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The Link Between WASH and ROI: New Research Shows How Investing in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Benefits Both Employees and the Bottom Line
There are clear links between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and workplace productivity: WASH facilities improve worker health and wellbeing, boosting productivity and business performance. But as Kelly Parsons at WaterAid America explains, there has been a lack of research on how much WASH interventions really impact the bottom line of businesses in emerging markets. She shares results from a new WaterAid report that assessed the ROI of WASH investments at several businesses in India, Bangladesh, Kenya and Tanzania, and discusses how to maximize the impact of these interventions.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing, WASH
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Press Release: Tetra Tech Wins $72.5 Million Contract to Mobilize Financing for Climate-Resilient Water and Sanitation Services
Tetra Tech, Inc. was awarded $72.5 million to increase access to financing for climate-resilient water and sanitation services.
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- Global
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- hygiene, sanitation, water
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Press Release: LIXIL and UNICEF to Improve Sanitation and Hygiene in Bihar and Odisha
LIXIL, maker of pioneering water and housing products, and UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organization, have announced the expansion of the ‘Make a Splash!’
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- WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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- hygiene, partnerships, sanitation
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Press Release: WaterAid and The VF Foundation Launch Program to Improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Cambodia
WaterAid and The VF Foundation announce the launch of a year-long program to reach more than 85,000 people with access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene in Cambodia.
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- WASH
- Region
- South Asia
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- hygiene, sanitation, water
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World’s Poorest Countries Need $6 Billion a Year for Water, Sanitation in Healthcare Centres: WaterAid
WaterAid has called on donor governments to invest $600 million a year to save millions of lives in the 46 least-developed countries (LDC).
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- Health Care, WASH
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- Global
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- hygiene, sanitation, water
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Report: Africa to Drastically Accelerate Progress on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets on water, sanitation and hygiene in Africa will require a dramatic acceleration in the current rates of progress.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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- global development, hygiene, sanitation, SDGs, water
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US Launches $45.5 Million Project To Improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Northern Ghana
The United States has announced to assist US$45.5mn over the next five years to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in Ghana.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- hygiene, sanitation, water
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Report: Investing $1 Per Person Per Year in Hand Hygiene Could Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives
All households in the world’s 46 least developed countries could have handwashing facilities by 2030 if the world invested less than US$1 per person per year, in hand hygiene.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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- hygiene