Dublin, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Consumer Durables Impact Report: All Industries Edition, Q1 2025" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
This cross-sectoral analysis reveals how water-related risks are emerging as critical sustainability challenges across the consumer durables landscape, with 60% of global GDP demonstrating direct water dependency. The research spans the manufacturing, retail, and fashion segments, examining how physical water risks - such as scarcity and flooding - impact operational continuity, supply chain resilience, and regulatory compliance across diverse business models and geographies.
The report additionally uncovers how recent tariff volatility has disrupted water stewardship initiatives for 52% of companies creating economic uncertainties that delay critical investments.
Call to Action: Consumer durables companies should develop regionally balanced production networks and implement flexible water management strategies that can adapt to trade policy fluctuations ensuring environmental commitments remain viable despite economic pressures.
The report identifies significant reporting disparities in water-related ESG disclosures, with Consumer Non-durables, Process Industries, Energy Minerals and Consumer Durables demonstrating the highest disclosure rates for key metrics. This pattern largely correlates with SASB's materiality designations, suggesting a growing alignment between voluntary reporting and formal materiality assessment frameworks. However, substantial gaps remain, particularly in metrics relating to water-stressed areas, indicating potential blind spots in risk identification and management.
This analysis examines how leading companies, such as Arcelik, are implementing advanced water efficiency measures, resulting in a 15% reduction in water consumption across operations while addressing both financial materiality (operational cost reduction and regulatory compliance) and impact materiality (watershed stewardship and community relations) considerations. These initiatives represent emerging best practices in integrated water management, balancing business imperatives with broader ecological and social responsibilities in line with the principles of double materiality.
The report examines how inadequate representation of water risks in traditional ESG frameworks has potentially understated critical dependencies, particularly for technology and manufacturing sectors with significant cooling and processing requirements. This analytical gap creates potential market inefficiencies, where water-intensive operations may be underpriced relative to their actual risk exposure - a consideration that is increasingly relevant for investors applying sophisticated sustainability analysis to portfolio construction and risk management.
Looking ahead, the report identifies emerging regulatory trends that are likely to intensify disclosure requirements related to water consumption, efficiency, and watershed impacts across consumer durables subsectors. Companies implementing robust water risk assessment methodologies and mitigation strategies are demonstrating enhanced resilience against both physical climate risks and transition risks associated with evolving policy landscapes. The financial implications extend beyond direct operational considerations to encompass reputation management, capital accessibility and strategic positioning in increasingly water-constrained operating environments.
Analyst Insights
In this latest quarterly review of corporate sustainability impacts risks and opportunities, the analyst finds that consumer durables companies across manufacturing retail and fashion face significant water-related risks throughout their value chains.
The report reveals that 60% of global GDP is water-dependent with consumer durables particularly vulnerable to water scarcity and flooding events. The analysis also identifies how tariff escalations and trade restrictions are creating additional challenges for water stewardship initiatives with 52% of companies reporting that trade uncertainties have delayed investments in water efficiency technologies and watershed conservation programmes.
Companies implementing regionally balanced production networks and developing flexible water management strategies that anticipate trade policy shifts are demonstrating enhanced resilience while maintaining progress on environmental commitments despite economic pressures.
Key Topics Covered
1. Nature and Climate Risks
2. Value Chain: Upstream
3. Value Chain: Downstream
4. Planet-Environmental Impacts
5. People-Social and Governance Impacts
6. UN Sustainable Development Goals
7. Technology
8. Finance
9. Policy
10. Calendar of Events
11. Risks Profile
12. Industry Sustainability Highlights
Companies Featured
- Adidas
- Alibaba
- Amazon
- Amorepacific
- ANTA Sports Products
- Arcelik
- Best Buy
- Bidco Africa
- Ceconomy
- Costco
- Coupang
- Elaraby Group
- Electrolux
- Estee Lauder
- Falabella
- Fast Retailing
- Godrej & Boyce
- Gree Electric Appliances
- H&M Group
- Haier Smart Home
- Hangzhou Robam Appliances
- Harvey Norman
- Hermes
- Hisense Home Appliances Group
- Home Depot
- IKEA
- Inditex
- JD.com
- Kering
- Kingfisher
- L'Oreal
- LG Electronics
- Lululemon Athletica
- LVMH
- Magazine Luiza
- Majid Al Futtaim Group
- Massmart
- Midea Group
- Natura & Co
- Nike
- Panasonic Holdings
- Procter & Gamble
- Richemont
- Samsung Electronics
- Shiseido
- Sony Group
- TCL Technology Group
- TJX Companies
- Tramontina
- Unilever
- Vestel
- VF Corporation
- Voltas Limited
- Walmart
- Whirlpool Corporation
- Woolworths Group
- Woolworths Holdings Limited
- Zhejiang Supor
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