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Appendix III: Investor CDP 2011 information request (questionnaire)


Introduction Q0.1: Introduction


Please give a general description and introduction to your organization. You are not required to give an introduction to your corporation, but please do so if you wish.


Q0.2: Reporting Year.


Please state the start and end date of the year for which you are reporting data.


Q0.3: Country list configuration. Please select the countries for which you will be supplying data.


Q0.4: Currency selection. Please select the currency in which you would like to submit your response.


Q0.5: Please select if you wish to complete a shorter information request.


Q0.6: Modules


As part of the Investor CDP information request, electric utilities, companies with electric utility activities or assets, com- panies in the automobile or auto com- ponent manufacture sectors and com- panies in the oil and gas industry should complete supplementary questions in addition to the main questionnaire. The presentation of these modules depends on your company’s classification accor- ding to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). Those that apply are: o 55101010 Electric Utilities o 55103010 Multi-Utilities o 10102020 Oil & Gas E&P o 10102010 Integrated Oil & Gas o 25101010 Auto Parts & Equipment o 25102010 Automobile Manufacturers


Management Module


Q.1.1: Where is the highest level of direct responsibility for climate change within your company? • Individual/sub-set of the Board or other committee appointed by the Board


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• Senior manager/officer • Other manager/officer • No individual or committee with overall responsibility for climate change.


Q1.1a: Please identify the position of the individual or name of the committee with this responsibility


Q1.2: Do you provide incentives for the management of climate change issues, including the attainment of targets? • Yes • No


Q1.2a: Please complete the table to identify who is entitled to benefit from these incentives? • Who is entitled to benefit • The type of incentives • Incentivized performance indicator


Strategy page


Q2.1: Please select the option that best describes your risk management procedures with regard to climate change risks and opportunities • Integrated into multi-disciplinary company-wide risk management processes


• A specific climate change risk management process


• There are no documented processes for assessing and managing risk and opportunities from climate change


Q2.1a: Please provide further details i. the scope of the process, i.e. the type of risks and opportunities considered by the process such as regulatory, customer behavior changes, reputational and weather-related;


ii. how risks/opportunities are assessed at a company level (e.g. reputational risk can impact on the full corporation);


iii. how risks/opportunities are assessed at an asset level (e.g. physical impacts can affect individual facilities);


iv. the frequency of monitoring;


v. criteria for determining materiality/ priorities, and vi. to whom are the results reported?


Q2.2: Is climate change integrated into your business strategy? • Yes • No


Q.2.2a: Please describe the process and outcomes i. How the business strategy has been influenced, i.e. the internal communication/reporting processes that achieve this;


ii. What aspects of climate change have influenced the strategy, e.g. how the strategy is linked to risks, opportunities and emissions’ reduction targets (requested in subsequent sections of the information request)


iii. The most important components of the short term strategy that have been influenced by climate change (e.g. changes in operational practices, changing the way business is communicated, etc.). If climate change has only affected the long term strategy, this should be stated;


iv. The most important components of the long term strategy that have been influenced by climate change (e.g. changing core business focus, development and incorporation of new technologies, etc.). In the less likely event that climate change has only affected the short term strategy, this should be stated;


v. How this is gaining you strategic advantage over your competitors;


vi. What are the most substantial business decisions made during the reporting year that have been influenced by climate change- driven aspects of the strategy (e.g. investment, location, procurement, M&A, R&D). Both the business decision and the aspect of climate change that has influenced the business decision must be made clear in the answer. If there are none to report, this should be stated.


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