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CDP_Quest_Eng_08NEW.qxd:CDP_Quest_Eng_08.qxd 20/11/07 15:59 Page 1 1 February 2008 40 Bowling Green Lane London, EC1R 0NE United Kingdom Email: [email protected] Telephone +44 20 7970 5660 www.cdproject.net Name Title Company Name Address Postcode Country Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions and Climate Change Dear [Salutation], As investors representing [$xx] trillion funds under management, we are examining the companies in our portfolios to assess the potential risks and opportunities relating to climate change. We are seeking to improve our understanding of possible impacts on the value of our investments driven by the following factors connected with climate change: - Taxation and regulation - Changes in the climate system - Technological innovations - Shifts in consumer attitude and demand As current and prospective investors in your company, we would be grateful if you could complete the enclosed questionnaire. This has been sent to more than 2,800 of the world’s largest quoted companies and is the sixth such request (CDP6). In 2007, more than 1,300 companies answered the questionnaire (including 77% of the FT500). The questionnaire covers the same themes as in previous years but the format has evolved to aid comparability of responses. Note: We will use A or B or C below where relevant: A. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your response last year and look forward to receiving updated information this year. B. As you may be aware, your company did not complete our previous request for information. We would be very grateful for a response this year, or information explaining why it is not appropriate for your company to inform your investors by completing this request. C. This is the first time we have written to your company. To aid comparability, we would be very grateful if you could provide data for your last three accounting years, where available. We recognize it can be time consuming to answer a questionnaire in addition to your other environmental reporting responsibilities. However, these questions are specifically focused on climate change, and by providing one standardized request from many investors our objective is to reduce the burden on companies. Your answers will provide valuable, investment-relevant information that is not available from other sources. Your co-operation would be greatly appreciated. Yours sincerely, Paul Dickinson Chief Executive writing on behalf of the institutional shareholders listed overleaf. Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Advisory Board: Jane Ambachtsheer, Doug Bauer, Alan Brown, Andrew Dlugolecki, Colin Maltby, Bob Monks, Robert Napier, Christoph Schröder, Martin Whittaker, Eckart Wintzen. Chair: James Cameron. CDP6 (2008) Signatory Investors A Abax Global Capital Aberdeen Asset Managers ABP Investments ABRAPP - Associação Brasileira das Entidades Fechadas de Previdência Complementar Acuity Funds Aegon N.V. Aeneas Capital Advisors AIG Investments Alcyone Finance Allianz Group Altshuler Shacham LTD AMP Capital Investors ANBID - National Association of Brazilian Investment Banks ARIA (Australian Reward Investment Alliance) ASB Community Trust ASN Bank Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited Australian Ethical Investment Limited Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA) Aviva plc AXA Group B Baillie Gifford & Co. Banco Banco Bradesco S.A Banco do Brazil Banco Itaú Holding Financeira Banco Pine S.A. Banco Real Banco Santander, S.A. Banesprev – Fundo Banespa de Seguridade Social Bank Sarasin & Co, Ltd Bank Vontobel Barclays Group BBC Pension Trust Ltd Beutel Goodman and Co. Ltd BlackRock BMO Financial Group BNP Paribas Investment Partners Boston Common Asset Management, LLC BP Investment Management Limited Brasilprev Seguros e Previdência S/A. British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bcIMC) BT Financial Group BVI Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management e.V. C CAAT Pension Plan Caisse des Dépôts Caixa Beneficente dos Empregados da Companhia Siderurgica Nacional - CBS Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Nordeste do Brasil (CAPEF) Caixa Econômica Federal Caixa Geral de Depósitos California Public Employees' Retirement System California State Teachers Retirement System California State Treasurer Calvert Group Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Canadian Friends Service Committee CARE Super Pty Ltd Carlson Investment Management Carmignac Gestion Catherine Donnelly Foundation Catholic Super CCLA Investment Management Ltd Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church Ceres CERES-Fundação de Seguridade Social Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP China Investment Corporation Christian Super CI Mutual Funds' Signature Advisors CIBC Citizens Advisers, Inc. Clean Yield Group, Inc. ClearBridge Advisors, Socially Aware Investment Close Brothers Group plc Colonial First State Global Asset Management Comite syndical national de retraite Bâtirente Commerzbank AG Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) Credit Agricole Asset Management Credit Suisse D Daegu Bank Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Deka FundMaster Investmentgesellschaft mbH Deka Investment GmbH DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Delta Lloyd Investment Managers GmbH Deutsche Bank Deutsche Postbank Privat Investment Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH Development Bank of Japan Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) Dexia Asset Management DnB NOR Asset Management Domini Social Investments LLC DPG Deutsche Performancemessungs-Gesellschaft für Wertpapierportfolio mbh DWS Investment GmbH E Economus Instituto de Seguridade Social ELETRA - Fundação Celg de Seguros e Previdência Environment Agency Active Pension fund Epworth Investment Management Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG Ethos Foundation Eureko B.V. Eurizon Capital SGR Evli Bank Plc F F&C Management Ltd FAELCE – Fundacao Coelce de Seguridade Social FAPES-Fundacao de Assistencia e Previdencia Social do BNDES Fédéris Gestion d'Actifs FIPECq - Fundação de Previdência Complementar dos Empregados e Servidores First Affirmative Financial Network First Swedish National Pension Fund (AP1) FirstRand Ltd. Fishman & Co. Five Oceans Asset Management Pty Limited Florida State Board of Administration (SBA) Folksam Fondaction Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites – FRR Fortis Investments Forward Funds / Sierra Club Funds Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, AP4 Frankfurter Service Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH FRANKFURT-TRUST Investment Gesellschaft mbH Franklin Templeton Investment Services Gmbh Frater Asset Management FUNCEF - Fundação dos Economiários Federais Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social Fundação Banrisul de Seguridade Social Fundação Corsan - dos Funcionários da Companhia Riograndense de Saneamento Fundação São Francisco de Seguridade Social Fundação Vale do Rio Doce de Seguridade Social - VALIA FUNDIÁGUA - Fundação de Previdência da Companhia de Saneamento e Ambiental do Distrito Federal G Gartmore Investment Management Ltd GEAP Fundação de Seguridade Social Generation Investment Management Genus Capital Management Gjensidige Forsikring Goldman Sachs & Co. Governance for Owners Groupe Investissement Responsable Inc. Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation H Harrington Investments Harvard Management Company Health Super Fund Helaba Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH Henderson Global Investors Hermes Investment Management HESTA Super Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) HSBC Holdings plc I I.B.I. Investments House Ltd. IDEAM -Integral Dévelopment Asset Management Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company Industrial Bank Industry Funds Management ING Group Inhance Investment Management Inc Insight Investment Management (Global) Ltd Instituto Infraero de Seguridade Social - INFRAPREV Insurance Australia Group Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Internationale Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH Investec Asset Management J Jarislowsky Fraser Limited JPMorgan Asset Management Jupiter Asset Management K KCPS and Company KfW Bankengruppe KLP Insurance Kyobo Investment Trust Management Co., Ltd. L La Banque Postale Asset Management LBBW - Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Legal & General Group plc Legg Mason, Inc. Libra Fund Light Green Advisors, LLC Local Authority Pension Fund Forum Local Government Superannuation Scheme Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie London Pensions Fund Authority M Macif Gestion Maine State Treasurer Man Group plc Maple-Brown Abbott Limited Maryland State Treasurer MEAG Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH Meeschaert Gestion Privée Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company Merck Family Fund Merck Family Fund Meritas Mutual Funds Merrill Lynch & Co.,Inc. Metzler Investment Gmbh Midas International Asset Management Mirae Investment Asset Management Mistra, Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co.,Ltd. Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Monte Paschi Asset Management SGR S.p.A Morgan Stanley Investment Management Morley Fund Management Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd Münchner Kapitalanlage AG Munich Re Group N Natcan Investment Management Nathan Cummings Foundation, The National Australia Bank Limited National Bank of Kuwait National Grid Electricity Group of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme National Grid UK Pension Scheme Trustee Ltd National Pensions Reserve Fund of Ireland Natixis Nedbank Group Needmor Fund Nest Sammelstiftung Neuberger Berman New Alternatives Fund Inc. New Jersey Division of Investment New Jersey