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Aligning with SDG 6: An Investor Guide on Basin Water Security Engagement 17 August 2020 Welcome to Aligning with SDG 6: An Investor Guide on Basin Water Security Engagement Default audio setting: mute on joining Questions via the Question

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Aligning with SDG 6:

An Investor Guide on Basin Water Security Engagement

17 August 2020

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Welcome to Aligning with SDG 6:

An Investor Guide on Basin Water Security Engagement

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Host

Mathilde Treis

Sustainability Consultant South Pole

Robin Miller

Manager Investor Engagement Ceres

Kees Ouboter

Responsible Investment Officer Actiam

Speakers

Susanne Blank

Head of Economics & Innovation Division Federal Office for the Environment

Denis Jorisch

Senior Sustainability Consultant South Pole

Isabella Pagotto

Senior Advisor Global Programme Water SDC

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Agenda

Setting the scene

Susanne Blank & Isabella Pagotto

The importance of investor engagement

Robin Miller

Designing an impactful water engagement strategy

Denis Jorisch

Putting engagement into practice

Kees Ouboter

Q&A

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South Pole

140,000

GWh of renewable energy generated That’s equivalent to

21 Million

cars taken off the roads

+170 Million

metric tons of carbon dioxide reduced

+700

Carbon emission reduction projects developed

+2 Trillion

in investments screened for climate risk

(EUR)

About South Pole

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Pictured: South Pole’s Kariba Forest Protection Project in Zimbabwe

Over 100,000 jobs created

2 Million

hectares of forests protected

€15 Billion

Invested to advance renewable energy

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Setting the scene

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Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC Federal Office for the Environment FOEN Economics and Innovation Division

Aligning with SDG 6: An Investor Guide

  • n Basin Water Security Engagement

Introduction

17th August 2020 Susanne Blank, Head of Economics and Innovation Division, FOEN Isabella Pagotto, Senior Advisor Global Programme Water, SDC

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Federal Office for the Environment FOEN

  • Global Risk Report 2020 (World

Economic Forum): water crises among the top ten global risks

  • Global Water Report 2019 (CDP):
  • 50% of rivers polluted in US
  • 1/3 of rivers polluted in Africa,

Asia and Latin America

  • 60% of surface water polluted in

Europe

  • USD 425 billion of assets

exposed to water risks

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Water Crises as A Major Risk

Water crises Impact Likelihood

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Federal Office for the Environment FOEN

Avoid negative impact to avoid risk Focus FOEN’s work:

  • Science-based approach
  • Alignment with international

environmental goals

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Stepping to Action

Environment Economy Risk Impact

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Federal Office for the Environment FOEN

Avoid negative impact to avoid risk & catalyzing innovative solutions for sustainable development and peaceful societies Focus of SDC Global Programme Water work:

  • Policies & Knowledge
  • Catalyst, Innovation & Partnerships
  • Systemic Change globally and to support

sustainable development in partner countries (in the developing world / emerging economies)

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Action Towards Global Water Security

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The importance of investor engagement

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The Importance of Investor Engagement on Water

Robin Miller, Investor Engagement, Water Ceres

  • 1. What is investor engagement?
  • 2. What impact does it have?
  • 3. Why is investor engagement on water particularly important?
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Ceres Investor Water Hub

The leading global investor platform dedicated to sharing & co-developing world class methods to assess & act upon water risks and opportunities

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Advisory Committee 130 institutional investors $20+ trillion in AUM

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Investor Water Toolkit

First-ever comprehensive resource to evaluate & act on water risks and

  • pportunities in investment portfolios.
  • Focus on methods & best practice
  • Pushes the boundaries of current

practices

  • Showcases peer case studies
  • Brings together tools, datasets,

resources

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Global Investor Engagement on Meat Sourcing

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What Impact Does Investor Engagement Have?

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Why is investor engagement on water important?

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Designing an impactful water engagement strategy

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Basin

What is novel in this approach?

Site

  • Focusing on water policy-setting, risk

mitigation and site water efficiency

Investors’ conventional water engagement

  • Focusing on root causes of water risks
  • Sustainably reducing basin water risks for

investees and aligning with SDG 6

  • Improving the state of water resources in a

basin - striving towards basin water security

Investors’ new state-of-the-art engagement

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Basin water security is...

Aligned with science-based basin level thresholds Grounded in an analysis of local and forward-looking water risks

“Fostering sustainable water quantity and quality of freshwater resources for all users in a water basin in the long-term.”

Meets the environmental, social and economic needs of all users Involves all stakeholders and requires collective action

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A framework for water engagement

Understand Act Design

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Identify the high-risk industries that are exposed to material water risks by analysing ○ Operational water risk ○ Basin water risks Identify low and moderate performers within those industries by analysing a companies’ water management response

Understand

Relevant tools

Identify high risk industries Identify low & medium performers

Industries with agricultural supply chains (food & beverage, apparel), as well as the energy, mining, chemical & pharmaceutical sectors

High-risk industries are...

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Structured engagement strategy towards basin water security Strategy focused on positive impact Metrics & targets for impact measurement Public commitment to basin water security

Design:

The main ingredients of the engagement at investor level

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Measure impact and integrate lessons learnt Define priority basins Engage with investor networks Engage with investees

Act:

An iterative process based on the principle of continuous improvement

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Putting it into practice

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Public Classification:

ACTIAM – Investor Engagement to achieve impact

Online, 17 August 2020

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Classification: Public Page: 27

Trend: growing world population puts pressure on natural resources

Source: National Intelligence Council: Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds

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Classification: Public Page: 28

Trend: growing world population puts pressure on natural resources

Source: National Intelligence Council: Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds

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Classification: Public Page: 29

Policy: identify and mitigate physical and transitional ESG risks

positive impact neutral unacceptable behaviour

non adaptive at risk

Transition to a sustainable society creates financial risks and

  • pportunities

adaptive

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Classification: Public Page: 30

Policy: identify and mitigate physical and transitional ESG risks

positive impact neutral unacceptable behaviour

non adaptive at risk adaptive

Engagement & Voting Engagement & Voting Water solutions Water stewards Water management Water laggerds

Active ownership

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Classification: Public Page: 31

Example: localized water engagement to achieve behavioral change

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Q&A session

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Thank you for attending!

Feel free to contact us

Susanne Blank

susanne.blank@bafu.admin.ch

Isabella Pagotto

isabella.pagotto@eda.admin.ch

Denis Jorisch

d.jorisch@southpole.com

Robin Miller

miller@ceres.org

Kees Ouboter

kees.ouboter@vivat.nl