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Nedbank is tops in South Africa’s 2009 carbon disclosure leadership index, which ranks the JSE’s biggest 100 companies on the basis of “frank and transparent” disclosure on issues related to climate change.

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Posted on October 27, 2009 · in Global

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NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 09/23/09 — Consolidated Edison Inc. (Con Edison) has been ranked the No. 1 utility by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) in a first-time measurement of companies’ climate-change performance actions, and also has received dual 7th place rankings in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index’s (CDLI) S&P 500-utility and global utility categories.

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Posted on September 27, 2009 · in USA

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DENMARK – The Danish pension fund ATP has reduced its total CO2 emissions output by 7.4% or 202 tons from 2007 to 2008, according to its first climate report.

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Posted on August 31, 2009 · in Europe

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SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In a sign that even skeptical companies are “getting” the climate risk message, five firms have agreed with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) to improve their greenhouse gas disclosure.

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Posted on July 1, 2009 · in Press Releases

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Markit, a financial information services company, and the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the leading independent global climate change reporting platform, today announced their intention to launch a family of investment indices reflecting the financial performance of companies with strong carbon management strategies.

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Posted on June 19, 2009 · in Global

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The Carbon Disclosure Project’s first global supply chain report, due on March 5, should be an eye-opener –- not only for what it contains but for what it lacks. Acer,Dell ( Dell), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are among the IT companies that joined the CDP Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration and will be represented in the report.

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Posted on February 28, 2009 · in Top Stories

| By James Murdoch – Sourced From The Financial Times |

Information is power. Recently I met members of Britain’s Olympic cycling team and was struck by the way they had used data to analyse and improve their performance. This team, a source of pride for the nation, focuses relentlessly on the pursuit of measurable, second-by-second improvements – the difference between winning and losing. Information has turned them into winners.
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Posted on November 17, 2008 · in Top Stories

The global fight to force carbon intensive firms to provide information to investors the climate change-related risks they face secured another victory last week, after US energy giant Dynegy announced it would provide information on its carbon footprint and associated risks in its annual reports.
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Posted on October 27, 2008 · in USA

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has clashed with Ed Miliband, the Climate Change Secretary, over proposed legislation that will force big companies to detail all their carbon dioxide emissions.
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Posted on October 26, 2008 · in UK

MIDLAND, MI. – October 21, 2008 – Reinforcing The Dow Chemical Company’s commitment to setting the standard for sustainability, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has named Dow to the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index for the fifth consecutive year. The index highlights global companies that have displayed the most professional approach to corporate governance in respect to climate change disclosure practices. Dow is one of only 33 companies from a carbon intensive sector to receive this distinction for 2008.
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Posted on October 22, 2008 · in Carbon Market News, Global