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China’s drought underscores water crisis risks to investors

Peter Shadbolt
With one of the worst droughts in China since records began 60 years ago, asset owners and managers are weighing more seriously the material risks of the water crisis.
China’s drought underscores water crisis risks to investors

Regional asset owners – including AustralianSuper, Taiwan’s Cathay Life Insurance and Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management – have joined forces as signatories to the Ceres’ Valuing Water Finance Initiative (VWFI) which aims to highlight the financial and investor risk posed by dwindling water resources.

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