The issue of water scarcity is acquiring a new impetus. Not too long ago, it was primarily viewed as part of the suite of
issues which make up climate change, but like carbon emissions, it is fast acquiring its own identity and demanding
serious attention from risk managers across their business operations and
supply chains.
However, as this report sets out, water is not carbon. It has a unique character, as a shared resource, as necessary for both life and business and as being highly variable in character. Floods and droughts can happen in swift succession and in close proximity.