It’s Time to Move Beyond Water Conservation to Managing Water Risk
An interactive, intelligent water grid powered by a network of smart sensors can provide the data needed to deliver warnings and predictions in real-time.
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Kimberly-Clark WaterLoupe Tool Pinpoints Factors Driving Water Risk
Kimberly-Clark and research firm Deltares have partnered to develop an interactive, web-based tool that will allow users to assess water risks for an entire watershed as well as for specific sectors and sub-groups, such as industrial users or farmers, over a 30-year time horizon. The WaterLoupe tool tracks data on ... Read more »
PepsiCo’s New Conservation Projects Help Mitigate Water Risk in Southwest
In-depth: PepsiCo has taken a major step toward its water conservation goal with a new project in the Southwestern that helps manage watersheds in high-risk areas. With such projects, the company is actively facing risks related to climate change. Other companies? Maybe not so much...
Help May Be on the Way for Industry’s Water Challenges
A large proportion of US companies may not be aware of the risks that face their businesses in terms of water challenges, according to the CDP. Just 34% of companies responding to a CDP survey in 2016 had undertaken a water assessment that included both direct operations and supply chain. ... Read more »
Water Risk Tool Focuses on Mining Sector
Water availability is increasingly recognized as a material risk for many businesses. To address this, Bloomberg and the Natural Capital Declaration have launched a tool that enables analysts to incorporate water risks into company valuations across the mining sector. The Natural Capital Declaration is a global finance-led initiative supported by ... Read more »
How Buildings Can Achieve Water Neutrality
Sustainability engineering and planning firm Brendle Group has launched a building scale software water management toolkit to achieve water neutrality. The software tool — the firm says it’s the first of its kind — is part of Brendle Group’s Net Zero Water Initiative. The toolkit is free to download; Brendle ... Read more »
Water Scarcity Puts Revenue At Risk
The Water Risk Monetizer, industry’s first publicly available financial modeling tool that enables businesses to factor current and future water risks into decision making, now provides users with insights into how water scarcity impacts revenue. The free tool’s new assessment helps water-dependent businesses better understand the full value of water ... Read more »
Which Food Companies Have Best — and Worst — Water Management?
Major US food companies need to adopt far stronger water management practices to use limited global resources more efficiently, according to a report by nonprofit advocacy group Ceres. The report, Feeding Ourselves Thirsty: How the Food Sector is Managing Global Water Risks, ranks the nation’s 37 largest food companies on ... Read more »
CDP Selects WSP for Pilot Water Consultancy Partnership
The Carbon Disclosure Project has selected WSP Group, a Canadian-based engineering professional services consulting firm, to serve as one of two US consultancy partners for its pilot water consultancy partnership. CDP launched the water consultancy partnership this year with a goal to better support company engagement with and improvement of ... Read more »
CDP: 68% of Businesses Report Water Risk Exposure
Two thirds of the world’s largest companies — including Merck, Unilever and H&M — are reporting exposure to water risks, some of which have potential to limit growth, according to CDP’s latest annual global water report. The report finds that 68 percent of businesses report exposure to water risk, which ... Read more »
Ecolab, Trucost Launch Water Risk Monetizer
Ecolab and Trucost today launched a free tool to help businesses assess water-related risks in financial terms and enable more informed decision-making. The partners say the Water Risk Monetizer is a first-of-its-kind tool and the information it provides can help businesses around the world better understand water risks and the ... Read more »
Water Shortage Puts Companies, Investments at Risk
Both US assets and entire companies — including UNS Energy, Black Hills Corporation, MGE Energy and Sempra Energy — are at risk due to choices soon to be made over whether to use water for crop production or electricity generation, according to a report from MSCI’s Environmental, Sustainability & Governance ... Read more »