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The business of water scarcity

The world is running out of freshwater and businesses are playing a major role in the crisis. It’s a failure of capitalism, in part because water’s value isn’t reflected in its price. But investors are paying more attention to corporate water issues and lots of companies are starting to respond.
Illustration by Paola Saliby

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