In this session, leaders from the frontlines of sustainable business present definitive quantitative evidence of the business case for sustainability in an engaging panel format.

1. Definitive: The Business Case for
Sustainability
¡ Frances Way, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Carbon
Disclosure Project
Sustainable Brands
London Conference

2. Sustainable Brands, London, 28th Nov
Definitive: The Business Case for Sustainability
Frances Way – Co-Chief Operating Officer
Carbon Disclosure Project
Name of presentation
frances.way@cdproject.net
Name of presenter

3. Introduction to CDP
CDP over time
“CDP is to the future of business what
the X-ray was to the then-future of
medicine — without it, we would never
Responders (Investor & Supply Chain programs)
have seen the insides of the patient's
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health.”
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Executive Secretary of the UN
235 295 355 Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC)
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

4. CDP Carbon Action Report 2012
The average ROI is 33%, equivalent to a 3 year payback.
RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACTIVITIES

5. Adaptation is a Business Issue
“Changing temperatures and precipitations patterns may lead to decreased availability of critical raw materials
in the supply chain, especially agricultural commodities. These will lead to the increased operational cost or
even disrupt the business operations along the entire value chain of Nestlé.”
Nestlé 2012 CDP Response

6. Global 500 2012 Climate Change Responses
Timeframe for expected physical risk impact (number of companies)
Allianz reported that in 2011 it
processed $2.2 billion [€1,764
million] in natural catastrophe
(including non-weather related)
claims. This is the largest sum for
natural catastrophes in its history.
81% of G500 respondents
report physical risks (2011:
71%)
96% have board or senior level
oversight of climate change
(2011: 93%)
78% have integrated climate
change into their wider
business strategy (2011: 68%)

7. Global 500 Carbon Performance Leaders Index
Companies identified as carbon performance leaders generate superior stock performance
CPLI companies generated average total returns of 15.9% since 2010,
more than double the 6.4% return of the Global 500 index.
CPLI {2010-2012] RETURNS AGAINST OVERALL GLOBAL 500 POPULATION
Source: Carbon Disclosure Project, Bloomberg