Notes:
[1] Reported emissions percentage accounts for direct scope 1 emissions. Total global emissions as based on the World Resources Institute CAIT2.0 2009.
[2] The Institute for Industrial Productivity and the University of Minnesota’s NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise (NiSE) at the Institute on the Environment will conduct the analysis in partnership with the CDP initiative. The initiative will also involve identifying and selecting technology and service providers to undertake the projects identified. While the initiative will come at no cost to participating suppliers, they will be required to give serious consideration to the opportunities identified.
About CDP
CDP is an international, not-for-profit organization providing the only global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and share vital environmental information. CDP works with market forces, including 722 institutional investors with assets of US $ 87 trillion, to motivate companies to disclose their impacts on the environment and natural resources and take action to reduce them. CDP now holds the largest collection globally of primary climate change, water and forest risk commodities information and puts these insights at the heart of strategic business, investment and policy decisions. For more information, visit www.cdp.net.
About Accenture
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