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The Carbon Disclosure Project:
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Fall 2007:
Four religious institutions affiliated to KAIROS
have joined the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a global coalition
of institutional investors concerned about climate change. The
Daly Foundation, a Catholic charitable foundation, first joined
the CDP in 2006. This year, the Canadian Friends Service Committee
(Quakers), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada’s Pension Plan, and
the United Church of Canada’s General Council also became
signatories to the fifth annual CDP report, which was released
on September 24 2007 in New York.
Every year the CDP sends a survey to the largest publicly traded companies in the world regarding the financial risks and opportunities related to climate change. In 2007, less than half of the 200 Canadian companies included in the survey responded to the questionnaire. Canadian companies are lagging behind their international counterparts on disclosing climate change risk.
For more information on the Carbon Disclosure Project, visit: http://www.cdproject.net
KAIROS is recommending that all national
churches and religious orders in Canada join the CDP. For more information on how your
church or religious community can participate in the Carbon Disclosure
Project, please contact Ian Thomson, Program Coordinator for Corporate
Social Responsibility, KAIROS, tel. 1-877-403-8933 ext. 229,
ithomson
kairoscanada.org
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