2009-5-13   Origin：SynTao

 The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) 2009 Forum, with the theme of "climate change and low-carbon economy"was successfully held at China World Hotel in Beijing on May 8, 2009 pm. The forum was organized by the SynTao with support of Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Some representatives from the 100 listed Chinese companies were invited to attend this event, as well as related organizations concerning about climate change and low-carbon economy.

The main focus of the forum Carbon Disclosure Project inlude the business risks and opportunities brought by Climate Change,how to do a good job at the first step in GHG management, and high-quality communication between enterprise groups and stakeholders on climate change-related information.

Ms Chen Dongmei, director of climate change and energy projects of WWF, was invited to give the opening address.; Ms. Chen Ying,  introduced the development and operation of CDP project in China on behalf of SynTao, the local agent of CDP. In addition, director of Merrill Lynch Asia-Pacific commodity markets, Ms. Jiang Hongbo and senior auditor of LRQA, Mr. Liu Zhao jin explored the implications (risks and opportunies) of climate change to companies’ development from perspectives of investors and GHG management. Delegates had a positive discussion with the guests about the domestic status of GHG management, future promotion strategies of CDP in China and other issues.

This forum strengthened the understanding of listed Chinese companies and relevant institutions about CDP, which is on a base of voluntary disclosure, and promoted a community to concern and communicate about climate change and low-carbon economic development from a different perspective.

About CDP in China

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organisation holding the largest database of corporate climate change information in the world. CDP gathers data through its annual Information Requests on behalf of institutional investors, purchasing organisations and government bodies.  Since its formation in 2000, CDP has become the gold standard for carbon disclosure methodology and process, providing critical climate change data to the global market place. In 2009, CDP on behalf of some 475 institutional investors, with combined assets under management in excess of $55 trillion, will send out the Information Request to more than 6,000 biggest listed companies globally. In 2008, over 1550 biggest international companies reported relevant information about their response to climate change to 385 institutional investors (signatory investors).

CDP information requests were sent to the largest 100 listed Chinese companies, and 25% of them submitted their responses (5 companies answered the questionnaire, and 20 companies provided relevant information). You can read or download the CDP 2008 China Report at http://www.cdproject.net or http://cdp.syntao.com.

Activities of CDP in China has captured the attention of, and were supported by many international organizations, for example, WWF (China) has become a long-term support partner; the United Nations Global Compact, the Principles for Responsible Investment, UNEPFI and other institutions all supported the implementation of CDP in China and highly recommended it to their member units of China.