CDP S&P 500 Report 2011 – Strategic Advantage Through Climate Change Action


S&P 500 leaders gave sustainability board- level attention and firmly embedded climate change risks and opportunities into their broader strategies and objectives. Companies that embraced this integrated approach were more likely to establish emissions reduction targets.


Figure 2: S&P 500 respondents reporting board or senior management oversight of climate change


226 (68%) 222 (68%)


292 (87%) 0 50 100  2009  2010  2011


Figure 3: S&P 500 respondents reporting monetary incentives and an integration of climate change into their overall business strategy


Monetary incentives 116 (35%) 183 (54%) Integrated strategy 116 (35%) 219 (65%) 0  2010  2011


Figure 4: S&P 500 respondents disclosing GHG emissions and absolute and/or intensity emissions reduction targets


Disclose GHG emissions 262 (80%) 294 (88%) 306 (91%) Disclose emissions reduction targets


170 (51%) 169 (52%)


0 50 100  2009  2010  2011 150


214 (64%) 200


Number of companies 250 300 350 50 100 150 Number of companies 200 250 150 200 Number of companies 250 300 350


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