Openings to flow from water demand
By Sophia Grene FT.com
Increasing pressure on global water supplies will create opportunities for investors, according to a report from Zurich-based Sustainable Asset Management Group.
Water – a Market of the Future looked at the challenges of supplying sufficient water to a rapidly expanding global economy and identified four themes that offer investment opportunities. They are: distribution and management; advanced water treatment; demand-side efficiency; and water and food.
“The spectrum of investment opportunities is very broad and encompasses companies that at first sight appear to have little direct connection with the theme of water, but are closely linked to the sector: food production, for example,” the report commented.
While the growth rate of the water market will vary in different regions, with Asia and the Middle East looking likely to provide double digit growth, even in Europe, where predicted growth is lacklustre, consolidation and technological developments will offer opportunities for suppliers of service and equipment to the water industry.
One way to deal with limited resources is to use those resources more efficiently.
Industry is a major and growing consumer of water; Sam’s report focuses on the need for China and other industrialising countries to improve their water efficiency and the treatment of industrial waste water.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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