Today, 2.2 billion people around the world lack access to safe water, and 3.5 billion people lack access to safely managed sanitation.5
Lack of financing is the key barrier preventing individuals from securing safe water or sanitation, and the infrastructure necessary to deliver it. Economists estimate there is a $1 trillion market opportunity for providing water and sanitation services to all people worldwide by 2030.6
Our goal at WaterEquity has always been to build a sustainable, global capital market for safe water and sanitation that will directly reach the 2 billion+ people in need.7
There are two ways we believe, as an organization, the global capital markets can help solve this crisis – Financial Institutions & Climate-resilient infrastructure. Addressing both solutions will allow us to collectively accelerate universal access to safe water and sanitation.