Valuing Water Finance Initiative – The recent Valuing Water Finance Initiative benchmark assesses where 72 companies from four water-intensive industries—food, beverage, apparel and high-tech—are on this journey to protect their bottom lines and help ensure a water-sustainable future for all by 2030. In this webinar, participants: • Reviewed key takeaways from the benchmark demonstrating how the 72 focus companies are performing against Six Corporate Expectations for Valuing Water • Discussed how leading practices can be an opportunity for all companies to elevate their efforts to reduce wate ..read more

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Equity in Every Drop podcast – Episode 1: Marc Yaggi, CEO of Waterkeeper Alliance (WA), and the Reverend Dr. Gerald Durley, a human and civil rights advocate, discuss WA’s vital work and the intersections between water, climate change and environmental rights. Marc elaborates on Waterkeeper Alliance’s mission to unite over 300 Waterkeeper groups worldwide to protect waterways against pollution and climate change, emphasizing their community-based advocacy approach. Reverend Durley and Marc discuss the importance of individual and collective action in addressing the climate crisis, advocating ..read more

A Glimpse into ‘Thinking Like Water’ from R3 Productions, Inc. on Vimeo. Thinking Like Water Documentary Series Preview – Bill Zeedyk is a legend in the ecological restoration community. But when he began this work over 25 years ago, after retiring from the U.S. Forest Service, his ideas were considered almost heretical. Building on the work of Luna Leopold (son of famed conservationist Aldo Leopold), the river guru Dave Rosgen and influenced by indigenous practices of the New Mexico Pueblo people, Zeedyk coaxes straightened streams back to their natural meandering course, lifts creeks, rai ..read more

>> Back to April 2024 Issue The Water Council, a Milwaukee nonprofit dedicated to solving global water challenges, and Marquette University’s College of Business Administration Sustainability Lab, which aims to research and disseminate knowledge and foster and develop managers around effective sustainability and stewardship practices, announced plans recently for the Nexus Sustainability Leaders Summit, an annual national conference on corporate sustainability, water and energy resiliency, and stewardship. The new event is scheduled for October 29-30, 2024 at the Harley-Davi ..read more

>> Back to April 2024 Issue New indexes draw on the strengths of Morningstar’s Sustainalytics & Indexes businesses to deliver diversified, broad exposure to companies leading their sector peers in their readiness for—and action towards—climate transition Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment insights, recently announced the launch of the Morningstar® Low Carbon Transition Leaders (LCTL) Indexes, the latest strategic collaboration between leading ESG ratings, research, and data provider Morningstar Sustainalytics and Morningstar Indexes ..read more

>> Back to April 2024 Issue The new list showcases 155 Impact Fund Managers globally from record number of applicants, highlighting the impact investing industry maturation, as a growing number of funds link manager compensation to impact. ImpactAssets, the impact investing trailblazer with a decade-plus track record of mobilizing capital for good, recently released the ImpactAssets 50 (IA 50) 2024, a free publicly available, searchable database of impact investment fund managers globally. The IA 50, now in its 13th year, is designed to offer a simple way to identify experienc ..read more

>> Back to April 2024 Issue Oneka Technologies launches a renewable energy-powered way to produce drinkable water  A Canadian start-up called Oneka Technologies has developed a floating desalination system that can turn seawater into drinkable water using renewable wave power. Oneka’s small desalination machines require less energy to remove salt than large, shore-based desalination plants and run on renewable wave power. Their sustainable destination machines can provide freshwater to coastal communities and industries with less environmental impact than large-scale ..read more

>> Back to April 2024 Issue Investors are facing four Hard Truths in today’s financial markets: Massive global demographic shifts. Unprecedented demands on natural resources. Significantly larger trillion-dollar capital shifts taking place worldwide. Accelerated spread of increased market volatility. Rebecca Adamson (left) with Clan Mother Louise Herne of the Haudenosaunee Nation at the October 2023 Mother Law Gathering in St Regis, NY These are all about RISK – risk identification, risk management, downside risk, risk pricing and risk mitigation are becoming important drivers in ..read more

>> Back to April 2024 Issue Above – A water mechanical room, fully monitored with online controls, in a Santa Fe, NM home which integrates city water, gray water and rainwater into a system that distributes water inside and outside of the house. The system was designed by Doug Pushard of HarvestH20 and installed by 1st Choice Plumbing. The Libert’s Home Project won the WERS Award in 2023 for the Lowest Residence Water Use in the country. Water is the essence of life, and yet it is almost universally taken for granted. This is at a time when we are seeing unprecedented and dire water issu ..read more