Following the increase in the number of CDP signatories, the standard of disclosure over the past seven years since the inception of CDP has increased dramatically... The number of Asian companies responding to CDP 2009 increasedby 39% (51 to 71) from CDP 2008; The response rate from the BRIC countries has doubled since 2008 to 44% (16 out of 36), including a 100% response rate from Brazil... The Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI)...demonstrates range and depth of carbon disclosure... only the Telecommunications sector is not represented; The Financials sector has the greatest representation in the CDLI... Overall, the standard of disclosure was highest for Utilities, followed by Health Care and Materials... The highest scoring companies in CDP 2009: Bayer, BASF, HSBC, Wal-Mart, Chevron, Cisco, PG&E, Public Service Enterprise Group [PSEG], Spectra Energy, Bank of Montreal, Boeing, Carnival, Rio Tinto, Samsung [Other members of CDLI: BMW, Woolworths, Reckitt Benckiser, Hess, Total, Anadarko, Transocean, Simon Property, Allianz, Australia & New Zealand Banking (ANZ Bank), National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Aviva, Lloyds Banking, Westpac, Allstate, Allergan, Schering-Plough, Biogen Idec, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Siemens, United Parcel Service (UPS), Hewlett-Packard (HP), EMC, Lafarge, Praxair, BHP Billiton, E.I du Pont de Nemours, Union Fenosa, RWE, FPL Group, Consolidated Edison, Fortum.]