Insights

June 2020

INTERVIEW: PERSPECTIVES ON WATER MARKET IMPACTS FROM COVID-19

Watch as Bill Malarkey shares his perspectives on how a seemingly recession-proof industry is weathering the pandemic

June 2020

DIGITALIZATION: NOW IS THE TIME TO GET ON BOARD

The adoption of digitalization needs to be an essential and intentional strategy, not an arbitrary choice, to succeed.

April 2020

SUSTAINABLE INVESTING TO NAVIGATE THE FUTURE

Despite our immense and unique impact on sustainability, the water industry is not adequately promoting it, unlike other industries

March 2020

THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE WATER SECTOR

Many have been asking us about COVID-19’s impact on the water sector, and there are four areas where are we seeing the effects of this virus on our industry. Here are our current thoughts on the implications for water & wastewater utilities, impact on companies providing water equipment and technologies, changes in industrial sector demand for water solutions, and opportunities arising for investors.

March 2020

MOVING BEYOND THE BILL WITH CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT

Our recent research for the Digital Utility Group explores various utility-customer interactions from simply providing ease to building trust through digital

January 2020

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPTIMIZATION

Building on our work on artificial intelligence and machine learning in water more broadly, we explore how these advanced analytics tools can benefit wastewater treatment processes

December 2019

LEARNING HOW MACHINES LEARN

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are huge buzzwords in industry – but what do they actually mean? Amane’s recent research found out just that, and how water is already benefiting.

October 2019

TRENDS IN RESIDENTIAL WATER TREATMENT IN FRANCE

80% of households in France are satisfied with water quality but 36% still drink only bottled water

June 2019

ACCELERATING ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER WITH DANONE COMMUNITIES

Amane Advisors collaborated with social enterprise Danone Communities to make a more meaningful and direct contribution to the water industry

April 2019

SDG 6 AND INVESTING IN OUR INDUSTRY

How are Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) good for business? Thierry Noel’s article published in IDA Global Connections Spring 2019 explores the opportunity that SDGs represent from an investment standpoint, and calls for measurement of the positive sustainable impact that desalination and reuse bring.

September 2018

ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL FOR FUNDING INNOVATION IN THE WATER SECTOR

Steve Jobs said that “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” How is the water industry doing in supporting its entrepreneurs? Thierry Noel writes in the Fall Issue of IDA Global Connections.

August 2018

THE WATER OPPORTUNITY IN THE FRACKING BOOM

If the Permian Basin were an independent country, it would currently be the 8th largest oil producer in the world. Read what Managing Partner Bill Malarkey took away from the Produced Water Society’s recent Permian Basin for companies and investors interested in the water management opportunity in the O&G industry.

June 2017

DIGITAL IS MAKING WAVES

Find out how the water sector can start to break down existing barriers to digital technology adoption and possibly leapfrog other sectors in digital transformation in an article that captures original knowledge gathering research published in the June issue of Water Finance & Management

April 2017

HOW DIGITAL CAN REVOLUTIONISE UTILITIES

Gigi Karmous-Edwards chaired a discussion on utility digitisation, water’s role in smart cities, and technology adoption in the water sector at the 2017 Global Water Summit in Madrid.

April 2016

WATER BECOMES MORE ACQUISITIVE

Amane Advisors using Global Water Intelligence data, correlating analysis with the views of our network, at the forefront of the industry: the outlook for 2016 Mergers & Acquisitions looks very promising.