Despite its fundamental importance to life, water is often taken for granted, particularly as a business issue. Yet the availability and quality of water is crucial for companies in an increasing number of sectors.
The United Nations forecasts that by 2030 almost half the world’s population will live in areas facing water stress or water scarcity. Less than 1 per cent of the world’s supplies is easily accessible fresh water and “the effects of climate change, increasing population, urbanisation, per capita demand, and pollution damage to supplies will put even greater pressure on these limited resources,” says Marcus Norton of the Carbon Disclosure Project.
