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Finding the Money: How Businesses Can Fund Environmental Sustainability Projects

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In January, Brian Richter, director of freshwater strategies at The Nature Conservancy, spelled out four water resolutions through a thought-…

4 Barriers to Overcome in Achieving Corporate Environmental Sustainability

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This is Part One of a five-part blog series,…

The New Language of Sustainability: Risk and Resilience

On February 20, WRI President Andrew Steer participated in event with GreenBiz CEO Joel Makower at the annual GreenBiz summit in New York City. This post…

Water Risk to Business Is No Small Drip

At the World Economic Forum in Davos two weeks ago, I was struck by how often the issue of water risk was raised by business executives. As the global economic turmoil is receding, many CEOs and global leaders are turning to other threats—and…

In a little more than one generation—by the time your grade-schoolers will be seeing their own kids off to school—our planet will be home to 9 billion people. This will create…

5 Sobering Realities about Global Water Security

Some people say that water is the oil of the 21st Century. If only water were that simple.

Water is very complicated. It’s…

Aqueduct provides companies with comprehensive, high-resolution picture of water risks worldwide.

Why 2013 Could Be a Game-Changer on Climate

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As leaders gather for the…

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