Dr. Reinhard Hübner is the Chief Executive Officer at SKION WATER Gmbh and investment manager at SKion. With a background in industrial operations, Dr. Hübner has over 17 years of professional experience, including with an international management consultancy. Since 2010, he has been responsible for the development and management of the investment portfolio in the water technology sector at SKion.

Water is the one resource we can’t live without, and for which there is no substitute. Investing in water technology companies is both an entrepreneurial opportunity and opportunity to protect a precious resource that can have the biggest impact in the world.

[3:57] Dr. Reinhard Hübner’s background in industrial operations

[6:43] The founder, Susanne Klatten, and her philosophy regarding water

[7:40] Corporate and investment structure of SKion Water

[12:28] Transparency and looking for investment opportunities  

[13:00]  SKion Investment criteria

[14:35] Agripreneurs, and accessibility to end-users

[14:45] 2 Principles Skion implement in their business

[15:48] The different types of waters 

[17:51] Investing in water technologies in Latin America

[19:05] “Invisible” assets and 100 years of economics

[21:53] The distribution of water and its uses

[24:27] Out-of-date water infrastructure

[29:09] Identifying and measuring impact

[30:30] Methane is worse than CO2 

[31:30] Investment horizon 

[32:09] Technological perspective of water management

[36:07] The water-diamond paradox

[38:29] Resources for understanding supply chains

[41:08] The real waste in bottled water

[43:31] The different types of investing

[47:22] Successful private-public partnership models

[49:40] Privatized utilities and services in most countries

[51:32] Importance of phosphorus

[53:30] How Dr. Hübner ended up in water

JP Dallmann on Forbes

Dr. Reinhard Hübner LinkedIn

Susanne Klatten: Bio

Andrew Walker: LinkedIn

Blue Gold Marketing website: https://www.bluegoldmarketing.com/ 

SKion website (English): https://www.skionwater.com/en/

SKion Website:  https://www.skion.de/en/

SKion Impact: https://www.skionwater.com/en/impact.html

Reinhard Hübner (SKion GmbH) about investing in water: YouTube 

SKion Awarded Water Company of the Year: Award 

Ecopreneur Website: WWW.ECOPRENEUR.CL

Book recommendation: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Blue text research Website: https://www.bluetechresearch.com/

Bluetech Research - Dynamics of Water Innovation

McKinsey Report - Charting Our Water Future

AQUATECH website:https://www.aquatechtrade.com

AQUATECH Innovation Forum: https://www.aquatechtrade.com/innovation-forum/

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