Why water-related disclosures should be mandatory for firms and financial institutions

Political leaders are gathering in New York this week for a once-in-a-generation summit to tackle a global crisis which affects us all. The UN 2023 water conference is the first time in nearly 50 years that heads of state have met to discuss water security. The last time was in Buenos Aires in 1977, itself the first summit when water issues were discussed at such a high level. In the intervening years, water concerns have not only grown but reached crisis levels. Recent research offers up all kinds of figures on the extent of the problem: 2.3 billion people live in areas of water stre...