable option per their research and got started developing Open Water. They are diverse-supplier certified and woman-owned.

Products
The company sells both aluminum cans and aluminum bottles of water in still and sparkling. The cans come in either a 12oz or 16oz size. The 12oz is only available in still water while the 16oz can be still or sparkling. The bottles are 16oz and feature a resealable lid. The cans were created to create a less expensive alternative to the bottles in order to be carried at Tortuga music festival in Ft. Lauderdale. The water is source agnostic, meaning that while it goes through a purification and electrolyte addition process, it is not tied to a place like many other bottled waters.

Sustainability
The founders chose to use aluminum for the packaging due to its high recycling rate. In 2020, all five water options were granted certified climate neutral status by Change Climate Project. Initially, many customers were businesses with environmentally conscious missions, but now they serve a wide variety of businesses.