CSO Insights: Why water is a rising focus in AI, climate and nature conversations
Release Date: 11/28/2025
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info_outlineWe kick off this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast with key takeaways from COP30, the annual UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties that ended last week in Belém, Brazil. You can listen to our previous episode about COP30 here.
Today’s episode features Emilio Tenuta, the Chief Sustainability Officer at Ecolab, a provider of water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions to businesses around the world. In the interview, Emilio explains the rising focus on water in conversations about climate and nature.
“The climate crisis is really about a water crisis: The way we're going to experience climate is through extreme weather events and droughts, floods and a number of other activities that impact our businesses,” Emilio says. “But it's also about water being an enabler to drive your business performance and impact.”
Emilio explains how AI can help companies understand future water risks. “Up to now, we've been looking in a rearview mirror on what water stress really means,” he says. "Now we're trying to embed AI so we can look predictively.”
This interview is the latest installment in our CSO Insights podcast series, where we interview Chief Sustainability Officers around the world and across industries about how they’re navigating the changing sustainability landscape.
Listen to other episodes in the CSO Insights podcast series:
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Read coverage of COP30 key takeaways from S&P Global Energy:
COP30 in review: Key outcomes (requires subscription)
Register for a Dec. 3, 2025 webinar about COP30 key outcomes: Decoding COP30: Outcomes and the road ahead for climate policy and action
Read nature research from S&P Global: Companies around the world face risks from their reliance on nature
Listen to our podcast episode featuring Water.org co-founder Gary White: Why Water.org CEO says the world’s water challenges are 'inherently solvable'
Listen to our podcast episode featuring CDP CEO Sherry Madera: Water, water everywhere in Climate Week NYC conversations
Learn about the Global Carbon Markets Conference
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