Our Vision
The time is now
We believe water is the way to break the cycle of poverty, to protect and save lives, and to make bright futures possible. We’re here to bring water and sanitation to all. We want to make it safe, accessible, and cost-effective.
As we look to the future, we are optimistic about the transformational change we can make towards our vision of safe water and sanitation for all. Together, we will achieve our vision by continuing to unlock more funding and remove the barriers that stand between people in need and lasting access to safe water and sanitation — driving impacts in gender equity, climate resiliency, health, and education.
We are working to unlock the flow of $20 billion in capital to transform the lives of 200 million people with safe water or sanitation by 2030.
Unlocking the flow of capital for water and sanitation
We’re focusing on three key impact strategies to continue to scale our work and unlock the flow of capital for water and sanitation:
We will continue to scale WaterCredit – our proven, powerful solution that has already changed more than 76 million lives with safe water or sanitation – by expanding and diversifying our financial partnerships.
We will invest in new water and sanitation infrastructure solutions by facilitating investments from capital providers into water and sanitation enterprises and projects with utility partners to reach even more people in need of climate-resilient water and sanitation solutions.
We will pursue climate and gender impact by intentionally integrating climate and gender into our work through monitoring impact and evaluating performance.
We will deploy revenue, operations, and talent initiatives to support our impact goals, including: increasing flexible funding, working as a social enterprise, achieving effective and efficient operations, and fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment.
This strategy will expand the flow of capital into the water and sanitation sector, thus addressing the most significant barrier to achieving universal access to water and sanitation. This focus on closing the financing gap changes how the world tackles the water crisis and changes the world for those in need of water and sanitation.
Contributing to Sustainable Development Goal 6
Mobilizing capital is critical to achieve our vision of safe water and sanitation for all and to accomplish Sustainable Development Goal 6 — the United Nations call for the world to ensure universal availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation.
Accelerating impact and changing lives
Our approach is efficient and scaling in impact. We designed it to be that way because we believe the time is now to bring everyone, everywhere access to safe water and sanitation. To date, we have reached more than 76 million people with access to safe water or sanitation — proving we are serious about achieving our goal and making an impact.
Join us and together we can change millions of lives with water.
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