Something that many may take for granted is becoming very coveted : water.
In fact , water has become more valuable than gold.
Over the past 10 years, the Global Water Index S & P 500 has outperformed the major indexes Gold and energy.
In fact , water surpassed the stock market in the same period.
As the planet Earth is covered mostly water, only 2.5% of it is sweet and just a fraction of that amount is potable. In fact, many global bodies say that humanity is in a water crisis .
The World Economic Forum considers it as the third largest risk 2014.
The secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki -moon has warned that "more than 780 million people , especially in Africa , still lack access to improved drinking water sources."
The business world has also given his opinion. The chairman of Nestle, the world's largest food company , said that water is a " human right." Of course , Nestlé also sells 63 brands of water around the planet.
Wall Street is set and companies are tackling the problem of providing clean water , and many are rapidly becoming the world's favorite investment.
H20 is a business of 600,000 million dollars, but will increase to $ 1 trillion over the next six years, according to a research report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch , which cites dozens of companies believe should benefit from the topics with water and have a global water business exposure .
The report divides the global water market in four different categories. As for the water treatment , the list includes companies like Stericycle . Regarding water management , companies like Monsanto are eligible . When infrastructure and water supply is , the list includes companies such as American Water Works. The last group contains companies that provide water friendly wind, solar and geothermal energy opportunities and NRG Energy .
But besides the problem of generating enough clean water , the water crisis also raises some serious scenarios.
One is the idea that the water will cause global conflicts in the future. Because the water, food and agriculture are so linked, the idea of " water wars " that arise in Africa, the Middle East and Asia is seen as a real possibility by the Pacific Institute, a research group without profit organization that studies the resources around the world as nations scramble to ensure that their populations will have fresh water.
In fact , water has become more valuable than gold.
Over the past 10 years, the Global Water Index S & P 500 has outperformed the major indexes Gold and energy.
In fact , water surpassed the stock market in the same period.
As the planet Earth is covered mostly water, only 2.5% of it is sweet and just a fraction of that amount is potable. In fact, many global bodies say that humanity is in a water crisis .
The World Economic Forum considers it as the third largest risk 2014.
The secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki -moon has warned that "more than 780 million people , especially in Africa , still lack access to improved drinking water sources."
The business world has also given his opinion. The chairman of Nestle, the world's largest food company , said that water is a " human right." Of course , Nestlé also sells 63 brands of water around the planet.
Wall Street is set and companies are tackling the problem of providing clean water , and many are rapidly becoming the world's favorite investment.
H20 is a business of 600,000 million dollars, but will increase to $ 1 trillion over the next six years, according to a research report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch , which cites dozens of companies believe should benefit from the topics with water and have a global water business exposure .
The report divides the global water market in four different categories. As for the water treatment , the list includes companies like Stericycle . Regarding water management , companies like Monsanto are eligible . When infrastructure and water supply is , the list includes companies such as American Water Works. The last group contains companies that provide water friendly wind, solar and geothermal energy opportunities and NRG Energy .
But besides the problem of generating enough clean water , the water crisis also raises some serious scenarios.
One is the idea that the water will cause global conflicts in the future. Because the water, food and agriculture are so linked, the idea of " water wars " that arise in Africa, the Middle East and Asia is seen as a real possibility by the Pacific Institute, a research group without profit organization that studies the resources around the world as nations scramble to ensure that their populations will have fresh water.
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