Total financial cost of water-related detrimental impacts
Unit
Indicator
Metric type
Framework alignment notes
CDP Water Security
W2.1a Describe the water-related detrimental impacts experienced by your organization, your reponse, and the total financial impact.
Target example
[Company name] will reduce the cost of water related detrimental impacts in [basin] by [target percentage]% by [target year], compared to a baseline of [baseline percentage]% in [baseline year].
Target source: WBCSD target template
Metric assessment
Relevance:
Low
Feasibility:
Low
Additional Metric Notes
ACT-D stage
Disclose
Maturity stage
Advancing
Metric Contribution to Action
Measuring these costs highlights the economic consequences of unsustainable practices and informs policy changes to mitigate future impacts.
Observations, Successes and Challenges
- Internalizing external costs is difficult without standardized economic valuation methods.