March 2015 – The Future of Water

Global sustainable investing assets grew 61% from 2012 to 2014 to reach $21.4 trillion The global sustainable investment market has grown substantially in both absolute and relative terms, according to The Global Sustainable Investment Review 2014, a report released recently by the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) www.gsi-alliance.org • The report reveals that global sustainable

by Boston Common Asset Management If you have funds to invest, you almost have certainly have access to one of the great benefits of a developed economy: clean running water. You don’t worry that you risk falling ill that by washing your hands, filling up a coffee mug, or brushing your teeth. Water is so

>> Back to Most Read Impax’s approach to investing in water infrastructure and technologies, and why it is important to all of us. by Simon Gottelier, Director and Water Specialist at Impax Asset Management The ever increasing need for water, but an ever tightening global supply will ensure that companies active in the water sector

By Nate Downey, Founder, Santa Fe Permaculture and Author, “Harvest the Rain” As news broke of an oil pipeline leak above the Yellowstone River, the 6,000 residents—and myriad species—of nearby Glendive, Montana were wondering how long their water would remain deadly. From my stormwater conference hotel room, all I could do was share the nightmare

Six years after the launch of the Calvert Global Water Fund, water remains a serious sustainability challenge and a significant investment opportunity. By Matthew Sheldon, Portfolio Manager, Calvert Global Water Fund, Kleinwort Benson Investors International Ltd; and Stu Dalheim, Vice President, Shareholder Advocacy, Calvert Investments. As pressures on our planet’s water supply mount, investing in

>> Back to March 2015 Issue By Brooke Barton, Senior Director, CERES Water Program The world is getting thirstier and we’re fast running out of ways to quench it. A rapidly growing population, too many competing demands, and climate change impacts are creating a water availability emergency that the World Economic Forum recently ranked as

>> Back to March 2015 Issue By Garvin Jabusch, Co-Founder, Green Alpha Advisors and Co-Manager, Shelton Green Alpha Fund Everyone now knows global freshwater risk is real. Will water prove a chokepoint that stymies world economies? We have to concede that it could, affecting as it does, agriculture, energy, all forms of production, and, oh

>> Back to Most Read “Water promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th century.”  – Fortune Magazine Water has emerged as the target of choice for the robber barons of globalization. As freshwater supplies dwindle, global investors are scrambling to own what’s left. The World Bank already values water