Stressed global water resources and escalating demands on those resources are creating unprecedented risks that threaten economic activity and human well-being. Population growth and mounting climate change impacts are compounding these threats.
This report is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive scientific review and analysis of the perilous global water landscape – focusing specifically on how key industry practices are critically affecting global freshwater resources. Through an extensive literature review, the report also identifies the multiple chronic and systemic risks to surface and groundwater resources. It also explores what the private sector (both companies and the investors that own them) can do to strengthen water stewardship globally.