Water as an economically strategic resource and a core element of natural capital underpins many business activities. Ensuring that water is carefully stewarded and available in sufficient quantity and quality is a subject of vital interest to business.
Title | Sink or swim : a multi-sector collaboration on water asset investment |
Publication Type | Government Report |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | J. He, Y, Cranston, G |
Edition | University of Cambridge |
Abstract | The current financing and regulatory channels in England and Wales for water infrastructure investment focus on a single-sector approach and are not designed to consider multi-sector investments. It is not water companies alone that should shoulder the burden, since water risks affect multiple sectors. There is therefore a need for a multi-sector approach to innovate financing models which considers different ways of using the existing and new finance channels to address the water asset investment challenges in the UK. |