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How the Aqua Gauge helps investors
For investors, the Aqua Gauge provides a benchmark for assessing corporate water management and enabling them to evaluate and compare companies based on their publicly available information. It is a resource for corporate engagement, providing a framework to inform dialogue with company representatives on water risk. The Aqua Gauge also provides guidance on key regions and sectors facing water-related risks, helping investors prioritize and focus their analysis and engagement activities.
| “…Investors need to know that their holdings in water-intensive value chains in water-stressed regions are able to generate robust cash flows into the future. The Ceres Aqua Gauge provides a useful, common sense four-step approach for institutional investors to compare water risk management.” — HSBC, Water: resilience in a thirsty world, January 2013 |
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The Aqua Gauge can help portfolio managers and analysts identify companies best positioned to manage water-related risks in an increasingly water-constrained world. Company performance against the expectations in the Aqua Gauge can serve as a negative or positive factor in investor decision-making processes. The tool can also be used to assess proxy proposals related to water and, for active shareholders, to guide engagement with companies on water issues.
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What investors are saying...
“We are using the Aqua Gauge to analyze companies in our portfolios and to help us engage with companies on water risk.”
— Jack Ehnes, CEO, California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRs)
“The Aqua Gauge is a powerful tool that helps us prioritize and informs our dialogues with companies.”
— Lara Yacob, Senior Engagement Specialist, Robeco Investment Management
