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Water Stewardship in the ICT Sector

A series of reports examining water risk and strategy

New Report: Water Strategy in the ICT Sector 

‘Water Strategy in the ICT Sector: Steps to Start your Water Stewardship Journey’, published to coincide with the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) annual conference (October 18-19 2022), explores what ICT companies can do to address water-related risks and build resiliency.

The report combines AWS’s expertise in water stewardship with RBA’s industry expertise. It builds upon the first report in the collaboration, ‘Water Risk in the ICT Sector: The Case for Action’, by outlining key steps individual companies can take to begin or advance their water stewardship journey.

WATER STRATEGY IN THE ICT SECTOR: STEPS TO START YOUR WATER STEWARDSHIP JOURNEY

Water Risk in the ICT Sector

In collaboration with the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) and WWF, our first report in the series published on World Water Day 2021, ‘Water Risk in the ICT Sector: The Case for Action’, highlights the risk water poses to business continuity and supply chain resilience in the ICT sector.

Using the RBA’s anonymised data set of over 3,300 supplier locations, the report found that:

  • Nearly 40% of locations face high or very high risk due to degraded ecosystem services
  • More than 80% of locations face high or very high risk of flooding
  • 68% of locations face high or very high risk due to poor water quality
  • More than 65% of locations are exposed to reputational risks
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WATER RISK IN THE ICT SECTOR: THE CASE FOR ACTION

Find out more about our work in the ICT and Microelectronics sector.