Carbon Disclosure Vs Other Worldly Events

Carbon Disclosure Vs Other Worldly Events Since the CDP sent its first questionnaire in 2003 to find out which companies are reporting their carbon emissions and taking action to mitigate climate change, the number of companies which have responded has increased each year... But Why? Companies Disclosing Carbon Emissions 2003 - 2012 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 250 ............. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Is it simply because more and more of the world's largest institutional investors are requesting this data from their partners? Is it perhaps due to a steady rise in ethical consumerism and media scrutiny of green wash? Or are there other more subtle influences at play? Carbon Disclosure vs % of Global Forested Land (km2) Carbon Disclosure vs Global Use of Low Carbon Energy (% of total) Perhaps businesses have been alarmed at the steady destruction of the world's forests and feel that they should make the effort to report emissions: Perhaps reporting emissions is a response to the shocking decline in low-carbon energy as a total of global use: 2008 4000 4500 31. 3% 3000 4000 31. 2% 2009 2009 2000 3500 31. 1% 1000 3000 31.0% 250 2500 30.9% 2000 30.8% 8.7% 2010 2010 8.9% 9.1% 9.3% 9.5% 2011 2011 2012 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Carbon Disclosure vs Time it Takes to Report Tax (hours) Carbon Disclosure vs Global Mortality Rate Under 5 (per 1,000 live births) Once companies saw that baby mortality rate was steadily dec reasing they haven't dared to stop reporting their emissions: Businesses have more time to report carbon as they are spending less time reporting tax: 4000 1000 65 per 1000 40 per 1000 2006 2012 2007 2010 2008 2008 2000 3500 45 per 1000 60 per 1000 2006 2009 2010 2011 2012 3000 2500 1000 2000 55 per 1000 50 per 1000 2500 3000 3500 4000 330.2 317.9 299.9 286.8 275.5 267.5 hours Data Source: https://www.c dp roject.net/en-US/Programmes/Pages/CDP-Reporter-Services. aspx http://data.worldbank.org/ind icator/IC.TAX.DURS?display=graph http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH. DYN.MORT?display=graph http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG. USE. COMM.CL.ZS/coun- tries/1W?display=graph http://data.worldbank.org/ind icator/AG. LND. FRST.ZS?display=graph amee The orV Iermental stardard Por Ousinoss.