March 2022

The Future of Water:
 Companies and Communities

Montana’s Glacier National Park; aerial by Storyblock contributor: guillaumelynn

Welcome to our March issue on “The Future of Water: Companies and Communities.” This is one of the most intriguing and impactful issues we’ve ever published as our writers share information and insights on the increasingly vital subject of Water Stewardship.

So how do we all become better stewards of this valuable resource that is fundamental to all life and to the health of environmental ecosystems? You will find many promising answers and solutions in our articles as they look at how communities, companies and investors can come together to meet the current water challenges and the forthcoming crises. The numerous challenges show ever expanding impacts on our lives, the food we eat, the environment, and increasingly, to the business world.

So why do we undervalue and pollute this life sustaining, elemental resource? And how do we fix the issues?

For additional answers, check out this month’s video on a new solar-powered water pump and filter from GoSun. And listen to a podcast featuring Matt Damon and Gary White of Water.org and WaterEquity, discussing ways to create global access to clean water. They have also written a new book, The Worth of Water: Our Story of Chasing Solutions to the World’s Greatest Challenge.

Let me shift gears here as there are two events on ESG investing and sustainable business to which I would like to call your attention to. First, consider attending the Responsible Business USA Conference on April 19-20 in NYC, and second, try to attend the annual US SIF Conference on June 6-8 in NM. You can keep up to date on a variety of conferences with our Global Events Calendar.

I’ll close with a note we received recently from a long time business colleague – Fran Teplitz, the Co-Director of Green America. She wrote “Thank you for your steadfast, creative and cutting-edge work.”

 A great way to begin our 30th Anniversary Year,

– Cliff Feigenbaum, publisher and founder

The Worth of Water book by Gary White and Matt Damon

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Navigating the Canals of Water Investing - Green Alpha Advisors

Navigating the Canals of Water Investing

Garvin Jabusch and Betsy Moszeter
Green Alpha Advisors
Water is elemental. Crucial for life as we know it. Finite in supply — particularly fresh water — and is degraded over time by countless contaminants. Add it all up and it seems like the perfect combination of inelastic demand and diminishing supply. We need more, and better access to, safe fresh water. It seems very straightforward to invest in freshwater solutions and enjoy the returns. But, invest in what, exactly?
 

We can't afford polluted waters - Waterkeeper Alliance

We Can’t Afford Polluted Water

Gloria Reuben
Waterkeeper Alliance
For far too long, protections for clean water and other environmental regulations have been framed as an impediment to a strong economy. When in reality, the opposite is true. Water is the foundation of a stable and growing economy and thriving communities. Protecting everyone’s right to clean water is a moral obligation. And it’s also a financial necessity. We simply can’t afford polluted water and here’s why…
 

The Role Investors Play in Addressing Global Water Challenges

Suleyman Saleem
Calvert Research and Management
Companies that are leaders in water efficiency and reuse practices as well as those offering innovative solutions to global water challenges may be in position to outperform their competition over the long term. Investors can allocate capital to companies equipped to meet these challenges – driving capital to responsible companies in the water industry will drive more investment in solutions to global water challenges.
 

Investing in Water Stewardship Thomas Schumann

Investing in Water Stewardship

Thomas Schumann and Willem Buiter
Thomas Schumann Capital & Columbia University
Fresh water is a unique resource. It is essential to life, prosperity, and environmental sustainability. It is also a limited, scarce resource. It is renewable through nature’s hydrologic cycle or through the expenditure of real resources on recycling through treatment and purification. To achieve a fair, efficient, and sustainable allocation of fresh water, it must be priced in all its uses to reflect its opportunity cost and scarcity value, including any negative environmental externalities.
 
 

Bank of America’s That Made All the Difference podcast with Host Alicia Burke – In this episode: “What if clean water could help women achieve true equality?” Learn about how actor/writer Matt Damon and engineer Gary White are combining practical solutions with storytelling to help create global access to clean water.

Find out more at water.org and waterequity.org.

March 2022 Additional Articles

WAVE Fills Gap in Evaluating Water Risk by Dylan Waldhuetter The Water Council

WAVE Fills Gap in Evaluating Water Risk

Dylan Waldhuetter
The Water Council
Water risk hasn’t received the same attention as carbon emissions in sustainable and ESG investing, but if you’re not paying attention to water, you’re already behind. Droughts, floods, deteriorating infrastructure, poor water quality and more are materially impacting companies’ direct operations and supply chains across the globe. The changing climate will only accelerate the manifestation of these water risks.
15th annual State of Green Business Report

Top Sustainable Business Trends of 2022

Joel Makower
GreenBiz Group
The worlds we collectively inhabit—corporate sustainability, sustainable finance, the circular economy, climate tech—are all reaching inflection points, growing and changing faster than many could have imagined. Along the way, they’re roiling industries, companies, jobs and career paths—mostly for the better but also in a be-careful-what-you-wish-for kind of way. Here are the top sustainable business trends we see.
Clean200 Companies Continue to Outperform MSCI ACWI Global Index

Clean200 Companies Continue to Outperform MSCI ACWI Global Index

“The Clean200 has demonstrated consistently since 2016 that the clean energy future is the clean energy present. This year, the scale and global diversity of leading companies continue to expand and redefine the term cleantech to be any company that has products and services that will reduce demand for fossil fuels and water.” said Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow.
Community Capital Mgmt Releases Ninth Annual Impact Report

Community Capital Mgmt. Releases Ninth Annual Impact Report

“We have seen significant growth in the demand for our impact and ESG investment strategies over the last decade from a variety of investors, including endowments, foundations, faith-based organizations, high net worth investors, non-profits, and healthcare organizations. We are proud of our team members and are excited to share the new video and impact report.” said Alyssa Greenspan, president and COO of CCM.
The Year Ahead--Three Water Trends by Will Sarni-The Water Foundry

The Year Ahead: Three Water Trends

Will Sarni
The Water Foundry
The three trends, I outline in this article, are fueled by increasing investor interest, and will continue to challenge and disrupt the water sector status quo. They are: traditionally slow pace of innovation and scaling of new technologies and business models is giving way to faster adoption in response to the harsh reality of the impacts of climate change; also democratized access to data and actionable information; and failing aging infrastructure and outdated public policies.
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Investors Use Climate Playbook to Scale Action on Water

Kirsten James
Ceres
(From the 2020 Archives) The sheer scope of the global water crisis means that the entire financial system has to get onboard—and act boldly to significantly reduce water impacts. Creating this shift will depend on bringing together a broad group of investors and companies that recognize the market, and the financial and reputational risks of water use and management and act to mitigate these risks.

 
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