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Article

12 Mar 2009

Author:
Christian Harris, ZDnet

Businesses in dark over climate threat

While many corporate giants have woken up to the risks climate change poses for their business, many of those further down the supply chain are blissfully unaware of how it may harm their trade. This is the key finding of a study undertaken by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)… Interestingly, the report showed that Asian suppliers expressed the highest level of concern over climate change… [T]he CDP…offers advice on helping [companies] influence their suppliers in this area. 34 big name companies including Cadbury, Vodafone and Unilever use the system, requiring their major suppliers to report on their carbon footprint.