The World Water Week

23 August 2006 | Stockholm

UNEP FI and the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (UNEP GPA) convened a seminar for the presentation of an issues paper “Financing Water: Risks and Opportunities”, a platform for developing a set of risk management guidelines for financial institutions in water. The seminar took place at the World Water Week, the world’s leading global annual event for capacity-building, partnership-building and the implementation of programmes in water. During the event, a number of financial institutions discussed the findings of the issues paper on water-related risk and opportunities for financial institutions as part of the process in building a set of risk management guidelines for financial institutions in water. Consensus was reached on the next steps for developing a set risk management guidelines. Speakers include:

• Deane Dray, Goldman Sachs
  Water: pure refreshing, defensive growth (The Goldman Sachs framework for investing in the global water sector) (PDF: 1.37 MB)
• Britt Marie-Lundh, Ekobanken and BML Sustainable Business AB
  Environmental-related risks and opportunities for the financial sector in Sweden (PDF: 139 KB)
• Jim Winpenny, Wychwood Economic Consulting Ltd
  Financing water: risks and opportunities for financial institutions in water (PDF: 20 KB)
• Alberto Pacheco Capella, UNEP Regional Seas
  The role of UNEP in private sector engagement and water sustainability (PDF: 554 KB)
• Franz Knecht, CONNEXIS

Documents

• Minutes (PDF: 114 KB)
  
• Agenda (PDF: 141 KB)
  Other relevant documents:
• Issues paper: “Financing Water: Risks and Opportunities” (PDF: 3.8 MB)
• CEO Briefing with key findings from “Financing Water: Risks and Opportunities” (PDF: 340 KB)