About the Urban Sanitation Challenge
The new Urban Sanitation Challenge will fund breakthroughs in
innovative approaches that help communities deliver cost-effective
universal urban sanitation so as to prevent harmful impacts to
health, the environment, and the economy. The Urban Sanitation
Challenge, led by Grand Challenges Canada, is the newest initiative
of the Water Innovation Engine, which was formed in response to a
2016 Call to Action from the eleven Heads of Government and State
and Special Adviser who make up the UN / World Bank High Level
Panel on Water (HLPW). Leaders specifically made an appeal for the
launch of challenge programs to stimulate thinking that will shift
the needle in implementing a new water agenda.
The Water Innovation Engine’s development is being guided by a
Launch Committee, whose members include the Australian Government’s
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the World Bank, and
the Rockefeller Foundation.
About LIXIL
LIXIL is a global leader in the housing and building industry. Our
unique portfolio spans everything from technologies that
revolutionize how we interact with water in our daily lives, to a
full lineup of products and services for housing and major
architectural projects. Delivering core strengths in water,
kitchen, housing, and building technologies, our brands including
LIXIL, American Standard, GROHE, DXV, INAX, and Permasteelisa are
leaders in the industries and regions in which they operate. LIXIL
operates in more than 150 countries and employs more than 70,000
people, bringing together function, quality, and design to make
people’s lives better and more delightful – wherever they
are.
Learn more at
www.lixil.com,
facebook.com/lixilgroup
and www.linkedin.com/company/lixil-group.
About LIXIL Group
LIXIL Group Corporation (TSE Code: 5938) is the listed holding
company containing LIXIL Corporation, LIXIL VIVA CORPORATION and
LIXIL Housing Research Institute, Ltd. The Group, which is led by
President and CEO Kinya Seto, is involved in a broad spectrum of
housing-related businesses, ranging from the manufacture and sales
of building materials and housing equipment to the operation of
home centers and a network of homebuilding franchises, and
comprehensive real estate service. LIXIL Group Corporation posted
¥1.79 trillion in consolidated sales in FYE March 2017.