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Carbon Disclosure Project 2011


Europe has the highest regional response rate (72%, 61 of 85), and Germany is the only country with more than 10 companies where all invited companies responded. A more stringent regulatory landscape in Europe may contribute to a greater degree of engagement on water.


The response rates from India (20%, 2 of 10) and Greater China (29%, 5 of 17) are low, suggesting that companies from these emerging economies are generally less engaged despite significant regional water-related issues.3


European companies have the highest response rates and awareness of risks and opportunities. 98% (60) of European respondents have a water policy, strategy, or plan in place, and 93% (57) are able to identify operations in water-stressed regions, which indicates a greater business awareness of water-related issues than other regions. European (66%, 40) and North American (63%, 52) respondents are also more likely to identify opportunities than East Asian respondents (44%, 12).


On a country level, respondents from the United Kingdom and Germany report high levels of exposure to water-related risks in their direct operations or supply chain (73%, 11, in the United Kingdom; 75%, 6, in Germany), and the same percentage of respondents also identify water-related opportunities. They are correspondingly highly engaged, with 100% (15) of United Kingdom respondents and 88% (7) of Germany respondents reporting a water policy, strategy, or management plan, and 60% (9) and 63% (5), respectively, reporting concrete, quantitative targets or goals.


Table 2: Response summary for countries with 10 or more respondents North America Responses Europe


East Asia


Public and non-public responses Response rate


Water policy, strategy or plan in place Concrete targets or goals in place


Able to identify operations in water-stressed regions Exposed to risks in direct operations Exposed to risks in supply chain


Exposed to risks in direct operations or supply chain Identifying opportunity


10


71% 80% 20%


100% 80% 20% 80% 70%


73


63% 89% 60% 85% 45% 21% 52% 62%


13 76%


100% 54% 85% 62% 31% 62% 54%


11


100% 88% 63%


15 75%


100% 60%


100% 100% 75% 50% 75% 75%


73% 40% 73% 73%


17


61% 88% 47% 82% 35% 18% 35% 41%


3 Greater China includes China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. 4 To preserve anonymity, three non-public responses from Germany are excluded from percentages, except for number of responses and response rate


18


Canada


United States France


Germany4 United


Kingdom Japan


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