--- title: Financial Sector Water Action Platform description: Track financial sector progress on water impacts and risks to inform smarter policy and sustainable investment. locale: zh canonical: https://www.cdp.net/zh/insights/financial-sector-water-action-platform contentType: insightPage updatedAt: 2025-12-18T09:00:10.756Z --- Financial institutions (FIs) including banks, insurers, asset owners and asset managers hold a key to positive change because of their reach, power and influence. To address global challenges of the scale and magnitude of the water crisis, **we must transform how financiers assess and mitigate water impacts and risks**. The 2023 UN Water Conference marked a turning point for improving the political will for ambitious water action from governments. As part of this, with support from the Valuing Water Initiative,** CDP has initiated the ‘Water Action Agenda for Finance’ with the goal of aligning financial flows to achieve a water-secure world**. ![Water Action Platform image 1](https://images.ctfassets.net/v7uy4j80khf8/3q6Q7yzsfi1hKj6rFWDHNd/816f929877249b547ef9f616b7e84836/iStock-1248647038.jpg?w=800&fm=webp&q=80&f=center) Launched in 2022 and based on CDP financial sector’s unique water-related disclosure, **this open platform showcases that action is already underway amongst private sector financial institutions**. This tool is a means to **understand and consistently monitor annual progress** against a set of indicators based on the Finance Water Action Pathway. It aims to provide the evidence for policymakers and regulators to support the creation of more effective policy responses. Disclosed information on the selected set of indicators indicates progress from 2022. However, despite the encouraging rates, **organizations in the finance sector need to step up and use their power to address the water crisis** by leveraging water-conscious investment, insurance, lending and underwriting practices **to drive fair water use and incentivize action across boundaries**. ![Water Action Platform intro image 2](https://images.ctfassets.net/v7uy4j80khf8/2VSHU2QfVZiLlmCtR8voWx/78b6fb2190923de4649e1c10d6f05023/iStock-1479422287.jpg?w=800&fm=webp&q=80&f=center) ### Methodology For certain questions in the Financial Institutions module of the CDP questionnaire, disclosures cover the four portfolio activities making up core segments in the finance sector (banking, insurance underwriting, asset management, and asset ownership). Many FIs undertake more than one portfolio activity and therefore disclose on multiple activities. In this case, when defining the total number of FIs that are taking a particular action across all portfolio activities, the best performing portfolio activity per organization is used in calculations. ## Risks and opportunities ## Business strategy ## Engagement ## Targets