Infographics: Get serious about water scarcity

The fact that water is running out is not new, but what is becoming increasingly urgent is that without action towards sustainable water practices, companies and investors around the world face imminent and significant risks. Business and investor concern regarding the water crisis is growing:

In 2014, 573 investors, representing $60 trillion in assets, used the Carbon Disclosure Project's water program, up 318 percent from 2010. Sixty eight percent of 174 global 500 companies stated that water poses a substantive risk to their business with one-third claiming the constraint would be felt in the next 12 months.

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