The UN's CEO Water Mandate was created in 2007 to recognize and emphasize public-private partnership to help address critical water challenges in the face of a growing global water crisis. The potential effects of a water crisis are felt most in emerging nations such as Indonesia. Countries with large populations living in rural areas that rely on agriculture for their livelihoods often lack access to clean water for drinking, cooking, and sanitation. Rapid industrialization and urbanization, essential to growing the economic base of the country, creates additional challenges to the clean water supply.
"Lack of clean water and sanitation causes great suffering in humanitarian, social, environmental and economic terms and seriously undermines development goals. This issue is particularly relevant to Indonesia as the country transforms itself into a global economic power," said Y.W. Junardy, IGCN president. "The CEO Water Mandate calls on business and industry to recognize its responsibility to protect world water sources and take a leadership role in sustainable water management. APP and the companies signing the CEO Water Compact are setting the standard for Indonesia that all companies should strive to achieve."
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