$31 Trillion Investor Coalition Seeks Further Greenhouse Gas Disclosure From World’s Largest Corporations

Today a group of 211 institutional investors with assets of $31 trillion under management is writing to 1,800 of the largest quoted companies in the world by market capitalisation, asking for the disclosure of investment-relevant information concerning their greenhouse gas emissions. This is the fourth iteration of such a request, see www.cdproject.net. In this request a larger group of investors have collaborated to ask for this data. Corporations that previously provided responses are invited to report progress. Companies that previously did not respond are requested to do so, or to provide a reason why they do not believe the request is relevant to their business. The previous three requests were sent to the 500 largest corporations by market capitalisation in the world, the FT500. This fourth request will also be sent to the following groups: - 500 of the largest companies in the USA based on market capitalisation (S&P 500), in partnership with the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR). - 300 of the largest electric utilities globally based on market capitalisation, in partnership with CalPERS and CalSTRS. - 300 of the largest emitters in Canada, in partnership with the Conference Board of Canada. - 200 of the largest companies in Germany based on market capitalization, in partnership with BVI Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management e.V. (German Investment and Asset Management Association) - 150 of the largest companies in Japan, selected by and in partnership with the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) and the CDP Secretariat Japan. - 150 of the largest companies in Australia and New Zealand based on market capitalisation (ASX100 & NZ50), in partnership with the Investor Group on Climate Change. - 120 of the largest companies in France based on market capitalisation (SBF 120), in partnership with AXA and Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Energie (ADEME), the French Governmental Agency for Environment and Energy Efficiency. - 100 of the largest companies in the UK based on market capitalisation (FTSE 100), in partnership with the UK Climate Impacts Program. - 50 of the largest companies in Brazil, listed on the BOVESPA Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Pension Funds (ABRAPP) and BANCO ABN AMRO REAL. - 40 of the largest companies in Asia outside of Japan, selected by and in partnership with the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA). Commenting on the information request, Paul Dickinson, the project Coordinator, said: "The numerous indications of accelerating human induced climate change make it clear that there are business risks and opportunities that have implications for the value of investments in corporations worldwide. Examples include changes in weather patterns; political and regulatory momentum moving against significant carbon emitters; the development of emissions-sensitive technologies, products and services superseding those existing today; and shifts in consumer sentiment due to a corporation’s stance on climate change. This makes it necessary for investors to improve their understanding of climate change risks and opportunities. The data to assess these issues is not always available, sometimes lacks comparability or is of poor quality. The Carbon Disclosure Project aims to encourage the development of a common emissions measurement methodology and to facilitate its integration into general investment analysis. The signatories recognise that companies face pressure to comply with constant demands for information and so have joined in this single call for information to reduce the number of requests." The recipient corporations have been asked to respond within four months. The information received will be summarised in various reports and these will be distributed to participating institutional investors and companies that respond to the questionnaire. These reports will be made publicly available at www.cdproject.net from September 2006. All submitted data authorised for publication will also be available from the web site at this time. This initiative has been coordinated by the Carbon Disclosure Project, a special project of the Philanthropic Collaborative of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors in New York. The group of investors is not a legal entity and the Carbon Disclosure Project has no authority to make any other statement on behalf of the participants. Paul Dickinson, Project Coordinator Carbon Disclosure Project 57A Farringdon Road, London EC1M 3JB Email: info@cdproject.net +44 (0) 7958 772864 The CDP has been financially supported by: Climate Initiatives Fund UK, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation UK, Home Foundation Holland, Lens Foundation for Corporate Excellence USA, Network for Social Change UK, Polden Puckham Charitable Foundation UK, Rockefeller Brothers Fund USA, Rufus Leonard UK, The Carbon Trust UK, The Funding Network UK, The Nathan Cummings Foundation USA, Turner Foundation USA, W. Alton Jones Foundation USA, WWF UK. Signatory investors: Institution Contact Name Contact Number Aberdeen Asset Managers Sam Walker + 44 20 7463 6424 ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Sierk Nawijn + 31 20 6295207 ABP Investments Hans de Ruiter + 31 20 4055914 ABRAPP - Associação Brasileira das Entidades Fechadas de Previdência Complementar Fernando Antonio Pimentel de Melo + 55 11 3043 8768 Activest Investmentgesellschaft mbH Acuity Investment Management Inc Allianz Group Michael Anthony AMB Generali Asset Managers Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH AMP Capital Investors Dr Ian Woods + 61 2 9257 1343 ANBID - Brazilian Association of Investment Banks Sergio Mello + 55 11 3471 4227 ASN Bank Ewoud Goudswaard + 31 70 356 9354 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited Paul Edwards + 61 3 9273 6955 Australian Ethical Investment Ltd AXA Group Christophe Dufraux + 33 1 40 75 46 74 Baillie Gifford & Co Banco do Brazil S.A. Wagner de Siqueira Pinto + 61 3310 3604 Bank Sarasin & Co, Ltd Eckhard Plinke + 41 61 277 75 74 BBC Pension Trust Ltd BMO Financial Group Ralph Marranca, Ronald Monet + 1 416 867 3996 + 1514 877 1101 BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNP PAM) Julie Benoit + 33 1 58 97 29 51 Boston Common Asset Management, LLC Steven Heim + 1 617 720 5557 BP Investment Management Limited Brasilprev Seguros e Previdência S.A. Laís Guarizzi + 55 11 3037 3218 British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bcIMC) BT Financial Group BVI Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management e.V. Frank Bock + 49 69 15 40 90 239 Caisse des Dépôts Philippe Puyau + 33 1 58 50 40 00 California Public Employees' Retirement System Dennis A. Johnson + 1 916 795 2731 California State Teachers' Retirement System Glen Bacet + 1 916 229 4774 Calvert Group, Ltd. Elizabeth Laurienzo + 1 301 657 7047 CAM North America LLC (a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc), Social Awareness Investment Program + 1 212 559 0937 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board John Cappelletti Carlson Investment Management Carmignac Gestion David Loggia + 33 1 42 86 53 35 Catholic Superannuation Fund (CSF) Frank Pegan + 61 3 0964 84710 CCLA Investment Management Ltd Neville White + 44 20 7489 6047 Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church Bill Seddon CI Mutual Funds Signature Funds Group Murray Oxby + 1 416 681 3254 CIBC Citizens Advisers Inc David Loehwing + 1 603 436 1513 x3726 Close Brothers Group plc Andrew Reese + 44 20 7314 4610 Comité syndical national de retraite Bâtirente Laetitia Tankwe + 1 514 525 5740 x2426 Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds Bernard Kavaler + 1 860 702 327 Co-operative Insurance Society Niall O'Shea + 44 161 837 4049 Credit Suisse Group Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Koichi Kaneda + 81 3 3243 3826 Delta Lloyd Investment Managers GmbH Deutsche Bank Hanns Michael Hoelz + 49 69 910 34544 Deutsche Postbank Privat Investment Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH Development Bank of Japan Takeo Obata + 81 3 3244 1174 Development Bank of the Philippines Edgardo F. Garcia + 63 2 818 95 11 x3911 Dexia Asset Management Dominique De Garady + 32 2 222 6511 DnB NOR Domini Social Investments LLC Karen Shapiro + 1 212 217 1112 DWS Investment GmbH Environment Agency Active Pension Fund Howard Pearce + 44 1454 624322 Ethos Foundation Jean Laville + 41 227 161 555 F&C Asset Management Ignacio Fravega + 44 20 7770 5340 Fédéris Gestion d'Actifs First Swedish National Pension Fund (AP1) Nadine Viel Lamare + 46 8 566 20 270 Five Oceans Asset Management Pty Limited Ross Youngman + 61 2 9994 7489 Folksam Asset Management Carina Lundberg + 46 8 772 62 31 Fonds de réserve pour les retraites – FRR Christelle Cuzou + 33 1 58 50 99 86 Fortis Investments Lynn Pattinson + 32 2 274 8466 Franklin Templeton Investment Services Gmbh Frater Asset Management William Frater Fukoku Capital Management Inc Gartmore Investment Management plc Tony Little + 44 20 7782 2207 Gen Re Capital GmbH Generation Investment Management Lila Preston + 44 207 534 4724 Gerling Investment Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH Hastings Funds Management Limitied Kylie Armstrong + 61 3 9654 4477 Henderson Global Investors Nick Robins + 44 20 7818 4356 Hermes Investment Management Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) HSBC Holdings plc Nigel Pate + 44 20 7991 0656 Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co, Ltd Hi-cheol Cho I.DE.A.M Integral Dévelopment Asset Management Micheline Bourny-Thaumiaux + 33 1 45 01 40 11 Indexchange Investment AG ING Investment Management Europe Hendrik-Jan Boer + 31 70 378 1798 Insight Investment Management (Global) Ltd Rory Sullivan + 44 20 7321 1875 Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Patricia Wolf Ixis Asset Management Nathalie Corrao + 33 1 4279 2849 Jupiter Asset Management Emma Howard Boyd + 44 20 7314 4769 KLP Insurance Cornelia Moseid + 47 22 03 35 54 LBBW - Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Legal & General Group plc John Morgan + 44 20 7528 6213 Light Green Advisors, LLC Jonathan Naimon + 1 206 547 8645 Local Authority Pension Fund Forum Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie Francois Perrin + 41 22 709 34 06 Maine State Treasurer David G. Lemoine + 1 207 624 7477 Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH Meeschaert Asset Management Nathalie Catoire + 33 1 53 40 20 20 Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company Meritas Mutual Funds Gary Hawton + 1 519 624-6767 Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Alex Popplewell + 44 20 7743 2659 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) Haruhiko Nakada + 81 3 3240 7547 Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. Mizuho Financial Group, Inc Ken Atobe Monte Paschi Asset Management S.G.R. – S.p.A Giulia Mutschlechner Morley Fund Management Clare Brook + 44 20 7809 6000 Munich Re Rolf D. Haessler + 49 89 3891 3769 Natexis Banques Populaires Agnès Guiral + 33 1 58 32 75 48 National Australia Bank Limited Brandon Phillips + 61 3 8641 3857 Nedbank Justin Smith + 27 11 294 0238 New York City Employees Retirement System Jeff Simmons + 1 212 669 3500 Neuberger Berman New York City Teachers Retirement System Jeff Simmons + 1 212 669 3500 New York State Common Retirement Fund John Chartier + 1 212 681 4825 Newton Investment Management NFU Mutual Insurance Society Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Oregon State Treasurer Kevin Max + 1 503 378 4329 Pax World Funds Anita Green + 1 417 276 3736 PETROS - The Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Social Alcinei Cardoso Rodrigues + 55 21 2506 0550 PGGM Ellen Habermehl + 31 3027 78702 PhiTrust Finance Olivier de Guerre + 33 1 55 35 07 58 Pictet & Cie (Europe) SA Oliver Möller + 49 69 79 500 930 Portfolio Partners Amanda McCluskey + 61 3 9220 0300 Prado Epargne Mme. Aspro + 33 4 91 16 35 67 PREVI - Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil Sérgio Ricardo Silva Rosa + 55 21 3870 1066 Public Sector Superannuation Scheme and Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (PSS/CSS) Steve Gibbs + 61 2 6263 6911 Rabobank Daniel Dijk + 31 30 216 6850 Railpen Investments Frank Curtiss + 44 207 786 7219 Rathbone Investment Management / Rathbone Greenbank Investments Mark Mansley + 44 117 930 3000 Real Assets Investment Management Inc. Dermot Foley + 1 604 646 5850 RLAM Robeco Rockefeller & Co Socially Responsive Group Joyce Haboucha SAM Sustainable Asset Management Sanlam Investment Management Danie Scholtz + 27 21 950 2535. Sanpaolo Imi Asset Management Sgr Giovanni Crocè Sauren Finanzdienstleistungen Schroders Rick Stathers + 44 207 658 5534 Scotiabank Kaz Flinn + 1 416 933 5582 Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2) Shinkin Asset Management Co., Ltd Siemens Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH SNS Asset Management Joos Grapperhaus Societe Generale Asset Management UK Limited Carole Arumainayagam + 44 20 7090 2509 Societe Generale Group Sogeposte Najib Sassenou + 33 1 40 69 56 13 Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. Masao Seki + 81 3 3349 3204 Standard Life Investments State Street Global Advisors Bill Page + 1 617 664 2477 State Treasurer of California Nick Papas + 916 653 2995 Storebrand Investments Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Superfund Asset Management GmbH Swiss Reinsurance Company Media Relations + 41 43 285 7171 TfL Pension Fund The Co-operative Bank Paul Monaghan + 44 161 829 5460 The Dreyfus Corporation Patrice M. Kozlowski + 1 212 922 6030 The Ethical Funds Company Robert Walker + 1 604 714 3833 The Shiga Bank Ltd. (Japan) The Wellcome Trust Danny Truell + 44 20 7611 8684 Third Swedish National Pension Fund (AP3) Threadneedle Asset Management Neil Brown + 44 20 7464 5746 Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd Yuko Nishitani + 81 3 3285 0274 Trillium Asset Management Corporation Shelley Alpern + 1 617 423 6655 Triodos Bank Thomas Steiner + 31 30 693 65 20 Tri-state Coalition for Responsible Investing Patricia Daly UBS AG Media Relations Zurich + 41 44 234 85 00 Union Investment Hans-Werner Martin + 49 69 2567 3287 United Methodist Church General Board of Pension and Health Benefits Vidette Bullock Mixon + 1 847 866 5293 Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH Bernd Wagner + 49 69 7104 3104 Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) David Russell + 44 20 7972 0300 Vancity Group of Companies Vermont State Treasurer Jeb Spaulding + 1 802 828 1452 VicSuper Proprietary Limited Tarnia Puchlenko + 61 3 9667 9701 Walden Asset Management, a division of Boston Trust and Investment Management Company Timothy Smith + 1 617 726 7155 Warburg-Henderson Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH WestLB Asset Management (WestAM) Zurich Cantonal Bank Sabine Doebeli + 41 44 292 24 13