Notes on Will's talk

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Why is Deloitte building a water practice? Seeing the big picture...

Scarcity risk vs opportunity

Water "availability" slide + "Where is your supply chain?" = aha.

drivers ofscarcity: population growth / consumption trends

Key issues: Food, Energy...

Embedded water

UBS study, WRG, Morgan Stanley... Verdantix (stewardship)

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food & beverage cos -- this (risk/opportunity) means the ag supply chain

reputational risk / potential brand damage = a big driver

regulation --> viewed as compliance issue

Deloitte's focus - stewardship

  • operational risk quantification (core competence)
  • footprinting
  • water treatment tech (Cambridge - valuing externalities)
  • water risk to business value @ risk (physical, regulatory, reputation) -- increasing activity on the product use side

Stewardship strategy

Global Water Tool = de facto tool in the space looking at physical tool

Aqua tool - next gen water risk mgmt tool (funded by GE, Goldman, Bloomberg, Coca-Cola)