What McDonalds and P&G are doing to keep water risk at bay

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The World Resources Institute releases a tool for a comprehensive look at global water risk

A few years after Coca-Cola established a manufacturing plant in southern India, the company got itself into hot water as local wells began drying up. Although no conclusive proof about whether the beverage...

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