Partnership platform. Initiative in development

Your role in the story of water.

Your organisation's expertise can serve an expedition, become part of a documentary story and lead to a verifiable result.

Two participants support each other during an open-water swim
Team archive from earlier open-water swims. Not a photograph of a future 9 Lakes chapter.

The task comes first. Partnership follows.

Participation starts with a place and a useful contribution, not with an empty space for a logo.

Visibility

The brand can appear in an agreed chapter story and its materials.

Product in use

Technology, connectivity, transport or equipment has a genuine field function.

Team involvement

An employee programme is possible when access and safety are agreed.

Research

Specialists help define methods, collect data and state the limits of findings.

Local role

Regional expertise and infrastructure serve the needs of the place.

Content

Film, photographs and publishing are planned with clear usage rights.

Zaur Zakrailov studies the water at the shore
Team archive: Zaur Zakrailov at the water's edge. Not a completed 9 Lakes chapter.

Beyond placement. A role on the route.

Potential channels are considered for each chapter. Availability and usage rights are never presumed to be confirmed.

Route

A vessel if available, vehicles, connectivity and field equipment.

Team

Apparel, tools and specialist work in real conditions.

Event

A shore programme, local meetings and education, subject to approval.

Media

Documentary film, photography, editorial and digital materials.

Six scales of participation.

These are starting points for discussion, not price tiers. Contribution, geography, timing, channels and rights require a separate agreement.

9 / FOUNDING

Initiative partner

A long-term role across the initiative.

Time horizon, category, contribution and rights are developed together.

ROUTE

Route partner

A continuing presence across several chapters.

The chapters and functions involved are defined by agreement.

CHAPTER

Chapter partner

One place, one task and a complete story.

Programme, channels, content and deliverables are agreed for that place.

SYSTEM

Technology partner

A working solution for the field and team.

Actual use and documentation are specified in advance.

LOCAL

Local partner

On-the-ground knowledge and infrastructure.

The local team's role and continuity after the expedition.

CONTENT

Media or cultural partner

A story with a life beyond the event.

Production, editorial input, channels and licences are negotiated separately.

Category, duration or geographic exclusivity can only be considered through a separate agreement.

Illustrative package for discussion

One chapter. A tangible role.

Imagine a partner equipping the field team. Participation could then bring together several connected elements.

  1. Equipment used in an agreed field programme.
  2. Placement on apparel and the chapter page where rights allow.
  3. An editorial feature, short stories and photography under an agreed plan.
  4. A team meeting or local event if the programme permits.
  5. A record of actual placements, communication metrics and delivered files.

Not a public package or a reach guarantee. Funding, equipment, production, rights and promotion are scoped separately.

Nine ideas for different capabilities.

Ideas from the brand book show how a business might contribute. They are possible formats, not completed case studies.

Telecom / technology

Connection beyond signal

Role
Provide a feasible field communications channel and material transfer.
Output
A technology story and route diary.
Evidence
Usage plan, channel availability and published materials.
Automotive / mobility

A clean-water route

Role
Move people and equipment along the land route.
Output
A journey map, episodes and product in a real setting.
Evidence
Planned and actual route, agreed media package.
Outdoor / sport

Equipment tested by water

Role
Equip the team for suitable field conditions.
Output
An honest test, photo story and possible co-created range.
Evidence
Usage record and the team's actual observations.

The first three are shown in more detail. Open the others below.

Science / cloudData that remains
Role
Support the collection and preservation of agreed observations.
Output
A report or visualisation with its methodology.
Evidence
Collection method, data provenance and limits of inference.
HR / financeOne water, one team
Role
Design employee participation without replacing the local task.
Output
A workplace story and participation report.
Evidence
Access rules, actual participants and completed work.
Engineering / energyEnergy for restoration
Role
Address a defined engineering or local challenge.
Output
A documented account of the solution in use.
Evidence
Method and verified volume of work.
Media / cultureCinema of nine lakes
Role
Produce and distribute a documentary story.
Output
Film, publishing, screenings and editorial assets.
Evidence
Editorial plan, completed materials and licences.
Retail / consumer goodsWater without waste
Role
Bring reusable solutions to field life.
Output
A product story and possible customer activation.
Evidence
Delivery and usage records, campaign terms.
Premium services / B2BAccess to a rare route
Role
Arrange an intimate programme only where genuinely feasible.
Output
A meeting, film and chapter materials.
Evidence
Approved format, access and programme scope.

The story continues beyond the expedition.

Content and reporting are designed before the route begins, not reconstructed afterwards.

Preparation

The place, task, expertise and partner's role.

Expedition

Diary, photography, video and the solution at work.

Outcomes

Documentary chapter, report and press materials.

Continuity

Education, screenings and a licensed image library.

Rights and results are defined first.

Communication reach, employee involvement and environmental outcomes are measured separately. None stands in for another.

Materials

Which films, photographs and texts are produced and delivered.

Usage

Where, for how long and in what context they may be published.

Approval

What needs review before advertising or scientific claims.

Reporting

How placements, actual metrics and field outcomes are documented.

Let's find your organisation's role.

We begin with your expertise and the needs of a specific lake. Terms follow an assessment of the place and programme.

Discuss participation

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