We Need To Talk About Toilets
Toilets are something we seldom think about, unless we’re in desperate need of one. It may sound funny, but toilets are the most overlooked human right. Every year, over 360,000 children die from preventable diseases caused by poor sanitation. In
How to Achieve Clean Water and Sanitation
This article is the second in a three-part series highlighting private sector leadership supporting the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Global SDG Awards seek to recognize and celebrate companies that are creating profitable and innovative solutions
Why Water holds the key to sustainable development
Sustainable development is not possible without ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. As Sustainable Development Goal 6 states, access to WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) is a basic right, and persons with disabilities are
A Clean Act: An Interview with David Auerbach
For some people in the world, going to the bathroom requires little to no thought. All they have to do is find a toilet and do their business. For others, it’s not so cut and dry. Over 4 billion people
Women empowerment in India begins with sanitation
Sarika Gupta is the founder of a India based non-profit organisation called ‘Safe n’ Happy Periods’. She is also an MBA graduate, a co-founder of Aegis School of Business and once headed the training division for the prominent Indian business school,
Water in Our World: Our Most Precious Resource
Water is one of the world's most precious resources and one that is often taken for granted. Even today, access to safe drinking water is not a guarantee for many people across the world and as climate change takes its
The Example of Venezuela: How Water Mismanagement Led to Disaster
Mismanagement of water resources around the world has meant that today more than one billion people lack access to decent water and risk their lives because of sanitation problems. Causes are multiple and include wasteful irrigation, water leakage, and theft
Educating communities – Interview with World Water Relief
To most people, the basic elements of hygiene and sanitation are common knowledge, but in places where water is scarce and infection is high, the absence of this knowledge can mean life or death. Since 2009, World Water Relief (WWR)