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David McNeil
Senior Analyst, Corporate Services, Trucost, part of S&P Global
David is a Senior Analyst in the Corporate Services team at Trucost, part of S&P Global. David specialises in natural and social capital valuation for diverse clients across the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, utilities, automotive, mining and IT sectors. He has particular expertise in stress-testing business models and investment portfolios, and supporting clients in setting long-term targets for reducing water use and carbon emissions under different environmental scenarios. In the investor space, he has undertaken long-short analysis of the environmental performance of equity holdings and contributed to the design of the S&P Global Ratings Green Evaluation Tool.
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Water Risk: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Water scarcity risk has been in the spotlight recently with Cape Town’s efforts to avert “Day Zero” and the risk of taps running dry. Although this risk appears to be receding through radical conservation measures, including wholesale elimination of abstraction rights in some cases, it underlines the common global challenge of increasing fresh water scarcity….
- Categories ESG
- Tags Day Zero, ESG, ESG risks, sectors, sustainability, Trucost, water risk
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