Water

Ceres builds investor and business leadership to protect freshwater supplies around the globe, integrating capital market solutions into everything we do. We seek to turn smart water management into a business fundamental and water stewardship into an economic imperative.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Valuing Water Finance Initiative: A Watershed Moment
From the recent destructive flooding in Kentucky and Mississippi to the dwindling Colorado River supply, no one is spared from the global water crisis that is accelerating before our eyes.

Environment

Ceres Launches New Investor-Led Effort To Move the Biggest Corporate Water Users and Polluters To Value and Act on Water as a Financial Risk
The Valuing Water Finance Initiative is a new effort to engage 72 of the world’s biggest corporate water users and polluters to value and act on water as a financial risk and drive the necessary large-scale change to better protect water systems.

Environment

Six Fast-Food Giants Commit to Science-Based Targets, but Challenges Remain
A three-year global investor engagement with fast-food giants has resulted in significant progress on climate target-setting but has raised concerns for investors about the management of both emissions and water usage in the supply chain.

Events, Media & Communications

Ceres CEO Joins Vice President Harris for Launch of White House Action Plan on Global Water Security
Ceres CEO and President Mindy Lubber joined Vice President Kamala Harris and leaders from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Millennium Challenge Corporation and USAID for the launch of the White House Action Plan on Global Water Security.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New Ceres Report Identifies Seven Sectors Putting Global Freshwater Resources at Risk
A new report released today by the sustainability nonprofit Ceres reveals how industry practices are driving five critical threats to global freshwater systems

Responsible Production & Consumption

New Analysis Shows Value at Risk From Negative Water Impacts in Apparel and Meat Industries
A first-of-its-kind analysis finds that the cost of addressing harmful water impacts could top nearly $1.8 billion annually for some large publicly-traded packaged meat and apparel companies

Environment

Food Companies Aren’t Moving Quickly Enough To Fend off Global Water Crisis, New Benchmark Report Finds
Most food companies are not taking the necessary action to reduce their demands and impacts on freshwater resources, further worsening the global water crisis, according to a new report released today by the sustainability nonprofit Ceres.

Environment

Futurecasting a World With Water Aware Financial Institutions: Four Takeaways
Understanding the real enormity and complexity of the water crisis that companies face requires a concerted effort at combining scientific and financial insights, according to speakers convened by Ceres at World Water Week 2020.

Environment

A New Recipe for Corporate Sustainable Agriculture
Soil and water are intricately linked. From how they are protected to how they are managed to how they are valued across economic sectors, there is a clear connection. The decisions we make about one can have big impacts on the other.

Environment

Ceres Announces New Partnership With Renowned Research Institute to Drive Investor and Corporate Action on the Global Water Crisis
Today, the sustainability nonprofit organization Ceres announced a new partnership with a leading research institute to deliver a new global assessment that will serve as a foundation in developing bold new action steps to better protect the world’s most precious resource: water. This is the first of its kind assessment that takes a comprehensive look at the major threats to our global water supply from unsustainable corporate practices.
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