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Environmental Research Digest – June 2012

Summary

A report by Caring for Climate (C4C), the UN’s voluntary action platform for companies seeking to demonstrate leadership on climate change, showcases progress made by 353 corporate signatories in addressing climate change while highlighting areas where additional action is needed. The Progress Report 2012 also features a list of the Top 25 Performers in the initiative.

Key Findings

  • Although the top 25 performers of total signatories reduced more than 16 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, total emissions for the entire initiative rose tenfold during the reporting period.
  • However, data also indicates an absolute decrease in emissions of approximately 6 percent below 2007 levels.
  • While nearly two-thirds of total signatories (mostly large companies) have met three or more of the initiative’s commitments, for others the journey is just beginning.
  • Nearly 21 percent of the entire C4C membership and 47 percent of small and medium-size enterprises have not yet met any commitments.
  • The following Large Companies in alphabetical order are meeting all five Caring for Climate commitments and achieved the greatest absolute emissions reductions percentage over the 2009 to 2010 reporting period.
Company Country
Alcatel-Lucent France
AXA France
BT Group plc United Kingdom
Centrica plc United Kingdom
Coop Switzerland
Danfoss Group Denmark
Endesa, S.A. Spain
Gas Natural SDG, S.A. Spain
GlaxoSmithKline United Kingdom
Infosys Technologies Ltd India
KB Kookmin Bank Korea, Republic of
Kikkoman Corporation Japan
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Netherlands
Lafarge France
Munich Re Group Germany
Novo Nordisk AS Denmark
Novozymes Denmark
Reed Elsevier Group plc United Kingdom
SAS Group Sweden
Scott Wilson Holdings Ltd. United Kingdom
Siemens AG Germany
Telefonica S.A. Spain
The Coca-Cola Company United States of America
Veolia Environment France
Woongjin Coway Co., Ltd. Korea, Republic of

Author(s)

Caring for Climate

Source

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