water risk Articles
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Aqueduct Water Risk Framework
Awareness around the physical, regulatory and reputational water risks to companies and their investors is on the rise; and robust, comparable and comprehensive data is needed to help assess these water-related risks. In response to this demand, the World Resources Institute (WRI) Markets and Enterprise Program developed the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, a comprehensive and publicly available global ...
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An Investor Handbook for Water Integration
This report offers recommendation on how to integrate water into investment policies, portfolio management, strategic planning and client relationship building. It serves as a stepping-stone for managers just beginning to integrate water risks and opportunities into their thinking, as well as for advanced investors looking to deepen their ...
By Ceres
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Aqueduct Metadata Document: Mekong River Basin Study
Prior to the creation of the global Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, indicators were developed and tested in a number of river basins worldwide. The results of the Mekong River Basin Study helped inform and shape the global Aqueduct Water Risk Framework. The Mekong River Basin study contains 14 indicators of water quantity, water variability, water quality, public awareness of water issues, access to ...
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Aqueduct Informs AU Optronics Corporate Water Strategy
The World Resources Institute (WRI) Markets and Enterprise Program conducted a global geographic water risk assessment with multinational electronics manufacturer AU Optronics (AUO). WRI plotted AUO’s fabrication plants worldwide on global maps of water risk using Aqueduct’s Water Risk Atlas. This assessment aims to identify which AUO fabrication plants are located in areas and draw ...
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America`s Water Risk: Water Stress and Climate Variability
The emerging awareness of the dependence of business on water has resulted in increasing awareness of the concept of “Water Risk” and the diverse ways in which water can pose threats to businesses in certain regions and sectors. Businesses seek to secure sustainable income. To do so, they need to maintain a competitive advantage and brand differentiation. They need secure and stable ...
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Feeding Ourselves Thirsty: How the Food Sector is Managing Global Water Risks
In Feeding Ourselves Thirsty, Ceres takes a closer look at how the food sector is managing water risk. The report evaluates publicly available information on the water use, stewardship and policies of 37 major food sector companies in four industries: packaged food, beverage, meat and agricultural products. The report examines how water risks affect the profitability and competitive positioning ...
By Ceres
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Urban vulnerability and resiliency over water-related risks: a case study from Algiers
The ad hoc management of natural environmental features and inappropriate social interventions could cause vulnerability of thriving urban ecosystems. For instance sub-aerial exposure, water-related hazards, urban intrinsic sensitivity, urban adaptation ability or flexibility and urban transformability factors could contribute a potential danger. In spite of seasonal climatic changes, the ...
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Assessing global water risks and source water vulnerabilities case study
Challenge: One of the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits companies in the world, and a widely regarded global leader in sustainability, retained Antea Group's Global Corporate Consultancy team to assess localized water stress conditions throughout its global operations. The company wanted a prioritization of local risks against the best available internal and external data. Solution: ...
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Incorporation of the Multiple Barrier Approach in drinking water risk assessment tools
A number of existing risk assessment tools make reference to, or incorporate, a Multiple Barrier Approach to drinking water safety. Three waterborne disease outbreaks that occurred in developed nations were used as case studies to test a selected set of risk assessment tools. The outbreaks were used to determine how well the risk assessment tools identify hazards and vulnerabilities associated ...
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Private-public partnerships reduce water risk in South Africa
With its high reliance on manufacturing, mining, and agriculture, South Africa’s economy runs on fresh water. Recent projections estimate a startling 17 percent gap between water demand and supply in the country by 2030. Even more concerning, the areas most affected, the Gauteng and Vaal River regions, are also the most economically significant: According to the Department of Water Affairs ...
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Water risk to business is no small drip
At the World Economic Forum in Davos two weeks ago, I was struck by how often the issue of water risk was raised by business executives. As the global economic turmoil is receding, many CEOs and global leaders are turning to other threats—and water is high on the list. For the second year in a row, water crises were named among the top four global risks at the WEF. It’s easy to see ...
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Safe water, household income and health challenges in Ugandan homes that harvest rainwater
Having access to a safe water supply is important to improve a person's quality of life. We examine the relationship between the influence of water availability on monthly household expenditures (the dependent variable) and independent variables such as household characteristics, tank size, usage instructions and post-construction guidance, including the management of water-related ...
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Aqueduct Global Maps 2.0
Executive Summary This document describes the specific characteristics of the indicator data and calculations for the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas Global Maps. Complete guidelines and processes for data collection, calculations, and mapping techniques are described fully in the Aqueduct Water Risk Framework.1 The Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas makes use of a Water Risk Framework (Figure 1), that includes ...
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Aqueduct Country and River Basin Rankings - A Weighted Aggregation of Spatially Distinct Hydrological Indicators
More and more countries around the world face high levels of water stress, but measuring and communicating that stress consistently is challenging. This paper ranks countries and river basins worldwide based on their exposure water-related risks. Specifically, it provides national and basin-level scores derived from more localized water-risk scores from the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas. Rankings are ...
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Water-Related Business Risks
Water scarcity, pollution, climate change, and other problematic global water trends pose major challenges to businesses now and will continue to do so in the years ahead. The following article summarizes relevant concepts and provides a non-exhaustive overview of case studies, existing risk management tools, and global players. Continue reading the full ...
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Microplastic in water - Occurrence, risks and removal
1. Microplastics - what's the problem? Social and industrial progresses continuously improve our everyday life by yielding new materials, which fit our needs and stand out by their specially designed material properties. Hardly any other material has affected world's mass consumption and industry as plastics. These polymers feature plastic or elastic properties, thermal and biological stability ...
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The Ganges water-sharing treaty: risk analysis of the negotiated discharge
Bangladesh and India have resolved the Ganges water-sharing problem by signing a thirty-year treaty in December 1996. Both countries share the dry season (January-May) discharge of the Ganges River at Farakka, West Bengal, India. The sharing season is divided into fifteen 10-day cycles. The treaty is based on the discharge of the Ganges at Farakka over the period 1949-1988, taking the average ...
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5 Sobering realities about global water security
Some people say that water is the oil of the 21st Century. If only water were that simple. Water is very complicated. It’s affected by large-scale issues like climate change and globalization. International commerce moves virtual water (the water it takes to grow or produce a product) from farms in Brazil to grocery stores in China and Egypt. But water is also inherently local, impacted ...
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Water Savings Add Up for the Department for Education and Skills
Untitled Document Savings Totalling £60,000, Set to Rise Further The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) was one of the first organisations to join OGCBuying.Solution’s highly successful Watermark project, entering into a no-risk Water Services Contract with industry experts and consultants ADSM. Three years on, the department continues to reap financial ...
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Corporate Reporting on Water - A Review of Eleven Global Industries
Water is a crucial resource for nearly all industry activities. Yet decreasing water availability, declining water quality, and growing water demands from nonindustrial water users are creating new challenges to businesses that have traditionally taken clean and reliable water for granted. Around the world, corporations are now facing diverse water risks, including changing allotments, more ...
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