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Investment in WASH
There is increasing global awareness of the Access to water and other services such as
importance of water, sanitation and hygiene toilets are basic human rights. With improved
(WASH) to alleviate poverty. Investing in WASH access we are able to stop the spread of deadly
requires an integrated approach with first steps diseases and improve people’s health and
required at the household, community, district living conditions.
and country level. Businesses that are already engaging on WASH
Given the number of intersections between make a clear link between business value, and
business and WASH, and the diversity of the societal benefit or development impact
business activities and models globally, the generated by investing in WASH.
business case for engaging on WASH is multi-
faceted. The most obvious alignment and in
fact, greatest need, is in providing WASH access
and education for working people, both in their A global vision to end
places of employment and wider communities.
extreme poverty by 2030
beginning with water and
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sanitation.
The SDGs call for worldwide collective Sustainable Development Goal 6:
action among governments, business and
civil society to end poverty and create a life Ensure availability and
of dignity and opportunity for all, within sustainable management of
the boundaries of the planet.
water and sanitation for all
Access to water and sanitation has is an essential component of an
far-reaching impacts, it creates integrated approach to tackling
fairer, more productive and poverty, hunger, health and
healthier communities. Therefore, inequality. Successful realisation
water, sanitation and hygiene of goal 6 will underpin progress
extends far beyond Goal 6. WASH across many other goals, including:
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere - The Other Global Goals that
On 25 September 2015, world leaders adopted The United Nations Member States and other definition of poverty used for the Global Goals is that have links to WASH
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, World leaders have publicly acknowledged everyone has access to basic services, of which water and
redefining how the global community will work that universal access to water and sanitation is sanitation are two of the most fundamental.
Goal 9: Build resilient
together to address poverty and improve living vital for eradicating poverty and fundamental to infrastructure,
standards, while ensuring development is sustainable development. Goal 6 therefore provides Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved promote inclusive
sustainable. The 17 goals cover a range of issues an opportunity to ensure that water, sanitation nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture - Reducing and sustainable
from water and sanitation to poverty, gender and hygiene are prioritised within the sustainable malnutrition is the second target in this goal. 50% industrialisation and
equality, health and climate change. development agenda at all levels. of malnutrition is attributable not just to lack of food foster innovation.
consumption, but also repeated episodes of diarrhoea.
Goal 10: Reduce
Become a champion of WASH Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at inequality within and
all ages - Universal access to WASH will help reach targets for among countries.
with WaterAid and part of the global health, including reducing infant mortality and water-
broader global movement to related diseases.
Goal 13: Take urgent
achieve the SDGs. action to combat
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and climate change and
promote lifelong learning opportunities for all - Improving its impacts.
access to appropriate, private toilets in schools contributes to
adolescent girls staying in school for longer
Against this backdrop, WaterAid’s strategy is to change: address inequality to access; strengthen
bring strong partnerships and coalitions together sustainable services; integrate WASH with other
as we work towards our goal of water, sanitation essential areas of development; and improve
and hygiene for everyone by 2030. Through hygiene behavior.
four interconnected aims we will influence