Based on data gathered by CDP from corporations in response to its annual request for information on the business implications of climate change, the report finds that large public companies are already advanced in their use of carbon pricing and are ahead of their governments in planning for climate change risks, costs and opportunities.

This review overviews the climate-change-related disclosures from public companies to institutional investors. The report presents key findings and responses provided by S&P 500 companies across economic sectors to the risk-related questions in CDP’s annual disclosure requests from 2011 to 2013.

This analysis of the global companies that responded to CDP’s 2013 forests information request on behalf of 184 investors with $13 trillion in assets gives an insight into how companies are addressing their exposure to risks from the agricultural commodities responsible for most deforestation globally.

CDP’s forests program acts on behalf of investors to collect information from companies on the operational, reputational and regulatory risks and opportunities, and the value creation and erosion, resulting from their exposure to deforestation, which accounts for 10-15% of global CO2 emissions – equivalent to the entire transport sector.

CDP’s forests program acts on behalf of investors to collect information from companies on the operational, reputational and regulatory risks and opportunities, and the value creation and erosion, resulting from their exposure to deforestation, which accounts for 10-15% of global CO2 emissions – equivalent to the entire transport sector.

A new report talks about the authoritative evaluation of corporate progress on climate change in India and shows that the companies are largely deploying energy efficiency mechanisms to achieve their goals.The report is co-written by Carbon Disclosure Project, and the Sustainability practice of the leading Management Consulting firm Accenture.

The CDP Global Water Report 2013 establishes that a misguided approach to water-related risk management has become business as usual at the world’s largest global companies.

Fifty of the 500 largest listed companies in the world are responsible for nearly three quarters of the group’s 3.6 billion metric tons of GHG emissions find this new report released by Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). It provides the most authoritative evaluation of corporate progress on climate change in 2013 from data collected by CDP.

Read this report to know how are the leading companies in India responding to the challenge of climate change.

This recent CDP analysis provides investors with critical information on how companies identify, manage and mitigate risks and opportunities related to water. It also gives examples of how companies may improve their water management through collective action.