A new report shows how global companies are taking action to stem the global water crisis and stand ready to reap major financial rewards as a result.

Over 300 companies including Anglian Water (the only UK water company to make the A list), AstraZeneca, Danone, Firmenich, HP Inc, KAO Corporation, Klabin S/A, Mars, Symrise AG and Mitsubishi Electric have today been named on this year’s A List by environmental non-profit CDP. This is a major increase on last year, despite the unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19.

In an Expert Focus comment on Waterbriefing, Jon Williams, PwC partner and a member of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures outlines why the recommendations in the TCFD’s final Report have the potential to improve decision-making by investors, lenders and insurers in respect of climate change impacts on companies.

Kier has been identified as a UK leader for the quality of climate change related information that it has disclosed to investors and the global marketplace through CDP, the international not-for-profit that drives sustainable economies.

New analysis using the World Resources Institute’s water risk tool has identified eighteen of the world’s most water-stressed rivers.