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How the world's growing water crisis is endangering $300bn of business value
How the world's growing water crisis is endangering $300bn of business value

Taking action to deal with water shortages and pollution will cost $55bn, just a fraction of the cost of failing to act, CDP estimates

  • Risk
  • 01 March 2021
Microsoft outlines plan to become 'water positive' by 2030
Microsoft outlines plan to become 'water positive' by 2030

Tech giant unveils latest sustainability pledge, aiming to become a net replenisher of water within a decade and focus efforts on water stressed regions of the world

  • IT
  • 22 September 2020
Unilever steps up water conservation efforts
Unilever steps up water conservation efforts

Consumer goods giant unveils latest commitments from its recently announced €1bn 'nature and climate fund'

  • Efficiency
  • 30 July 2020
'Love Water': Major new campaign urges urge businesses to curb water use
'Love Water': Major new campaign urges urge businesses to curb water use

More than 40 organisations band together to call for public and businesses to 'Love Water' and stop wasting it

  • Management
  • 31 July 2019
SDG6: Quenching business' thirst in a water-scarce world
SDG6: Quenching business' thirst in a water-scarce world

Access to water is essential to all business operations, but climate change, growing populations, and urbanisation all pose supply risks - How can firms deliver on SDG6's water security aims

  • Management
  • 08 April 2019
Corporates reveal fears over escalating water risks
Corporates reveal fears over escalating water risks

CDP report reveals a growing number of leading business are concerned about water risks and setting water goals, but corporate water use keeps climbing

  • Supply chain
  • 22 March 2019
CES 2019: Smart materials, plant burgers and blockchain for endangered species
CES 2019: Smart materials, plant burgers and blockchain for endangered species

At this year's Consumer Electronics Show green innovations branched out from drones and EVs, with clean tech twists on everything from dishwashers to hiking gear

  • Technology
  • 11 January 2019
VIDEO: How to brew greener beer
VIDEO: How to brew greener beer

BusinessGreen went to visit Stella Artois in Belgium to find out how AB InBev, one of the world's biggest brewers, is cutting its environmental impact

  • Carbon Accounting
  • 20 December 2018
Climate-related water risk threatens firms, leading ratings agency warns
Climate-related water risk threatens firms, leading ratings agency warns

S&P Global Ratings warns water-related risks are rising, leaving water-intensive firms exposed

  • Risk
  • 02 November 2018
Secrets of the Disruptors: Seawater Greenhouse's Charlie Paton
Secrets of the Disruptors: Seawater Greenhouse's Charlie Paton

Seawater Greenhouse founder on why the simplest solutions are often the best

  • R&D
  • 24 October 2018
MPs to water industry: Plug 'shocking' water leakage to combat drought risk
MPs to water industry: Plug 'shocking' water leakage to combat drought risk

Parliament's EFRA Committee publishes report on water industry regulation, calling for firms to be given more powers to roll out smart meters

  • Risk
  • 09 October 2018
The BusinessGreen Guide to the SDGs: SDG6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
The BusinessGreen Guide to the SDGs: SDG6 - Clean Water and Sanitation

How will can business contribute to the drive to 'ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all'?

  • Management
  • 08 October 2018
Anglian Water earmarks £6.5bn to tackle 'extreme weather challenges'
Anglian Water earmarks £6.5bn to tackle 'extreme weather challenges'

Water companies forced to prepare for repeats of 2018's 'Beast from the East' and record-breaking summer heatwave

  • Risk
  • 04 September 2018
World Bank to launch first sustainable water bond
World Bank to launch first sustainable water bond

First in a new series of Sustainable Development Goal bonds issued by the World Bank will aim to fund projects that promote clean water and healthy oceans

  • Investment
  • 03 September 2018
Climate change could push up the cost of water, engineers warn
Climate change could push up the cost of water, engineers warn

New report from the Institute for Mechanical Engineers claims Britain's water industry will face higher costs as climate impacts bite

  • Climate change
  • 07 August 2018
 UK farmers allowed to take more water from rivers as heatwave continues
UK farmers allowed to take more water from rivers as heatwave continues

Environment secretary holds drought summit with farmers to address series issues of crop failure and lack of fodder for animals

  • Politics
  • 02 August 2018
Waterwise launches new water efficiency push
Waterwise launches new water efficiency push

Not for profit group to team up with industry to promote water efficiency measures

  • Efficiency
  • 27 June 2018
How can a wireless network help both rhino resilience and water quality?
How can a wireless network help both rhino resilience and water quality?

They're called low-power wide-area networks — LPWANs — and they're changing how we can collect data

  • IT
  • 15 June 2018
Water shortages to be key environmental challenge of the century, Nasa warns
Water shortages to be key environmental challenge of the century, Nasa warns

Freshwater supplies have already seriously declined in 19 global hotspots - from China to the Caspian Sea - due to overuse, groundbreaking study shows

  • Risk
  • 17 May 2018
'Beyond breaking point': European cities should brace for climate impacts
'Beyond breaking point': European cities should brace for climate impacts

Impact of floods, droughts and heatwaves on European cities will be worse than previously feared, say scientists

  • Climate change
  • 21 February 2018
Liwa Strategic Water Reserve: Abu Dhabi unveils record-breaking sub-desert water reserve in bid to boost climate resilience
Liwa Strategic Water Reserve: Abu Dhabi unveils record-breaking sub-desert water reserve in bid to boost climate resilience

Reservoir is hailed as 'breakthrough sustainable engineering feat' as UAE seeks to combat water supply risk

  • Technology
  • 16 January 2018
Jean giants unzip greener dyeing technology
Jean giants unzip greener dyeing technology

New dyeing process touted by Wrangler, Lee, and Walmart promises to cut water and energy use by more than 90 per cent

  • R&D
  • 20 November 2017
CDP: Surge in companies joining the water 'A-list'
CDP: Surge in companies joining the water 'A-list'

Large corporates are investing record amounts in water security according to CDP, but World Water Council warns global action is still not enough to avert disaster

  • Supply chain
  • 07 November 2017

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