Carbon Disclosure Project announces findings in supply chain carbon emissions

Phase 2 Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration – start date May 1, 2008

Since concluding the initial phase of the CDP Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration, the founding members have been joined by new members including Carrefour, Colgate-Palmolive, Exelon Corporation, Fiji Water, Heinz, IBM, Johnson Controls, Juniper Networks, Kellogg Company, Merrill Lynch & Co., National Grid, SSL International and Vodafone. On behalf all the members, the second Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration information request is being sent out to over 1,000 suppliers. Suppliers include private companies and businesses based in China, where a significant number of suppliers to large multinationals are based. Findings will be announced in January 2009.

Paul Dickinson, CDP’s CEO, said: ‘CDP’s Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration shows how seriously some large corporations are taking the measurement of supply chain greenhouse gas emissions. It is only by asking suppliers the right questions that large corporations will be able to manage their supply chain emissions. Engaging with suppliers is a key first step to understanding carbon liability and to bringing about emissions reductions through the supply chain.’

Current SCLC Members:

Cadbury Schweppes, Carrefour, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Dell Inc., Exelon Corporation, Fiji Water, Heinz, HP, Imperial Tobacco Group, IBM, Johnson Controls, Juniper Networks, Kellogg Company, L'Oréal , Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., National Grid, PepsiCo UK & Ireland, Inc., Procter & Gamble Company, Reckitt Benckiser, SSL International, Tesco, Unilever, Vodafone Group.

Notes for Editors:

The Carbon Disclosure Project is an independent not-for-profit organisation which was established in 2000 to facilitate dialogue between companies and investors, supported by quality information, from which a rational response to climate change will emerge. Carbon Disclosure Project is a UK Registered Charity no. 1122330. A company limited by guarantee registered in England no. 05013650. It is also a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors in New York, with 501(c)3 charitable status. For more information on CDP please go to www.cdproject.net.

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