Water – a sustainable invest­ment

January 2025

• Although the earth has an unima­gi­nable amount of water – around 1.4 billion cubic kilome­ters – only a small propor­tion of it is directly usable by humans. This is because around 97.5% is salt water in our seas and oceans. Of the 2.5% fresh water, 69% is bound up in glaciers, 30% is ground­water and only 1% flows on the surface and is readily available to humans.
• Added to this is the uneven distri­bu­tion of water. While Europe, and Switz­er­land in parti­cular, has suffi­cient water supplies, the situa­tion in other regions, such as Africa, is very diffe­rent. Due to its weight, trans­porting water involves high costs and considerable effort and poses major challenges for water-poor regions.
• Ineffi­cient use also exacer­bates the problem. One drop of water per second from a leaking pipe wastes more than 6,500 liters per year. This illustrates how important it is to expand and maintain existing infras­truc­ture.
• Water consump­tion is rising conti­nuously: Today, we use ten times more water world­wide than we did in 1900. In Switz­er­land alone, the average daily consump­tion in 2022 was 287 liters per person – many times more than the minimum of 50 liters required for survival. It is worth noting that this figure only includes water consump­tion from public sources and not the quanti­ties of water required for imported products and services,

Actively managed water fund as an invest­ment

Invest­ments in infras­truc­ture and new techno­lo­gies in the water sector are essen­tial to secure water supplies in the future. This is precisely where our Tareno Global Water Solutions Fund comes in.

With over 20 years of experi­ence in the water sector, our experi­enced invest­ment team identi­fies compa­nies along the entire water value chain. We invest in specia­lized compa­nies that offer innova­tive solutions to challenges such as water recla­ma­tion, intel­li­gent irriga­tion systems or dealing with extreme weather events. We do not invest in water sources or drinking water, but in techno­lo­gies that improve access to and effici­ency in the use of water.

Our experi­enced invest­ment team has received several awards for its sustaina­bi­lity approach. Most recently, the fund once again received the presti­gious FNG seal with the highest rating. The product also impresses with its strong perfor­mance. +13.5% in 2024 alone, +298.7% as at 31.12.2024 since its launch in 2007, in each case for the W EUR tranche. And Tareno has already been voted Asset Manager of the Year by BILANZ five times in a row, naturally also in the water strategy.

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