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Viktor Andersson, Manager-Investor CDP Europe & Asia - Carbon Disclosure Project - United Kingdom
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Carbon Disclosure Project
Viktor Andersson Manager Investor CDP Europe & Asia
Background CDP
– Launched in 2000 in No.10 Downing Street
– Shareholders realised increasing importance of climate – little information available
– Use shareholder influence to encourage change
– 35 investor backed the first CDP Information Request in 2003
– 500 largest companies globally requested to respond, 235 responded
– Information to help assessing winners and losers from climate change
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CDP Today
– Backed by more than 475 signatories - more than USD55 trillion AuM
– Annual Information Request from investors to companies
– More than 3,700 requests sent out - More than 1,800 responses received
– Information Request covers:
• Governance
• Risks & Opportunities
• Emissions
• Performance
– CDP is the only global climate reporting system
Other CDP Programs
– CDP Supply Chain & Public Procurement
• Initiated in collaboration with WalMart
• Increased attention to climate impacts from the supply chain
• Purchasing organisations asking Suppliers
• New coverage, extended reach
– CDP Cities
• Pilot 2008 with 18 US cities
• Global roll-out in 2010
• Insurers and property owners the focus group
• Primarily adaptation
CDP activities & going forward
- Investor CDP
- CDP Supply Chain
- CDP Public Procurement
- Cities
- CDSB; the Climate Disclosure Standards Board
- CDP 2.0 in cooperation with SAP, Accenture & Microsoft
CDP from an investor perspective
– Encourage corporate disclosure: what gets measured gets managed…
• CDP per definition active ownership
– Excellent tool for asset owners (e.g. pension funds) to manage and evaluate their asset managers
– Helps inform you on how to integrate climate change into your investment policies
• CDP provides examples of material impacts and best practise for managing these
Practical examples of use of CDP data
Integration into investment models
- Goldman Sachs ’Change is Coming’
Active ownership
- CDP/PRI emissions reductions engagement
Product development
- Markit CDLI index
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Carbon Disclosure Index (USD)
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Markit CDLI Global 2004-2008
