Transforming Water Risk into Water Security

• 9 out of 10 of the worst global risks are linked to water 

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• Water risk affects all businesses, industries, asset classes

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• Water risk is unaccounted for in all benchmark indices 

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• Physical and financial water risk is a core portfolio risk, and can lead to stranded assets 

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• Climatic extremes, exponential population growth, failing infrastructure, pollution, mismanagement, weak regulation accelerate water risk ​

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• Water risk impacts present and future earnings

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• Investors increasingly use water risk as a proxy for climate risk 

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• The cost of inaction on water security is five times the cost of action 

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