With the water crisis intensifying at a dizzying pace, investors and companies increasingly are in need of more advanced research and tools to better understand and appropriately act on water risk. This webinar will share the findings and implications of new, first-of-its-kind research led by Ceres and Bluerisk in partnership with DWS and S&P Global Sustainable1 that will help investors and companies better understand the financial implications of industry impacts to water resources.
The analysis finds that sufficient information is available for companies to estimate the magnitude of water-related externalities across the value chain and inform the potential capital and operational expenditure required to eliminate impacts, reduce value at risk, and capitalize on opportunities in the face of increasing water challenges. Participants will be provided with a glimpse into the financial implications of addressing water-related impacts for packaged meats and apparel companies.
In this session, participants will:
Deep dive into the first-of-its-kind research to estimate the cost of addressing a company’s impact on water, and the financial implications for investors.
Explore how companies create additional risk by not addressing impacts from their operations and supply chains on water resources.
Break down the urgent and material implications corporate water externalities present and how companies must respond to eliminate the negative impacts on water that may cost them in the future.
Identify ways to engage and act, including through investor initiatives such as the Valuing Water Finance Initiative.
Speakers include Steven Bullock (S&P Global Sustainable1), Virginie Galas (DWS), Kirsten James (Ceres), and Paul Reig (Bluerisk).