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The A List
The CDP Climate Performance
Leadership Index
#CDPAlist
November 3rd, 2014
Sue Howells, Co-Chief Operating Officer, CDP
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Carbon emissions are set to reach a 40 billion metric
ton high… this year.
Climate change will hit countries' economic growth
rates and public finances: Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services.
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Climate change is not only a risk to the
environment but it is the single biggest risk that
exists to the economy today.
- Henry Paulson, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
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Leverage the power of organizations and
information to drive urgent action at scale by
business, investors and regulators.
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On behalf of
767 institutional investors
representing
US$92 trillion.
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What is The A List?
{ A truly global index, one that
goes beyond the “Global 500”.
{ Assessment of nearly 2,000
companies against CDP’s
respected scoring methodology.
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companies from around the world are leading the
corporate charge to mitigate climate change.
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The A List
{ Almost half of the A list are headquartered in Europe
{ A further third in USA or Japan
{ Largest by market capitalisation
include Apple, Microsoft & Google
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The businesses that have made it onto our first fully global list
of climate performance leaders are to be congratulated for
their progress; they debunk economic arguments against
reducing emissions.
- Paul Simpson, Chief Executive Officer, CDP
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Decrease emissions
{ Companies on the Climate
Performance Leadership
Index (CPLI) 2014 have
reduced their emissions in the
last reporting year.
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Decrease emissions
That’s equivalent to
removing 7 million
cars from our roads
for a whole year.
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Increase returns
The CPLI has
outperformed
the Bloomberg
World Index by
9.6% in the last
four years.
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Invest for win-win results
All companies using CDP’s
climate change program are:
{ Investing;
{ Reducing; and
{ Enjoying a good internal rate
of return.
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Leaders’
investments
achieve on
average…
Others’
investments
achieve on
average…
Emissions
reductions of 9%
per company
Emissions
reductions of 6%
per company
Internal rate of
return (IRR) of
57%
Internal rate of
return (IRR) of
50%
Invest for win-win results
General Motors:
Emissions reductions = 244,000 MT
Cost savings = US$287 m
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Apply a business lens to climate change
Nearly all leaders see opportunity from climate action.
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Apply a business lens to climate change
Samsung C&T Corp., responding to consumer demand for
green products = +9% profits from sales within 7 years
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Apply a business lens to climate change
Leaders have a heightened awareness of risk.
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Move beyond the low-hanging fruit
Robust governance of climate
change is driving leaders to
raise the bar on investment.
Proportionally, they have
invested more and achieved
greater carbon reductions.
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The need to go further
Targets tend not to go
beyond 2016/17,
which suggests a lack
of long-term strategy
to meet the global
carbon budget.
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Policy: a risk or opportunity?
A lack of clear long-term policy is likely stalling corporate
progress toward ambitious long-term targets.
More than three quarters of The A List engages with policy
makers on climate change,
compared with just under half
of their non-leading peers.
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The opportunity is vast
Corporates and their trade associations
can align to influence national polices
that will unlock the business world’s full
potential to decrease emissions
worldwide over the longer-term.
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A global economic system that operates
within sustainable environmental boundaries
and prevents dangerous climate change.
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Working together
Our economic activity ultimately
depends upon a steady flow of
natural goods and services, such
as fresh water, timber and food
crops, or climate regulation and
flood control.
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Working together for sustainable economies
We thank all 5,000+ companies that disclose through
CDP. Our climate change, forests, supply chain and
water programs draw on our unique global system, to
drive transparency and accountability for business
impacts across the earth’s natural capital.
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Thank you
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