AXA Supports The Carbon Disclosure Project
2005年10月28日 - 5:18PM
PRニュース・ワイアー (英語)
PARIS, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Carbon Disclosure
Project (CDP) represents a collective request to companies of the
FT500 (the world's 500 largest corporations by market
capitalisation) on behalf of institutional investors for disclosure
of information on Greenhouse Gas Emissions. AXA, as an
institutional investor and signatory to the CDP and as a
corporation and member of the FTSE 500 responding to the CDP
questionnaire, is proud to sponsor the presentation of the third
CDP, for the first time in France. Today at 2.30pm, Paris time,
James Cameron, President of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and
Henri de Castries, Chairman of the Management Board and Chief
Executive of AXA will present the results of CDP3 during a
symposium entitled "Climate Change: The Risks for Business". The
results of CDP3 show a marked increase in awareness of climate
change and disclosure of related data by corporations around the
world. The 155 signatories to the CDP3 represent over $21 trillion
in assets, a doubling from CDP2 (95 investors with $10 trillion in
2004) and four times that of CDP1 (35 investors with $4.5 trillion
in 2003). 71% of corporations responded to the information
requests, up from 59% in CDP2, and 47% in CDP1. Referring to the
results of the CDP, James Cameron said: "Considerably more of the
world's largest corporations are getting a handle on what climate
change means for their business and what they need to do to capture
opportunities and mitigate risks. This all points to a continued
elevation of climate change as a critical shareholder value issue
for investors." Henri de Castries said: "Climate change and the
impact that it will have on key industries such as agriculture,
tourism, energy, transport and insurance, is as important as
interest rate risk and exchange risk. As a major global investor,
we support the CDP and value the information that it provides to
help us make informed decisions on the subject". Mr. de Castries
added: "Whilst debate surrounds the link between global warming and
an increased frequency of extreme weather events, it is clear that
infrastructure and population densities in fragile regions multiply
the size of maximum potential losses resulting from such events. To
respond to these challenges, the need for cooperation between
public insurance, private insurance and the insured is greater than
ever." To increase awareness, the CDP information request will be
broadened in 2006, to incorporate a greater number of listed
corporations within national indices. In partnership with ADEME,
Agence De l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie, (agency
for the environment and energy efficiency), the CDP information
request will be sent to all SBF120 companies. In addition to its
continued support for the CDP, AXA will work in partnership with
ADEME to raise corporate awareness of the importance of
environmental protection and energy efficiency. About AXA AXA Group
is a worldwide leader in financial protection. AXA's operations are
diverse geographically, with major operations in Western Europe,
North America and the Asia/Pacific area. AXA had Euro 935 billion
in assets under management as of June 30, 2005. For full year 2004,
IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 67 billion and IFRS underlying
earnings amounted to Euro 2,640 million. AXA reported total IFRS
revenues of Euro 37 billion and IFRS underlying earnings of Euro
1,761 million for the first half of 2005. The AXA ordinary share is
listed and trades under the symbol AXA on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The AXA American Depository Share is also listed on the NYSE under
the ticker symbol AXA. This press release is available on the AXA
Group web site: http://www.axa.com/ Media Relations: Christophe
Dufraux: +33.1.40.75.46.74 Clara Rodrigo: +33.1.40.75.47.22 Rebecca
Le Rouzic: +33.1.40.75.97.35 Sustainable Development: Catherine
Boiteux: +33.1.40.75.46.54 About The Carbon Disclosure Project
(CDP): The CDP is a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy
Advisors. It provides a secretariat for the world's largest
institutional investor collaboration on the business implications
of climate change. CDP represents an efficient process whereby many
institutional investors collectively sign a single global request
for disclosure of information on Greenhouse Gas Emissions. CDP then
send this request to the FT500 largest companies in the world. More
than 350 of the 500 largest corporations in the world currently
report their emissions through this Project. The CDP 3 information
request was signed by 155 institutional investors with assets of
more than $21 trillion and sent on 1st February 2005. The Third
Carbon Disclosure Project Report was launched globally on 14th
September 2005 in New York at JPMorganChase with additional events
in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Melbourne, Toronto and
Frankfurt. Today's presentation marks the launch of the Carbon
Disclosure Project for the first time in Paris.
http://www.cdproject.net/ DATASOURCE: AXA CONTACT: Media:
Christophe Dufraux, +33-1-40-75-46-74, Clara Rodrigo,
+33-1-40-75-47-22, Rebecca Le Rouzic, +33-1-40-75-97-35, or
Sustainable Development: Catherine Boiteux, +33-1-40-75-46-54, all
for AXA Web site: http://www.axa.com/ http://www.cdproject.net/
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