Initiative
TruCost

An initiative to improve the analysis of cost

Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

'Trucost has calculated that more than a quarter of profits across the world's largest companies would be wiped out if water was priced to reflect its availability, as it must be.' What we do Trucost has been helping companies, investors, governments, academics and thought leaders to understand the economic consequences of natural capital dependency for over 12 years. Our world leading data and insight enables our clients to identify natural capital dependency across companies, products, supply chains and investments; manage risk from volatile commodity prices and increasing environmental costs; and ultimately build more sustainable business models and brands. Key to our approach is that we not only quantify natural capital dependency, we also put a price on it, helping our clients understand environmental risk in business terms. It isn't 'all about carbon'; it's about water; land use; waste and pollutants. It's about which raw materials are used and where they are sourced, from energy and water to metals, minerals and agricultural products. And it's about how those materials are extracted, processed and distributed. WHAT WE DO OUR CLIENTS OUR PARTNERS OUR TEAM OUR HISTORY OUR METHODOLOGY SUBMIT DATA TO TRUCOST