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Germany is the world’s third biggest import nation. The economy heavily depends on products from abroad. Simply shifting supply chains to low risk locations will no longer be an option.
3 Understanding Germany’s Water Risk This current study builds on WWF’s 2009 Water Footprint of Germany study and an analysis of Germany’s economic sectors using the WWF Water Risk Filter. The goal is to demonstrate how water risk is linked with Germany’s leading sectors and their imports. Through this, decision-makers will be able to better understand water risks and develop solutions for risk mitigation. 3.1 Water Risk Analysis and Methodology The methodology used to identify relevant import industry sectors and relevant countries of origin consisted of three major steps, which are illustrated in Figure 1. In each step, several variables were used to determine Germany’s top water risk sectors. To identify relevant economic sectors and their top ten countries of import origin, 2012 baseline import data (economic sectors, import country of origin, import value and import volume) from Germany’s Federal Statistical Office A, B was initially analysed. Basin-related risk results are based on 19 location-specific risk indicators within a framework of physical, regulatory, and reputational water risk categories. In the second step, relevant economic sectors and import country information was analysed with the WWF Water Risk Filter C , which assesses business-related water risks for 32 sectors and produced results consisting of two parts – basin- and facility-related risks. Basin-related risk results are based on 19 location-specific risk indicators within a framework of physical, regulatory, and reputational water risk categories. The facility-related risk assessment follows the same framework as the basin-related assessment. It consists of a questionnaire that focuses on a facility’s direct operations as well as automatically assigned general industry-level information on water intensity and pollution related to the sector chosen for the assessment. Only the general sector information was used in this study to provide information on the sector of interest. Depending on the industry and in order to account for industry-specific water risk exposure, the risk weightings vary between different risk categories (physical, regulatory, reputational). All weightings per industry can be found on the Water Risk Filter’s website D . Risk scores varied between 1 (no/low risk) and 5 (very high risk) E . In order to define a final risk value, each countries maximum physical water risk (scarcity) and the overall industry specific risk were identified and calculated against the weighted average by import volume (tonnes) of the top 10 importing countries. For example, if a sector’s top importing country by volume represents 80% of the top ten countries’ import volume, its risk score has an 80% weighting within the top ten average to calculate the industry specific basin risk. In the third step, four variables – medium and high water scarcity countries, weighted average of basin-related water risk, typical water intensity, and typical water pollution – identified with the WWF Water Risk Filter framework were used to select relevant direct impact industries and their respective source countries. A In general: Foreign trade statistics GP2009-30 (2-Steller) – code: 51000-0007, year 2012 B For agriculture: Warenzollnummer (8-Steller), 2012 C www.waterriskfilter.org D see: http://waterriskfilter.panda.org/en/Assessment#WaterRiskAssessmentTab/facility/992 E Categories: Low Risk = 1 – 2.249; Medium Risk = 2.25 – 3.49; High Risk = 3.5 – 5 THE IMPORTED RISK Germany’s Water Risks in Times of Globalisation | 17
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References Accenture (2012). Water
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Genasci, L. (2013). Sinking Reputat
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SABMiller & WWF (2010). Water Futur
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