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DEDICATED TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE
2007 Global Roundtable – Awareness to Action
How business can contribute to development in difficult local environment
UNEP Finance Initiative
Melbourne - 24 October 2007
Jürg Gerber, COO WBCSD, Geneva, Switzerland
Blue Oil
Water and FinanceAligning MDG7 with Business Opportunity
Perspective from the broader private sector
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• The starting point: water and finance facts
• Governance and rule of law
• WBCSD and Development
• WBCSD and water
• Way forward
Agenda
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Awareness / mindset - drinking water – sewage - health
connect (Foto: Ghana 2006)
Source:Alcan
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Who can change this?
- Facts are available, but what about:
- Knowledge and understanding at
- micro level
- macro level
- Governance and responsibilities
- Quality of projects to improve
- Leadership
Comparable situations exist in the
developed world, but less visible:
- broken water supply pipes
- leaking sewage systems
Efficiency of treatment
Impact on groundwater tables
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Water in development - Societal needs
About 2.3 billion peoplesuffer from diseases linked to dirty water. 1
Rural populations especially lack basic sanitation.
Clean water is essential for drinking, cooking, washing and sanitation. Yet too many people lack this basic need . . .
Source: World Bank. World Development Indicators 2005.http://devdata.worldbank.org/wdi2005/Section1_1_7.htm
Water-related diseases account for more than 5
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What does it mean that half of the world’s population lives in urban areas ?
Many exposed in river deltas or next to seashore
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Risk Management on Global Water Issues
� Requires an understanding of a company’s water needs in relation to local externalities:
� Water availability – current and projected� Water quality� Water “stress” – people, environment and agriculture� Access to safe drinking water sources� Access to sanitation� Population/industrial growth
� Company’s needs = owned operations, employees, and supply chain…….and ultimately customers
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Water use around the world
Industrial use of water increases with country inco me, going from 10% for low- and middle-income countries to 59% for high-income countries.
Source: " Water for People, Water for Life." United Nations Water Development Report, UNESCO, 2003.http://unesdoc.unesco.org/
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Access to
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Source for figure: Indicators of Access to Finance through Household Level Surveys: Comparisons of Data from Six Countries. August 2007. Authors: Anne-Marie Chidzero (FinMark Trust), Karen Ellis (UK Department for International Development), and Anjali Kumar (World Bank).Data sources: FinScope and World Bank.
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Financial Flows:
Where does private capital flow?
Source: The World Bank. 2007. Global Development Finance 2007
Sub-Saharan Africa
5%
Latin America and Caribbean
48%
East Asia and Pacific
15%
Middle East and North Africa
2% South Asia5%
Europe and Central Asia
25%
More capital is going to East Europe and Central Asia and to East Asia and Pacific regions
Total net private capital flows to developing count ries
Sub-Saharan Africa
6%
South Asia6%
Middle East and North Africa
4%
Latin America and Caribbean
14%
Europe and Central Asia
42%
East Asia and Pacific
28%
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The poorest 51 countries were
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In 2006, net private capital flows totaled US $647 billion, a record
high, dwarfing official development assistance. 1
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ODA: Official development assistance
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Development Assistance Committee
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Key challenges: limiting progress
• Lack of transparency and accountability both on the part of donors and recipients
• Need for good governance and sound regulatory frameworks� Comprehensive and equitable taxation policies
needed� Favorable banking regulations and sound financial
policies• Persistence of corruption• Laws need to keep pace with technological
change, to reduce transaction costs
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What can business contribute?
• Private investment and financing for large development projects
• Advise on regulatory reform and auditing procedures• Invest directly in local companies, assist with
transfer of technology• For financial institutions and insurance companies:
provide banking and insurance services for local entrepreneurs
New opportunities exist for business to actively en gage with thedevelopment community, participate in development p rocesses, andinfluence the development agenda.
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Assessing Governance
The World Bank identified six
criteria for assessing
governance
World Bank. “Governance Matters 2007” http://govindicators.org (27July 2007)
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Lack of respect for the rule of law deters local entrepreneurship and
foreign investment.
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One belief…… business cannot succeed in societies that fail
The paradox….. business cannot solve poverty….but poverty can never be solved without business
The good news #1…… more and more Governments, IGOs, Development Agencies and NGOs recognize the need to engage with business
The good news #2…… business can and is doing more business with low income communities
The bad news…… examples of successful scaling up are nowhere near enough to achieve the MDG target
WBCSD and Development
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MDGs
Development community
Globalization
Companies
Developing countries
Framework for actionCentral role for the private sector
Donors looking for ODA-FDI synergies NGOs more willing to work with businessNew business opportunities Growing public expectations
Growth strategyCorporate reputationImproving framework conditions Efforts to attract and retain FDI
�Convergence of objectives & realization that business is the main engine of wealth creation
The business case for companies engaging in
development
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FOCUS on your core competencies :Play on your key strengths; More likely to tackle an issue effectively; Make a viable business.
PARTNER across sectors:Common goals, different skill sets; Many willing partners in the development community encouraging PPPs; Partnerships across industry sectors.
LOCALIZE the value creation:Operating in emerging economies means that the « usual » infrastructure and support systems may be missing; Tap into local network and local knowledge.
…and INNOVATE along the value chain
Doing business with the poor: a field guide.WBCSD (2004)
Business engagement: The golden rules
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Business guide to development actors
� Aims to introduce the business community to potential partners in the development community.
� Intended audience for this guide is business managers looking to work with development organizations, but who are unclear where to start in the search for effective partners.
� Guide & online database available at http://www.wbcsd.org/web/devguide.htm
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The global view: SME contribution to
Employment and GDP
SME contribution to employment and GDP (median values)
For government , SMEs contribute to wealth creation and generate tax revenues.
SMEs constitute an important source of local supply and service provision to larger corporations.
SMEs have extensive local knowledge of resources, supply patterns and purchasing trends.
In society , they are an important source of employment.
In business , SMEs represent an important source of innovation.
Source: World Bank
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Which legacies need to be un-
locked to enable more sustai-
nable water practices and
more appropriate solutions?
Who should have a seat at
the table for fair water
allocation and why?
What could be a governance
Structure for a more holistic
water management and what
could trigger it being set up?
Questionsfor
discussions
WBCSD Global Water Scenarios to 2025
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WBCSD Water Tool: Do you know…
• How many of your employees live in countries that lack access to improved water and sanitation?
� How many of your sites are in extremely water- scarce areas? Which sites are at greatest risk? How that will change in the future?
� How many of your suppliers are in water scarce areas now and will be in 2025?
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WBCSD Water Tool: Data Credibility
• Dataset owners gave permission to WBCSD for use in the Tool • Original datasets have not been modified• The datasets
� Have global coverage� Are available in the public domain� Are considered valid by the global community of water
stakeholders � Are recent � Will be updated
World Health Organization & UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program (JMP)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) AQUASTAT
University of New Hampshire (UNH), USA
World Resources Institute (WRI)
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WBCSD Water Tool: Benefits
• Compares your company’s water uses (including staff presence, industrial use, and supply chain) with key externalwater-related data
• Creates key water GRI Indicators, inventories, risk and performance metrics and geographic mapping
• Establishes relative water risks in your company’s portfolio to prioritize action
• Enables effective communication with internal and external stakeholders on your company’s water issues
• Allows calculation of water consumption & efficiency
FREE and EASY-TO-USE
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Mean Annual Relative Water Stress Index
Ratio of Industrial to Total Water Use
Access to Improved Water Access to Improved Sanitati on
Many Global Maps available
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What are the challenges to improved water
management?
� Missing infrastructure and financial resources� Competing water demands from other sectors – need
for a better focus on catchment area capacities� Stringent regulatory frameworks needed� Lack of incentives for private investment� Lack of transboundary cooperation and collaboration
Challenges include :
Water is free from nature, but infrastructure neede d to deliver water is expensive.
Inadequate access to water is not necessarily due to lack of freshwater available, but rather a lack of infrastructure to deliver water and sanitation services.
For many people, it
is a struggle to meet
daily water needs,
including having to pay for the high costs of
this necessity.
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How can business contribute to improve water
management?
• Develop innovative solutions to� Offer affordable and accessible solutions at the base of the pyramid� Reduce the water footprint of local industry
• Maintenence of existing infrastructure� Introduction of leak detection technologies
• Participate in market-based mechanisms� Water quality trading, payments for wetland protection
• Enter into creative partnerships with� National government
and local authorities� Local communities � Non-governmental groups� Donors� The scientific community
What can government do?�Create incentives for private sector investment �Encourage water savings among businesses and individuals�Discourage the practice of water contamination
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Latest WBCSD publication
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Doing Business with the World
The new role of corporate leadership in global development
• 10 Topics
� Ecosystems
� Education and Training
� Energy
� Enterprise Development
� Financial Flows
� Governance
� Health
� Mobility
� Trade
� Water
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Thank you!
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