CDP at #WorldWaterWeek: How water disclosure helps companies and investors

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Hi, I'm Joe Ray. I'm Head of Water at CDP, and I'm here at World Water Week 2025 in Stockholm. This year's theme is Water for Climate Action, and it's taking place against the backdrop of significant global change and uncertainty. And we're at a really critical moment now because climate impacts are intensifying. And water, as we know, is the means through which we feel the effects of climate change. So the stakes really couldn't be any higher. And what's clear from the discussions so far is this real momentum building around the concept of water resilience, and that's this idea. That we need the ability to adapt not only to the risks of today, but to stay agile enough to meet the risk of tomorrow as well. Now, companies and investors need to know where their risks are and where their opportunities are. But they can only do that if they have the right data. CDP is, of course, the world's largest environmental disclosure platform. So we're here in Stockholm engaging with businesses and governments and civil society to help make water risks visible, to help companies understand and address their water footprint, to support decision makers to act. Thank you forward to productively discussions.