“There is no economy without water, no sustainable economy without waste management.”
Water is essential for life on earth and is a precious, yet underappreciated and undervalued resource. It is used in nearly all forms of economic activity including food production, industrial manufacturing, textiles, energy production and materials extraction – put simply ‘there is no economy without water’ yet ‘there is no sustainable economy without waste management’. This is why we include a ‘waste’ component to our investing – the two segments work together.