Zurich, Switzerland, 22 October 2015 - CDP, the world's premier sustainability reporting and benchmarking initiative published the first global assessment of corporate efforts in tackling water security today. The Global Water Report 2015 presents the joint work of CDP and South Pole Group on evaluating the water management practices of 400 companies operating in the most water dependent industry sectors. Using CDP's publicly available water scoring methodology, the evaluation has considered the comprehensiveness of each company's water risk assessments and response strategies, and whether these are factored into business planning.