The Carbon Disclosure Project is working with companies to help them assess greenhouse gas emissions through their supply chains

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a collaboration of over 315 institutional investors, including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Allianz and HSBC, with assets under management of more than $41trn, is working with some of the world’s largest companies to help them assess greenhouse gas emissions through their supply chains.

CDP has teamed up with some of the largest purchasing global organisations under the CDP Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration (SCLC). New corporate members include Dell, HP, L’Oreal, PepsiCo, and Reckitt Benckiser. They join original members Cadbury Schweppes, Imperial Tobacco, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Tesco and Unilever.

“Each member of the SCLC has selected up to 50 suppliers to respond to the CDP pilot information request in the first quarter of 2008.

CDP is working with these companies and their suppliers to create a single standardised approach to provide key climate change information throughout their supply chains.

Each member of the SCLC has selected up to 50 suppliers to respond to the CDP pilot information request in the first quarter of 2008. The results of the pilot will help customers and suppliers to develop strategies together to reduce their carbon footprints.