Water Scarcity: Improving Access and Quality of H2O
Credit: Adam Schultz/Clinton Global Initiative
Water availability and quality is at risk globally—two-thirds of the population will experience water shortages by 2025, creating health, economic, and environmental risks, as well as exacerbating poverty. It is estimated that water use has risen at more than twice the rate of population growth over the last century, and a lack of access to safe water already impacts 750 million people around the world. In this session, participants will identify ways, as populations and industries continue to grow, that the private sector can reduce its water use and assess its role in water stewardship through core business practices. Participants will also explore how organizations can improve quality and access to water.
Objectives:
• Address water scarcity at different scales—including interventions at the regional, watershed, corporate, and community levels
• Identify opportunities for increased coordination among various stakeholders, including conservationists, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) advocates, and private sector industry leaders
• Workshop Commitments to Action in development related to the Water Scarcity Call to Action
MODERATOR:
Brooke Barton, Senior Program Director, Water Program, Ceres
SPEAKERS:
Ezgi Barcenas, Global Manager, Beer & Better World, Anheuser-Busch InBev Services
Melissa Fifield, Director of Sustainable Innovation, Gap, Inc.
Water Scarcity: Improving Access and Quality of H2O
Credit: Adam Schultz/Clinton Global Initiative
Water availability and quality is at risk globally—two-thirds of the population will experience water shortages by 2025, creating health, economic, and environmental risks, as well as exacerbating poverty. It is estimated that water use has risen at more than twice the rate of population growth over the last century, and a lack of access to safe water already impacts 750 million people around the world. In this session, participants will identify ways, as populations and industries continue to grow, that the private sector can reduce its water use and assess its role in water stewardship through core business practices. Participants will also explore how organizations can improve quality and access to water.
Objectives:
• Address water scarcity at different scales—including interventions at the regional, watershed, corporate, and community levels
• Identify opportunities for increased coordination among various stakeholders, including conservationists, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) advocates, and private sector industry leaders
• Workshop Commitments to Action in development related to the Water Scarcity Call to Action
MODERATOR:
Brooke Barton, Senior Program Director, Water Program, Ceres
SPEAKERS:
Ezgi Barcenas, Global Manager, Beer & Better World, Anheuser-Busch InBev Services
Melissa Fifield, Director of Sustainable Innovation, Gap, Inc.