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CDP Australian Climate Leadership Report 2015
CDP Australian Climate
Leadership Report 2015

                    Global scoring and outsourcing partner
CDP Australian Climate Leadership Report 2015
Paul Dickinson
                             Executive Chairman – CDP

                            CDP was set up, almost 15 years ago, to serve investors.
                            A small group of 35 institutions, managing US$4 trillion
                            in assets, wanted to see companies reporting reliable,
                            comprehensive information about climate change risks
                            and opportunities.

                            Since that time, our signatory base has grown               Without doubt, decarbonizing the global economy is
                            enormously, to 822 investors with US$95 trillion in         an ambitious undertaking, even over many decades.
                            assets. And the corporate world has responded to            But the actions that companies are already taking,
                            their requests for this information. More than 5,500        and reporting to CDP, show that corporate leaders
                            companies now disclose to CDP, generating the               understand the size of the challenge, and the
    Decarbonizing the       world’s largest database of corporate environmental         importance of meeting it.
    global economy          information, covering climate, water and forest-risk
                                                                                        We are on the threshold of an economic revolution
                            commodities.
    is an ambitious                                                                     that will transform how we think about productive
    undertaking, even       Our investor signatories are not interested in this         activity and growth. We are beginning to decouple
    over many decades…      information out of mere curiosity. They believe, as         energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from
    corporate leaders       we do, that this vital data offers insights into how        GDP, through a process of ‘dematerialization’ –
                            reporting companies are confronting the central             where consumption migrates from physical goods to
    understand the size
                            sustainability challenges of the 21st century. And the      electronic products and services. This will create new
    of the challenge, and   data, and this report, shows that companies have            assets, multi-billion dollar companies with a fraction of
    the importance of       made considerable progress in recent years – whether        the physical footprint of their predecessors.
    meeting it. We are on   by adopting an internal carbon price, investing in
                                                                                        Similarly, there is a growing realization that ‘work’ is
    the threshold of an     low-carbon energy, or by setting long-term emissions
                                                                                        no longer a place, but increasingly an activity that can
    economic revolution     reduction targets in line with climate science.
                                                                                        take place anywhere. And it no longer relies on the
    that will transform     For our signatory investors, insight leads to action.       physical, carbon-intensive infrastructure we once built
    how we think about      They use CDP data to help guide investment                  to support it.
    productive activity     decisions – to protect themselves against the risks
                                                                                        In the 19th century we built railway lines across the
    and growth.             associated with climate change and resource scarcity,
                                                                                        globe to transport people and goods. Now we need
                            and profit from those companies that are well
                                                                                        to create a new form of transportation, in the form of
                            positioned to succeed in a low-carbon economy.
                                                                                        broadband. Investment in fixed and mobile broadband
                            This year, in particular, momentum among investors          will create advanced networks upon which the
                            has grown strongly. Shareholders have come together         communications-driven economy of the 21st century
                            in overwhelming support for climate resolutions at          can be built – an economy where opportunity is not
                            leading energy companies BP, Shell and Statoil. There       limited by time or geography, and where there are no
                            is ever increasing direct engagement by shareholders        limits to growth.
                            to stop the boards of companies from using
                                                                                        An economic revolution of this scale will create
                            shareholders’ funds to lobby against government
                                                                                        losers as well as winners. Schumpeter’s ‘creative
                            action to tax and regulate greenhouse gasses. This
                                                                                        destruction’, applied to the climate challenge, is set
                            activity is vital to protect the public.
                                                                                        to transform the global economy. It is only through
                            Many investors are critically assessing the climate         the provision of timely, accurate information, such as
                            risk in their portfolios, leading to select divestment      that collected by CDP, that investors will be able to
                            from more carbon-intensive energy stocks – or, in           properly understand the processes underway. Our
                            some cases, from the entire fossil fuel complex.            work has just begun.
                            Leading institutions have joined with us in the Portfolio
                            Decarbonization Coalition, committing to cut the
                            carbon intensity of their investments.
                            This momentum comes at a crucial time, as we
                            look forward to COP21, the pivotal UN climate
                            talks, in Paris in December. A successful Paris
                            agreement would set the world on course for a goal
                            of net zero emissions by the end of this century,
                            providing business and investors with a clear, long-
                            term trajectory against which to plan strategy and
                            investment.

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Contents

Global overview                                                                                                                                                 4

Australia and New Zealand                                                                                                                                       8

2015 Leadership Criteria                                                                                                                                      10

Low carbon investing hits mainstream                                                                                                                          11

CDP 2015 Australian Climate Leadership Indices                                                                                                                12

CDP Australian Climate Leadership Awards 2015                                                                                                                 13

Analysis of ASX 200 climate disclosure and climate performance in 2015                                                                                        18

ASX 200 non-responding companies                                                                                                                              19

ASX 200 responding companies, scores and emissions data                                                                                                       21

Investor signatories and members                                                                                                                              23

Please note: The selection of analyzed companies in this report is based on market capitalization of regional stock indices whose constituents change
over time. Therefore the analyzed companies are not the same in 2010 and 2015 and any trends shown are indicative of the progress of the largest
companies in that region as defined by market capitalization. Large emitters may be present in one year and not the other if they dropped out of or entered
a stock index. ‘Like for like’ analysis on emissions for sub-set of companies that reported in both 2010 and 2015 is included for clarity. Some dual listed
companies are present in more than one regional stock index. Companies referring to a parent company response, those responding after the deadline and
self-selected voluntary responding companies are not included in the analysis. For more information about the companies requested to respond to CDP’s
climate change program in 2015 please visit:

https://www.cdp.net/Documents/disclosure/2015/Companies-requested-to-respond-CDP-climate-change.pdf

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Global overview

                                                        The case for corporate action on climate change has
                                                        never been stronger and better understood. With
                                                        the scientific evidence of manmade climate change
                                                        becoming ever more incontrovertible, leading companies
                                                        and their investors increasingly recognize the strategic
                                                        opportunity presented by the transition to a low-carbon
                                                        global economy.
                                                                                                                   Business is already stepping up. The United Nations
    Global                                                     2010                        2015
                                                                                                                   Environment Programme estimates that existing
    Analyzed responses                                         1,799                       1,997                   collaborative emissions reduction initiatives involving
    Market cap of analyzed companies US$m*                     25,179,776                  35,697,470              companies, cities and regions are on course to
    Scope 1                                                    5,459 MtCO2e                5,382 MtCO2e            deliver the equivalent of 3 gigatons of carbon dioxide
    Scope 2                                                    1,027 MtCO2e                1,301 MtCO2e            reductions by 2020. That’s more than a third of the
    Scope 1 like for like: 1306 companies                      4,135 MtCO2e                4,425 MtCO2e            ‘emissions gap’ between existing government targets
    Scope 2 like for like: 1306 companies                      794 MtCO2e                  887 MtCO2e              for that year and greenhouse gas emissions levels
                                                                                                                   consistent with avoiding dangerous climate change.
    * Market capitalization figures from Bloomberg
                                                        And they are acting to seize this opportunity. The         Those investors who understand the need to
       at 1 January 2010 and 1 January 2015.
                                                        latest data from companies that this year took part        decarbonize the global economy are watching
                                                        in CDP’s climate change program – as requested             particularly closely for evidence that the companies
                                                        by 822 institutional investors, representing US$95         in which they invest are positioned to transition away
                                                        trillion in assets – provide evidence that reporting       from fossil fuel dependency.
                                                        companies are taking action and making investments         By requesting that companies disclose through CDP,
                                                        to position themselves for this transition.                these investors have helped create the world’s most
                                                        Growing momentum from the corporate world is               comprehensive corporate environmental dataset.
                                                        coinciding with growing political momentum. Later          This data helps guide businesses, investors and
                                                        this year, the world’s governments will meet in Paris      governments to make better-informed decisions to
                                                        to forge a new international climate agreement.            address climate challenges.
                                                        Whatever the contours of that agreement, business          This report offers a global analysis of the current state
                                                        will be central to implementing the necessary              of the corporate response to climate change. For
                                                        transition to a low-carbon global economy.

                           1. Improving climate actions globally
                                                                                                                                                        2010
                       9400= 94%

                                                                                                                                                        2015
                                                                                                                  89%
                                                                    84%
                       8000= 80%

                                                      75%

                                                                                                           8900=
                                                              8400=

                                                                                                                                                  64%

                                                                                                                                                                  64%
                                                                                                                                  63%
                                                              6000= 60%
                                            7500=

                                                                                   50%
                                            4700= 47%

                                                                                                           4700= 47%

                                                                                                                                           6400=

                                                                                                                                                           6400=
                                                                                                                           6300=
                                                                                                    44%

                                                                                                                                           3800= 38%

                                                                                                                                                           3400= 34%
                                                                             5000=

                                                                                                                           2900= 29%
                                                                                              2700= 27%
                                                                                              4400=
                                                                             2100= 21%

                           Board            Incentives        Engagement       Intensity       Absolute       Active        Emissions       Scope 1 data    Scope 2 data
                         or senior            for the               with      emissions        emission     emissions      data for 2 or   independently   independently
                       management         management          policymakers    reduction        reduction    reduction      more Scope 3       verified        verified
                       responsibility       of climate         on climate       targets         targets     initiatives     categories
                        for climate       change issues           issues
                          change

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the first time, CDP compares the existing landscape        in 2010. Even more – 50% - have goals to reduce
                                                 to when the world was last on the verge of a major         emissions per unit of output, up from 20% in 2010.
We are targeting the full                        climate agreement. By comparing data disclosed
                                                                                                            Companies are responding to the ever-more
operational emissions                            in 2015 with the information provided in 2010, this
                                                                                                            compelling evidence that manmade greenhouse gas
                                                 report tracks what companies were doing in 2009,
for the organisation,                                                                                       emissions are warming the atmosphere. This helps
                                                 ahead of the ill-fated Copenhagen climate talks at the
including electricity,                           end of that year.
                                                                                                            build the business case for monitoring, measuring
natural gas, diesel and                                                                                     and disclosing around climate change issues. But
refrigerant gases used in                        The findings show considerable progress: with              greater corporate engagement with climate change
                                                 corporate and investor engagement with the climate         is at least partly down to influence from increasingly
operational buildings and
                                                 issue; in leading companies’ management of climate         concerned investors.
fleets.                                          risk; and evidence that corporate action is proving
                                                                                                            … Amid growing investor concern
J Sainsbury Plc                                  effective. However, the data also shows that much
                                                                                                            Since 2010, there has been a 54% rise in the number
                                                 more needs to be done if we are to avoid dangerous
                                                                                                            of institutional investors, from 534 to 822, requesting
                                                 climate change.
                                                                                                            disclosure of climate change, energy and emissions
                                                 Growing corporate engagement on                            data through CDP.
                                                 climate change…
                                                                                                            Investors are also broadening the means by which
                                                 For the purposes of this 2015 report and analysis,
CDP has changed the                                                                                         they are encouraging corporate action on emissions.
                                                 we focused on responses from 1,997 companies,
way investors are able to                                                                                   In recent years, they have launched several other
                                                 primarily selected by market capitalization through
                                                                                                            initiatives.
understand the impact                            regional stock indexes and listings, to compare with
of climate change                                the equivalent 1,799 companies that submitted data         For example, a number of institutional investors
in their portfolio...                            in 2010. These companies, from 51 countries around         have come together in the ‘Aiming for A’ coalition
                                                 the world, represent 55% of the market capitalization      to call on specific major emitters to demonstrate
promoting awareness
                                                 of listed companies globally.                              good strategic carbon management by attaining
of what risks or benefits
                                                                                                            (and maintaining) inclusion in CDP’s Climate A List.
are embedded into                                The data shows significant improvements in
                                                                                                            The A List recognizes companies that are leading
investments.                                     corporate management of climate change. What was
                                                                                                            in their actions to reduce emissions and mitigate
                                                 leading behavior in 2010 is now standard practice.
                                                                                                            climate change in the past CDP reporting year. In
Anna Kearney                                     For example, governance is improving, with a higher
                                                                                                            2015, following a period of engagement with the
BNY Mellon                                       percentage of companies allocating responsibility for
                                                                                                            companies, the coalition was successful in passing
                                                 climate issues to the board or to senior management
                                                                                                            shareholder resolutions calling for improved climate
                                                 (from 80% to 94% of respondents). And more
                                                                                                            disclosure at the annual meetings of BP, Shell and
                                                 companies are incentivizing employees through
                                                                                                            Statoil, with nearly 100% of the votes in each case.
                                                 financial and non-financial means to manage climate
                                                 issues (47% to 75%).                                       Investors are also applying principles of transparency
                                                                                                            and exposure to themselves. More than 60
                                                 Importantly, the percentage of companies setting
                                                                                                            institutional investors have signed the Montréal
                                                 targets to reduce emissions has also grown strongly.
                                                                                                            Carbon Pledge, under which they commit to
                                                 Forty four per cent now set goals to reduce their
                                                                                                            measure and publicly disclose the carbon footprint of
                                                 total greenhouse gas emissions, up from just 27%

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     2.	2010 performance bands globally*                      3.	2015 performance bands globally        4. Disclosure scores over time Globally

                                                                                                          100

                                                                                                           80

                                                                                                           60

                                                                                                           40

                                                                                                           20

                  A - 72              D - 69                          A - 113         C - 462
                                                                                                            0
                  B - 335              No Band                        A minus - 79    D - 406
                                       - 328                                                                           2010                   2015
                  C - 411                                             B - 518        	E - 207
                                                                                                                    Lowest           Average          Highest
                                                                                     	No band
                                                                                       - 181
 * in 2010 and 2015 not all companies were scored for performance                                                                                                     5
their investment portfolios on an annual basis. It aims   Good progress – but it needs to accelerate
                                                      to attract commitment from portfolios totaling US$3       Companies disclosing through CDP’s climate
    We have a public                                  trillion in time for the Paris climate talks.             change program have made substantial progress in
    commitment to meet                                                                                          understanding, managing and beginning to reduce
                                                      Investors are seeking to better understand the
                                                                                                                their climate change impacts. However, if dangerous
    100% of electricity                               link between lower carbon emissions and financial
                                                                                                                climate change is to be avoided, emissions need to
    requirements through                              performance, including through the use of innovative
                                                                                                                fall significantly.
    renewables by fiscal 2018                         investor products such as CDP’s sector research,
    and we will be investing                          launched this year, which directly links environmental    Governments have committed to hold global
                                                      impacts to the bottom line. Some investors are taking     warming to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
    in about 200 MW of solar
                                                      the next logical step, and are working to shrink their    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    PV plants.                                        carbon footprints via the Portfolio Decarbonization       calculates that to do this, global emissions need to
    Infosys                                           Coalition (PDC). As of August, the PDC – of which         fall between 41% and 72% by 2050. Although more
                                                      CDP is one the founding members – was overseeing          companies are setting emissions targets, few of them
                                                      the decarbonization of US$50 billion of assets under      are in line with this goal. In most cases, targets are
                                                      management by its 14 members.                             neither deep enough nor sufficiently long term.
                                                      Leading to effective corporate action                     More than half (51%) of absolute emissions targets
                                                      Companies are responding to these signals. In total,      adopted by the reporting sample extend only to 2014
    Google uses carbon                                companies disclosed 8,335 projects or initiatives to      or 2015. Two fifths (42%) run to 2020 but only 6%
    prices as part of our                             reduce emissions in 2015, up from 7,285 in 2011           extend beyond that date. The figures for intensity
                                                      (the year for which the data allows for the most          targets are almost identical. This caution in target
    risk assessment model.                            accurate comparison). The three most frequently           setting is likely the result of the uncertain policy
    For example, the risk                             undertaken types of project are: improving energy         environment: many companies will be awaiting the
    assessment at individual                          efficiency in buildings and processes; installing         outcome of the Paris climate talks before committing
    data centers also                                 or building low carbon energy generators; and             to longer-term targets.
    includes using a shadow                           changing behavior, such as introducing cycle to work
                                                                                                                However, a number of big emitters – such as utilities
    price for carbon to                               schemes, recycling programs and shared transport.
                                                                                                                Iberdrola, Enel and NRG – have established long-
    estimate expected future                          More than a third (36%) of reporting companies            term, ambitious emissions targets that are in line with
    energy costs.                                     have switched to renewable energy to reduce               climate science. These companies recognize that
                                                      their emissions. On average, the companies that           there is a business case for taking on such targets
    Google                                            purchased renewable energy in 2015 have doubled           and setting a clear strategic direction, including
                                                      the number of activities they have in place to reduce     encouraging innovation, identifying new markets and
                                                      their emissions, showing their growing understanding      building long-term resilience. Many other companies
                                                      or capacity to realize the benefits of lower carbon       have pledged to do so through the We Mean
                                                      business. Further, 71% (1,425) of respondents are         Business ‘Commit to Action’ initiative.
                                                      employing energy efficiency measures to cut their
                                                                                                                CDP aims to work along a number of fronts to help
                                                      emissions, compared with 62% (1,185) in 2011,
                                                                                                                other companies, especially in high-emitting sectors,
                                                      demonstrating that companies are committed to
                                                                                                                join them. With its partners, CDP has developed
                                                      reducing wasted energy wherever possible.
                                                                                                                a sector-based approach to help companies set
                                                      Companies are also quietly preparing for a world with     climate science-based emissions reduction targets.
                                                      constraints – and a price – on carbon emissions. In       The Science Based Targets initiative uses the 2°C
                                                      the past year particularly, we have seen a significant    scenario developed by the International Energy
                                                      jump in the number of companies attributing a cost        Agency.
                                                      to each ton of carbon dioxide they emit, to help guide
                                                                                                                Looking forward, CDP will encourage more ambitious
                                                      their investment decisions. This year 4352 companies
                                                                                                                target setting through our performance scoring,
                                                      disclosed using an internal price on carbon, a near
                                                                                                                by giving particular recognition to science-based
                                                      tripling of the 150 companies in 2014. Meanwhile, an
                                                                                                                targets. We are planning gradual changes to our
                                                      additional 582 companies say they expect to be using
                                                                                                                scoring methodology that will reward companies that
                                                      an internal price on carbon in the next two years.
                                                                                                                are transitioning towards renewable energy sources
                                                      However, these efforts have not proved sufficient to      at pace and scale.
                                                      adequately constrain emissions growth. On a like-
                                                                                                                In addition, CDP is working with high-emitting
                                                      for-like basis, direct (‘Scope 1’) emissions from the
                                                                                                                industries to develop sector-specific climate change
                                                      companies analyzed for this report grew 7% between
                                                                                                                questionnaires and scoring methodologies, to ensure
    The numbers for companies using or planning       2010 and 2015. Scope 2 emissions, associated with
                                                                                                                that disclosure to CDP, and the actions required to
    to implement internal carbon pricing are based    purchased electricity, grew 11%. There are many
    on the sample analyzed for Putting a price on                                                               show leading performance, are appropriate for each
    risk:Carbon pricing in the corporate world. Of
                                                      factors that might explain this, not least economic
                                                                                                                sector. In 2015, we piloted a sector-specific climate
    the 1,997 companies analyzed in this report 315   growth but this rise in emissions is also considerably
    have disclosed that they set an internal carbon                                                             change questionnaire and scoring methodology
                                                      lower than would have been the case without the
    price, with 263 planning to do so. For more                                                                 privately with selected oil and gas companies, ahead
    detail, see https://www.cdp.net/CDPResults/       investments made by responding companies in
                                                                                                                of their intended implementation in 2016.
    carbon-pricing-in-the-corporate-world.pdf         emissions reduction activities.

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And business needs a seat at the table in Paris             Conclusion
                                   The Paris climate agreement will, we hope, provide          The direction of travel is clear: the world will need to
                                   vital encouragement to what is a multi-decade               rapidly reduce emissions to prevent the worst effects
The climate                        effort to bring greenhouse gas emissions under              of climate change. And the political will is building to
negotiations in Paris              control. It will hopefully give private sector emitters     undertake those reductions. The majority of those
at the end of the year             the confidence to set longer-term emissions                 reductions will need to be delivered by the corporate
present a unique                   targets aligned with climate change. Companies              world – creating both risk and opportunity.
                                   and their investors therefore will be, alongside
opportunity for                                                                                CDP and the investors we work with have played a
                                   national governments, arguably the most important
countries around the               participants in ensuring the success of the global
                                                                                               formative role in building awareness of these risks
world to commit to a                                                                           and opportunities. Our data has helped build the
                                   effort to rein in emissions.
prosperous, low carbon                                                                         business case for emissions reduction and inform
                                   Companies that have an opinion on a global climate          investment decisions. The corporate world is
future. The more                   deal are overwhelmingly in support: when asked              responding with thousands of emissions reduction
ambitious the effort,              if their board of directors would support a global          initiatives and projects. But the data also shows that
the higher the rewards             climate change agreement to limit warming to below          efforts will need to be redoubled, by both companies
will be. But Paris is a            2°C, 805 companies said yes, while 111 said no.             and their investors, if we are to successfully confront
milestone on the road              However, a large number of respondents (1,075)              the challenge of climate change in the years to come.
to a better climate, not           stated they have no opinion, and 331 did not answer
the grand finale.                  the question. This suggests either a lack of clarity
                                   around the official board position on the issue, or
Unilever                           that many companies are not treating the imminent
                                   climate talks with the necessary strategic priority.

A deeper dive into corporate                                                   Working towards
environmental risk                                                             water stewardship
Central to CDP’s mission is communicating the progress                         CDP has this year introduced the first evaluation and ranking of
companies have made in addressing climate change, and                          corporate water management, using scoring carried out by our
highlighting where risk may be unmanaged. To better do so,                     lead water-scoring partner, South Pole Group.
CDP has introduced sector-specific research for investors.
                                                                               The questions in the water disclosure process guide companies
This forward-looking research links environmental impacts                      to comprehensively assess the direct and indirect impacts that
directly to the bottom line and directs investors as to how                    their business has on water resources, and their vulnerability to
they can engage with companies to improve environmental                        water availability and quality.
performance.
                                                                               Introducing credible scoring will catalyze further action. It
The research flags topical environmental and regulatory issues                 will illuminate where companies can improve the quality of
within particular sectors, relevant to specific companies’ financial           the information they report, and their water management
performance and valuation, and designed for incorporation                      performance. Participants will benefit from peer benchmarking
into investment decisions. Sectors covered to date include                     and the sharing of best practice.
automotive, electric utilities and chemicals. The research is
                                                                               Water scoring will follow a banded approach, with scores made
intended to support engagement with companies, providing
                                                                               public for those companies reaching the top ‘leadership’ band.
actionable company-level conclusions.
                                                                               Scoring will raise the visibility of water as a strategic issue within
To better equip investors in understanding carbon and climate                  companies and increase transparency on the efforts they are
risk, CDP is also developing further investor tools such as a                  making to manage water more effectively.
carbon footprinting methodology, and is working continuously to
                                                                               Furthermore, scoring will be used to inform business strategies,
improve the quality of our data.
                                                                               build supply chain resilience and secure competitive advantage.
                                                                               We hope that keeping score on companies and water will
                                                                               reduce the detrimental impacts that the commercial world has
                                                                               on water resources, ensuring a better future for all.

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Australia and New Zealand

                                                                                                                           Companies in this region are demonstrating an
                  Australia/NZ                                             2010                    2015
                                                                                                                           increasing appetite to act on climate change, and
                  Analyzed responses†                                      98 (13)                 97 (7)                  have been steadily developing their approach to
                  Market cap of analyzed companies US$m                    1,338,617               1,292,207               climate change management. This is perhaps
                  Scope 1                                                  129.2 MtCO2e            136.5 MtCO2e            indicative of a corporate understanding of the issues
                  Scope 2                                                  70.8 MtCO2e             57.4 MtCO2e             that is greater than the political will to act. Despite the
                  Scope 1 like for like: 61 companies                      102.4 MtCO2e            134.1 MtCO2e            Australian government scrapping its carbon pricing
                  Scope 2 like for like: 61 companies                      64.8 MtCO2e             52.9 MtCO2e             mechanism, around a quarter of companies use an
                                                                                                                           internally determined price per ton of carbon to guide
              †
                  the number in brackets refers to companies that responded after the deadline, or referred to a parent   their investment decisions. This demonstrates the
                  company. They are not included in analysis.                                                              value that those companies see from carbon pricing,
                                                                                                                           and their belief that it has a future.

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    1.	2010 performance bands in                                2.	2015 performance bands in                             3.	Disclosure scores over time in
       Australia and New Zealand                                    Australia and New Zealand                                 Australia and New Zealand
                                                                                                                           100

                                                                                                                            80

                                                                                                                            60

                                                                                                                            40

                                                                                                                            20

            A - 10                  D-8                              A-3                       C - 17
                                                                                                                              0
            B - 21                  No Band - 27                         A minus - 4           D - 29        No Band                             2010                   2015
                                                                                                             -7
            C - 41                                                   B - 18                    E - 19                                  Lowest               Average             Highest

           4. Improving climate actions in Australia and New Zealand
                                                                                                                                                                     2010
                                                                                                                                                                     2015
          9700= 97%
          9100= 91%

                                                                                                                           82%
                                                     7700= 77%
                                                     6900= 69%

                                                                                                                    8200=
                                        64%

                                                                                                                                                               59%

                                                                                                                                                                                57%
                                                                                                                                           54%
                                                                                                                    4700= 47%
                                6400=
                                4200= 42%

                                                                                                                                                        5900=

                                                                                                                                                                         5700=
                                                                                                                                                        3900= 39%

                                                                                                                                                                         3900= 39%
                                                                                                                                    5400=
                                                                                  34%

                                                                                                                                    3300= 33%
                                                                                               3000= 30%
                                                                                               2100= 21%
                                                                          3400=
                                                                          1200= 13%

             Board              Incentives          Engagement              Intensity            Absolute              Active        Emissions           Scope 1 data     Scope 2 data
           or senior              for the                 with             emissions             emission            emissions      data for 2 or       independently    independently
         management           management            policymakers           reduction             reduction           reduction      more Scope 3           verified         verified
         responsibility         of climate           on climate              targets              targets            initiatives     categories
          for climate         change issues             issues
            change

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35
                                   Companies in this region are demonstrating an

                            %
                                   increasing appetite to act on climate change, and
                                   have been steadily developing their approach to
                                   climate change management. This is perhaps
                                   indicative of a corporate understanding of the issues             We have invested over AUS$3
                                   that is greater than the political will to act. Despite the       billion in new renewable energy
                                   Australian government scrapping its carbon pricing                projects, including wind, solar and
 increase of companies             mechanism, around a quarter of companies use an                   hydro projects and constructed the
 with active emission              internally determined price per ton of carbon to guide            southern hemisphere’s largest wind
                                   their investment decisions. This demonstrates the                 farm and are currently building the
 reduction initiatives.
                                   value that those companies see from carbon pricing,
                                                                                                     southern hemisphere’s largest solar
                                   and their belief that it has a future.
                                                                                                     PV installation.
                                   Since 2010 there has been a jump of at least
                                   20 percentage points in the proportion of this                    AGL Energy
                                   sample using incentives to drive climate change
                                   management, setting intensity-based emissions
                                   reduction targets and seeking external verification
                                   for their Scope 1 emissions data. And this is leading          Australian Real Estate management firm Investa
                                   into action: five years ago, fewer than half of the            Office Fund notes that “tenant organisations are
                                   companies participating in CDP’s climate change                increasingly interested in leasing environmentally
                                   program were actively moving to reduce their                   responsible and climate resilient office space” and
                                   emissions. This year, more than 80% have initiatives           this gives them a strategic advantage to meet their
                                   in place to do so.                                             clients changing requirements, while their New
                                                                                                  Zealand sector peer Kiwi Property Group echo this
                                   Further, Scope 2 emissions of the companies that               sentiment of reduced operating costs and improved
                                   disclosed to CDP in both 2010 and 2015 have                    reputation as part of their strategic decision to install
                                   declined by 18%, suggesting that they have reduced             large scale solar at their Sylvia Park shopping centre.
                                   the amount of power they use and/or its carbon                 While companies in this region have been moving in
                                   intensity. Indeed, energy efficiency projects are              the right direction, they would benefit from policy that
                                   consistently the most popular approach to emissions            will help accelerate their progress and lead to Scope
                                   reductions.                                                    1 emissions reductions.

5. Proportion of 2015 companies and emissions by sector in Australia and New Zealand

                                                                                                                                            % of
                                                                                                                                            responders

    Consumer Discretionary - 10%         Financials - 30%                       IT - 2%                             Utlities - 3%

    Consumer Staples - 3%                Healthcare - 3%                        Materials - 21%

    Energy - 9%                          Industrials - 14%                      Telecomms - 5%

                                                                                                                                            % of
                                                                                                                                            emissions

    Consumer Discretionary - 0%          Financials - 1%                        IT - 0%                             Utlities - 11%

    Consumer Staples - 4%                Healthcare - 0%                        Materials - 54%

    Energy - 18%                         Industrials - 10%                      Telecomms - 1%

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2015 Leadership Criteria

  Each year companies that participate in CDP’s climate
  change program are scored against two parallel
  assessment schemes: performance and disclosure.

  The performance score assesses the level of action,                 carbon footprint, its climate change strategy and risk
  as reported by the company, on climate change                       management processes and outcomes.
  mitigation, adaptation and transparency. Its intent is
                                                                      The highest scoring companies for performance and/
  to highlight positive climate action as demonstrated
                                                                      or disclosure enter the A List (Performance band A)
  by a company’s CDP response. A high performance
                                                                      and / or the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index
  score signals that a company is measuring, verifying
                                                                      (CDLI). Public scores are available in CDP reports,
  and managing its carbon footprint, for example by
                                                                      through Bloomberg terminals, Google Finance and
  setting and meeting carbon reduction targets and
                                                                      Deutsche Boerse’s website.
  implementing programs to reduce emissions in both
  its direct operations and supply chain.                             In 2015 the climate change scoring methodology
                                                                      was revised to put more emphasis on action and as
  The disclosure score assesses the completeness
                                                                      a result achieving A is now better aligned with what
  and quality of a company’s response. Its purpose
                                                                      the current climate change scenario requires.
  is to provide a summary of the extent to which
  companies have answered CDP’s questions in a                        CDP operates a strict conflict of interest policy with
  structured format. A high disclosure score signals                  regards to scoring and this can be viewed at
  that a company provided comprehensive information                   https://www.cdp.net/Documents/Guidance/2015/
  about the measurement and management of its                         CDP-conflict-of-interest-policy.pdf

  What are the A List and CDLI criteria?                               Communicating progress
  To enter the A List, a company must:                                 Central to CDP’s mission is communicating the
                                                                       progress companies have made in addressing
	Make its response public and submit via CDP’s
                                                                       climate change, and highlighting where risk may
  Online Response System
                                                                       be unmanaged. To better do so, CDP is changing
	Attain a performance score greater than 85                           how our climate performance scoring is presented,
	Score maximum performance points                                     and we have introduced sector-specific research for
  on question 12.1a (absolute emissions                                investors.
  performance) for GHG reductions due to                               Banding performance scores
  emission reduction actions over the past year
  4% or above in 2015)                                                 Starting with water and forests in 2015 and
                                                                       including climate change and supply chain in
	Disclose gross global Scope 1 and Scope 2 figures
                                                                       2016, CDP is moving to present scores using an
	Score maximum performance points for                                 approach that illustrates companies’ progress
  verification of Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions                        towards environmental stewardship. Each reporting
  (having 70% or more of their emissions verified)                     company will be placed in one of the following
	Furthermore, CDP reserves the right to exclude                       bands:
  any company from the A List if there is anything                     Disclosure measures the completeness of the
  in its response or other publicly available                           company’s response;
  information that calls into question its suitability
  for inclusion. CDP is working with RepRisk in                        Awareness measures the extent to which the
  2015 to strengthen this background research.                          company has assessed environmental issues, risks
  Note: Companies that achieve a performance score high                 and impacts in relation to its business;
  enough to warrant inclusion in the A List, but do not
  meet all of the other A List requirements are classed as             Management measures the extent to which the
  Performance Band A- but are not included in the A List.               company has implemented actions, policies and
  To enter the CDLI, a company must:                                    strategies to address environmental issues;

	Make its response public and submit via CDP’s                        Leadership looks for particular steps a company
  Online Response System                                                has taken which represent best practice in the field
                                                                        of environmental management.
	Achieve a disclosure score within the top 10% of
  the total regional sample population*                                We believe that this approach will be clearer and
                                                                       easier to understand for companies, investors and
   *Note: while it is usually 10%, in some regions the CDLI cut-off    other stakeholders. Water and forest scores will use
  may be based on another criteria, please see local reports for
  confirmation.
                                                                       this new presentation of banded scores in 2015,
                                                                       while the updated scoring methodology for climate
                                                                       change will be available in February 2016 with
                                                                       results in late 2016.
Low carbon investing hits mainstream

                                                                                    the environmental impact of more than 5,500
                                                                                    companies representing 55%* of the world’s market
                                                                                    capitalization.
I think there are great benefits to investment managers who are
                                                                                    Qualitative answers to CDP’s climate change
able to integrate environmental data into their models. They are                    questionnaire offer integrated information for active
the leaders in finding a value-driver within an industry and modeling               investors engaging companies. Investment manager
it when the rest of the market can’t. That gives you a competitive                  Rockefeller & Co. sees in CDP disclosures how
advantage.                                                                          companies are dealing with water and emissions
                                                                                    challenges, and the transparency of their supply
George Serafeim                                                                     chain.
Harvard Business School
                                                                                    “We like to put the (financial) metrics in context,” said
                                                                                    Farha-Joyce Haboucha, Rockefeller’s director of
                                                                                    Sustainability & Impact Investing. “All those nitty-gritty
                                                                                    details help us talk to management. We can show
                          Capital markets are waking up to climate-conscious
                                                                                    one company’s details to another, and say: ‘You can
                          investing. Mainstream European investors are finding
                                                                                    do better on this.’”
                          ways to lower the carbon content of their portfolios,
                          without sacrificing returns. The largest asset            Companies will now have to prove they meet strict
                          managers on Wall Street now offer financial products      ESG standards to be included in the portfolio of
                          to address carbon opportunities and risks. And more       ABP, one of the world’s biggest pension funds,
                          activist funds from Sweden to Australia are engaging      with €350bn in assets and 2.8 million participants.
                          with the heaviest emitters, urging them to lower their    The Dutch pension fund expects to shift €30bn of
                          greenhouse gas emissions.                                 its €90bn in equities to cut the carbon emissions
                                                                                    of companies within its portfolio by 25% over the
                          CDP led this shift, harnessing the power of investors
                                                                                    next five years. “The new strategy must not have
                          now representing one-third of the world’s investment.
                                                                                    an impact on the return on investment,’ the fund’s
                          In 2000, when CDP first asked investors to sign its
                                                                                    chairwoman Corien Wortmann said.
                          disclosure request to companies, most fund directors
                          were indifferent to climate change issues. Since then,    Whether active or passive, investors’ actions are
                          CDP has won the support of financial giants including     backed by research that shows that good disclosure
                          AIG, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays’,            is a proxy for good management globally and that
                          BlackRock, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, HSBC,            best-in-class climate performers may outperform
                          ING, Itau, J.P. Morgan Chase, Macquarie, Nomura,          their peers. “It is more feasible to incorporate climate
                          Santander, and Wells Fargo.                               change into investment decisions because the data
                                                                                    availability and quality has increased in the last 10
                          “The field would not be where it is today without
                                                                                    years due to groups like CDP,” said George Serafeim
                          CDP,” said Curtis Ravenel, director of sustainability
                                                                                    at Harvard Business School.
                          for Bloomberg, whose terminals display CDP data,
                          scoring and rankings that form the basis for new          Globally, $21.4 trillion was invested in funds with ESG
                          index-based funds. “They mobilized the investment         mandates in 2014, up 61% in two years, according
                          community to recognize climate change and to drive        to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance. In
                          disclosure from companies.”                               Europe, it is more than half of institutionally managed
                                                                                    assets.
                          While the US has long lagged Europe in investor
                          action on climate change, many Wall Street stalwarts      Investors taking a long-term view are crucial to
                          are now focusing on it. “Over the last two years,         avoiding the “tragedy of the horizon,” according to
                          ESG has become more central to our clients,” said         Mark Carney, Chairman of the Financial Stability
                          Hugh Lawson, Goldman Sachs’ recently appointed            Board and Governor of the Bank of England. In a
                          first director of environmental, social and governance    recent speech to Lloyd’s of London, Carney called
                          (ESG) Investing. “Climate change is clearly on            for better disclosure worldwide, citing CDP as a
                          people’s minds.”                                          model, to make the global economy more resilient.
                                                                                    He said clear prices on carbon, another focus of
                          Wall Street is building products and tools to reduce
                                                                                    CDP, and stress-testing would buttress this.
                          carbon intensity in portfolios, and shifting investment
                          to new low carbon technologies and opportunities,         As mainstream investors take a longer view, they
                          building on indexes developed by Standard & Poor’s        are asking companies to future-proof their business
                          and MSCI. New products include exchange-traded            to take better account of environmental risks and
                          funds at State Street and BlackRock, BNY Mellon’s         opportunities to stabilize, maximize and grow
                          Green Beta Investing Approach, and a low-carbon           shareholder return. The North American edition
                          portfolio at Northern Trust.                              of CDP’s 2015 global climate change report will
                                                                                    further examine trends and innovation in low-carbon
                          Developing new strategies and products requires
                                                                                    investing.
                          solid information, and CDP gathers and analyzes

                          *sourced from Bloomberg
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CDP 2015 Australian Climate Leadership Indices

     A strategic position on                         The CDP Climate A List includes the companies in the highest climate performance band (A) and provides
     climate change enables                          a valuable perspective on the range and quality of activities being performed by ASX200 companies in
     strategic advantage over                        response to climate change. The CDP Climate A List was formerly known as the CDP Climate Performance
                                                     Leadership Index
     sector peers through
     improved environmental
     and financial performance                       CDP 2015 Climate A List Australia
     of the Fund …In the
     longer term this can lead                                                            CDP 2015 climate                                Consecutive years
                                                      Company                                                                 Sector
                                                                                         performance band                                      on the A List
     to increased demand from
     new and existing clients                         Dexus Property Group                                             A     Financials                    3
     for being housed
     in climate resilient                             Investa Office Fund                                              A     Financials                    2
     buildings and increased
     investments in the Fund.
     Investa Office Fund

                                                     CDP 2015 ASX 200 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index
                                                     The Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) includes the twenty companies that provided the highest
                                                     quality climate disclosure through CDP in 2015, based on their CDP 2015 climate disclosure score.

                                                                                                                               CDP 2015 climate Consecutive years
     Company                                                                                           Sector
                                                                                                                                disclosure score on ASX200 CDLI*

     Amcor                                                                                            Materials                               100                       7
     Australia and New Zealand Banking Group                                                         Financials                               100                      10
     Commonwealth Bank of Australia                                                                  Financials                               100                       7
     Dexus Property Group                                                                            Financials                               100                       5
     Insurance Australia Group                                                                       Financials                               100                      10
     National Australia Bank                                                                         Financials                               100                      10
     Novion Property Group                                                                           Financials                               100                       1
     Qantas Airways                                                                                  Industrials                              100                       6
     Stockland                                                                                       Financials                               100                       1
     Westpac Banking Corporation                                                                     Financials                               100                       3
     BHP Billiton                                                                                     Materials                                99                       1
     Henderson Group                                                                                 Financials                                99                       2
     News Corp                                                                    Consumer Discretionary                                       98                       8
     Origin Energy                                                                                       Energy                                98                       1
     Santos                                                                                              Energy                                98                       1
     Telstra Corporation                                                               Telecommunications                                      98                       1
     AGL Energy                                                                                          Utilities                             97                       9
     Investa Office Fund                                                                             Financials                                97                       1
     PanAust                                                                                          Materials                                97                       2
     Rio Tinto                                                                                        Materials                                97                       1
     Woolworths Limited                                                                  Consumer Staples                                      97                       8
     *including companies previously included on the CDP ASX 200 and NZX 50 CDLI, which was one combined index until 2011.

                                                     The minimum score for inclusion in the CDP 2015 ASX 200 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI)
                                                     is 97, an 8 point increase on 2014. It should be noted that one company – Cimic Holdings – scored 99
                                                     but was not eligible for inclusion in the CDLI as its response is private, viewable only by CDP’s institutional
                                                     investor signatories. Only public responses are eligible for inclusion on CDP’s climate leadership indices.
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CDP Australian Climate
                               Leadership Awards 2015

                               Award 1 – Most profitable carbon reduction activity 2015
Three projects related         Awarded to the ASX 200 company that reported the most profitable carbon reduction activity through
                               CDP in 2015
to energy efficiency
have been implemented          Winner PanAust
in 2014 related to             Finalists
productive operating
times on the mine                                             Annual                       Annual carbon
haulage fleet, change in                                                       Investment                                 Return on
                               Company                      Monetary                      savings (metric
process in the GMO heap                                                          Required                                investment
                                                             Savings                       tonnes CO2-e
leach detoxification and
solar lighting installation.   PanAust                       $1,000,000               $10,000               7,300             10,000%
These initiatives are
voluntary and address          Rio Tinto                   $17,500,000               $500,000              23,000              3,500%
Scope 1 and 3 emissions.       Commonwealth
                                                             $1,420,000               $83,700               1,302              1,697%
PanAust                        Bank of Australia

                               Qantas Airways                 $600,000                $50,000               1,600              1,200%

                               Woodside
                                                             $2,900,000              $300,000              72,000                   967%
                               Petroleum

                               Award 2 – Largest renewable energy purchaser 2015
GHG emissions                  Awarded to the ASX 200 company that purchased the largest proportion of its total energy consumption from
                               renewable energy.
associated with
London electricity are         Winner Henderson Group
offset by the energy           Finalists
supplier on purchase.
Henderson Group
                                                                                                                      Proportion
                                                           Renewable energy                Total energy                of energy
                               Company
                                                            purchased (MWh)            purchased (MWh)              sourced from
                                                                                                                renewable energy

                               Henderson Group                               3,435                     4,208                        81.6%

                               National Australia Bank                     37,450                   310,453                         12.1%

                               Dexus Property Group                        12,125                   166,244                         7.3%

                               GPT Group                                   13,346                   210,860                         6.3%

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Award 3 - Largest absolute carbon reduction 2015
     We recognise the need        Awarded to the Australian company that reported the largest absolute reduction in its total Scope 1
                                  and Scope 2 emissions – in metric tons CO2-e – due to emission reduction activities.
     to decarbonise our
     business over the long-      Winner Rio Tinto
     term and that our efforts    Finalists
     to reduce emissions
     will need to increase
     over time. …During this                                                       Reductions in
                                                                                                                    Achieved sufficient
     transition, we focus on                                                   carbon emissions
                                  Company                                                                       performance scoring in
                                                                              (Total Scope 1 & 2
     securing competitively                                                                                       relevant data points?
                                                                      emissions - tonnes CO2-e)
     priced energy supply…
     In addition to improving
     the energy efficiency of     Rio Tinto                                                    3,402,000                                 Yes
     our operations, we are       Incitec Pivot                                                  300,618                                 Yes
     seeking to reduce the
     energy intensity of new      BHP Billiton                                                 5,604,000                                     No
     projects where economic      Origin Energy                                                  305,962                                     No
     to do so.
                                  Santos                                                         222,857                                     No
     Rio Tinto

                                  Award 4 - Largest relative carbon reduction 2015
     AMP is reducing its use      Awarded to the Australian company that reported the largest percentage reduction in its carbon emissions
                                  due to emission reduction activities, relative to the company’s total Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.
     of resources and carbon
     footprint and has set        Winner AMP
     new priorities including:    Finalists
     – reducing greenhouse
     gas emissions by a                                                     Reduction in carbon
     further 15% in the period                                                                                      Achieved sufficient
                                                                        emissions (relative to the
     2014–2016 – pursuing         Company                                                                       performance scoring in
                                                                        company’s total Scope 1
     energy efficiency through                                                                                    relevant data points?
                                                                               and 2 emissions)
     lighting upgrades, IT
     initiatives and more
                                  AMP                                                               12%                                  Yes
     flexible and efficient use
     of office space – working    Incitec Pivot                                                     11%                                  Yes
     with contractors,
                                  Tatts Group                                                       27%                                      No
     landlords and service
     providers.                   Challenger                                                        14%                                      No

     AMP                          BHP Billiton                                                      12%                                      No

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Award 5 - Best climate disclosure by a new responding
company 2015                                                                                                        The Group’s strategy
This is awarded to a first-time responding ASX 200 company with the highest CDP climate disclosure score in 2015.   addresses climate
Winner Super Retail Group                                                                                           change risks with longer
                                                                                                                    term goals for reduction
Finalists                                                                                                           of environmental
                                                                                                                    footprint and
Company                                                           CDP 2015 climate disclosure score                 improvement of supply
                                                                                                                    chain management. Our
Super Retail Group                                                                                             93
                                                                                                                    Ethical Sourcing Policy,
                                                                                                                    Environmental Policy and
Sandfire Resources NL                                                                                          86   Sustainable Procurement
Pact Group Holdings                                                                                            68   Policy support our
                                                                                                                    commitment to achieve
Mineral Resources                                                                                              56   those goals.
Village Roadshow                                                                                               50   Super Retail Group

Award 6 – Best improvement in climate disclosure 2014-2015
Awarded to the Australian company with the biggest year on year improvement in its CDP climate disclosure           Our business has
score from CDP 2014 to CDP 2015.
                                                                                                                    also recognised that
Winner WorleyParsons                                                                                                regulatory requirements
Finalists                                                                                                           will increase demand
                                                                                                                    for low carbon solutions
                               CDP 2015 climate             CDP 2014 climate                        Points          now and increasingly
Company                                                                                                             in the next 3-5 years,
                                disclosure score             disclosure score                 improvement
                                                                                                                    and has ensured that we
                                                                                                                    remain at the forefront
WorleyParsons                                        93                          45                          48
                                                                                                                    of developments in
Platinum Asset                                       54                          24                          30     renewable energy, carbon
Management                                                                                                          capture, energy efficiency
Charter Hall Group                                   96                          73                          23     and alternative fuels.
                                                                                                                    WorleyParsons
Perpetual Investments                                87                          64                          23

Sims Metal Management                                88                          66                          22

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Award 7 - Best year on year improvement in climate
     This decrease in              performance 2014-2015
     absolute emissions was        Awarded to the Australian company with the biggest year on year improvement in its CDP climate
     delivered against a 7%        performance score from CDP 2014 to CDP 2015.
     increase in the amount        Winner Aurizon Holdings
     of tonnes hauled and
                                   Finalists
     was achieved through
     the implementation of
                                                                                           CDP 2015 climate           CDP 2014 climate
     a number of initiatives.      Company
                                                                                          performance band           performance band
     These included:
     automatic engine start
                                   Aurizon Holdings                                                             B                            D
     stop; regenerative
     braking; driver advisory      WorleyParsons                                                                D                   No band
     systems; and changes to
                                   Incitec Pivot                                                                B                            D
     operational practices.
     Aurizon Holdings              Computershare                                                                D                   No band

                                   Kathmandu Holdings                                                           B                            C

                                   Bendigo and Adelaide Bank                                                    D                            E

                                   Award 8 – Best climate disclosure 2015
     The Qantas Group              Awarded to the Australian company with the highest CDP climate disclosure score and the highest quality
                                   overall disclosure in 2015.
     has a comprehensive
     climate change                Winner Qantas Airways
     strategy that has been        Finalists
     developed to reduce
     the Group’s emissions                                                                                                    Level of
     and subsequent carbon                                      CDP 2015 climate                      Level of            uncertainty:
     liabilities. Fleet renewal,   Company
                                                                 disclosure score                   assurance           Scope 1 and 2
     fuel optimisation and                                                                                           emissions figures
     sustainable aviation
     biofuel are key elements      Qantas Airways                                  100     Reasonable assurance                   Less than
     of the strategy.                                                                                                     or equal to (≤) 2%
     Qantas Airways
                                   Australia and New                               100     Reasonable assurance            More than (>) 2%
                                   Zealand Banking Group                                                                          but ≤ 5%

                                   Stockland                                       100     Reasonable assurance              > 2% but ≤ 5%

                                   Westpac Banking                                 100     Reasonable assurance              > 2% but ≤ 5%
                                   Corporation

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Award 9 - Consistently high quality climate change disclosure
2006-2015                                                                                                                          In 2014, reductions in
Awarded to ASX companies that have been included in the CDP ASX Climate Disclosure Leadership Index in every                       absolute emissions
year from 2006-2015.                                                                                                               (Scope 1 and 2
                                                                                                                                   combined) have been
                                       CDP 2015 climate                                                       Consecutive years    achieved through
Company                                                                                       Sector
                                        disclosure score                                                       on ASX200 CDLI*     a range of different
                                                                                                                                   activities. We continue
Australia and New                                                100                         Financials                       10   to improve the energy
Zealand Banking Group                                                                                                              efficiency of our existing
                                                                                                                                   commercial and branch
Insurance Australia                                              100                         Financials                       10
Group
                                                                                                                                   assets and consolidating
                                                                                                                                   our building portfolio in
National Australia Bank                                          100                         Financials                       10   response to changing
* including companies previously included on the CDP ASX 200 and NZX50 CDLI, which was one combined index until 2011.              business needs. ANZ
                                                                                                                                   is also implementing
                                                                                                                                   a policy to improve
                                                                                                                                   the efficiency of our
                                                                                                                                   vehicle fleet in Australia
                                                                                                                                   and New Zealand by
                                                                                                                                   preferencing 4-cylinder
                                                                                                                                   vehicles over 6-cylinder
                                                                                                                                   vehicles.
                                                                                                                                   Australia and New Zealand
                                                                                                                                   Banking Group

Award 10 - CDP Climate A List Company 2015
Awarded to companies included on the CDP 2015 Climate A List (formerly known as the CDP Climate                                    During the FY14 reporting
Performance Leadership Index).
                                                                                                                                   period, DEXUS achieved
                                                                                                                                   a 4.15% reduction in
                                       CDP 2015 climate                                                       Consecutive years    absolute emissions
Company                                                                                       Sector
                                      performance band                                                             on the A List   (scope 1 and 2 combined)
                                                                                                                                   from FY13 and 24.4%
Dexus Property Group                                                A                        Financials                        3   overall when compared
                                                                                                                                   to the baseline year of
Investa Office Fund                                                 A                        Financials                        2
                                                                                                                                   FY08. Emissions have
                                                                                                                                   decreased across DEXUS
                                                                                                                                   operations primarily due
                                                                                                                                   to a number of integrated,
                                                                                                                                   targeted emissions
                                                                                                                                   reduction activities.
                                                                                                                                   Dexus Property Group

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Analysis of ASX 200 climate disclosure
                                                                                        and climate performance in 2015

                                                                                         Comparison of ASX200 Climate Performance by Sector

                                                                                                                                  0%     10%         20%       30%        40%       50%        60%        70%        80%        90%        100%
                                                                                         Consumer Discretionary (CD)                                           56%                                        22%                       22%

                                                                                                 Consumer Staples (CS)                             33%                                                    67%

                                                                                                                      Energy (EGY)                                        75%                                                   25%

                                                                                                                Financials (FIN)        8%    8%                    31%                12%                19%              15%             8%

                                                                                                             Health Care (HC)                                                        100%

                                                                                                              Industrials (IND)         8%        15%                    23%                        31%                             23%

                                                                                            Information Technology (IT)                                       50%                                               50%

                                                                                                               Materials (MAT)          10%                   30%                          30%                  10%                  20%

                                                                                           Telecommunication (TCOM)                                33%                               33%                                   33%

                                                                                                                     Utilities (UTIL)          25%                                   50%                                        25%

                                                                                                                                        No Band         E       D         C     B         A-        A

       Climate performance and distribution of ASX 200                                                                                        Sector performance of ASX200 climate performance
       responding companies                                                                                                                   by scoring category
                                                                                                                                                            Governance          Risk & Opportunity Emissions
                                                                                                                                               Sector       & Strategy          Management              Management         Verification
                                                            27
                                                                                                                                               CD
                                                                                                                                               CS
                                                                                                                                               EGY
                                              18                                         18
     Number of Companies

                                                                                                                                               FIN
                                                                           15
                                                                                                                                               IND
                                                                                                                                               MAT
                                                                                                                                               TCOM

                                5                                                                                                              UTIL
                                                                                                        4
                                                                                                                            2
                              No              E              D             C              B             A-                 A                                  70 high performance

       Climate disclosure score distribution of ASX 200                                                                                       Average climate disclosure scores of ASX 200 responding
       responding companies                                                                                                                   companies by sector

                                                                                                                          45                            CD                                                                81
                                                                                                                                                        CS                                                                      87
                                                                                                                                                      EGY                                                                       88
        Number of Companies

                                                                                                                                                        FIN                                                                    86
                                                                                                                                                        HC                                                                      87
                                                                                                              19
                                                                                                                                                        IND                                                                84

                                                                                                  9                                                      IT                                    47
                                1       1            1       3       2                    3
                                                                                  5                                                                   MAT                                                            77
                                                                                                                                                    TCOM                                                                             91
                               0-10

                                      11-20

                                                   21-30

                                                           31-40

                                                                   41-50

                                                                                51-60

                                                                                        61-70

                                                                                                71-80

                                                                                                             81-90

                                                                                                                        91-100

                                                                                                                                                      UTIL                                                                     85

                              Climate disclosure score                                                                                         OVERALL                                                                     83
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ASX 200 non-responding companies

                                               Member of                                                      Member of
                               Response                                                       Response
Organisation                               climate change   Organisation                                  climate change
                                  status                                                         status
                                                 sample/s                                                       sample/s

Consumer Discretionary                                      Beach Energy                            DP     ASX200, CA, FF
Ainsworth Game Technology            NR           ASX200    Buru Energy                             NR             CA, FF
APN News & Media                     DP           ASX200    Carnarvon Petroleum                     NR             CA, FF
Arb Corp                             DP           ASX200    Coal of Africa                          NR             CA, FF
Aristocrat Leisure                   NR           ASX100    Coalspur Mines                          NR             CA, FF
Automotive Holdings Group            NR           ASX200    Cockatoo Coal                           NR             CA, FF
Breville Group                       NR           ASX200    Drillsearch Energy                      NR     ASX200, CA, FF
Domino's Pizza Enterprises           NR           ASX100    Energy Ventures Ltd                     NR             CA, FF
Echo Entertainment Group             NR           ASX100    Horizon Oil                             DP            ASX200
Fairfax Media                        NR           ASX200    Linc Energy                             NR             CA, FF
Flight Centre                        NR           ASX100    Liquefied Natural Gas                   NR            ASX200
G8 Education                         NR           ASX200    Maverick Drilling & Exploration         NR             CA, FF
GUD Holdings                         DP           ASX200    New Hope                                NR             CA, FF
Harvey Norman Holdings               NR           ASX100    New Zealand Refining
                                                                                                    NR             CA, FF
                                                            Company
Myer Holdings                        DP           ASX200
                                                            Nexus Energy                            NR             CA, FF
Navitas                              NR           ASX200
                                                            Paladin Energy                          NR     ASX200, CA, FF
Nine Entertainment                   DP           ASX200
                                                            Pan Pacific Petroleum NL                NR             CA, FF
Pacific Brands                       DP           ASX200
                                                            Resource Generation                     NR             CA, FF
Premier Investments                  NR           ASX200
                                                            Roc Oil Company Ltd                     NR             CA, FF
Retail Food Group                    DP           ASX200
                                                            Senex Energy                            DP     ASX200, CA, FF
Seven West Media                     DP           ASX200
                                                            Stanmore Coal Ltd                       NR             CA, FF
Sky City Entertainment Group         DP     ASX100, NZX50
                                                            Sundance Energy Australia               NR            ASX200
Sky Network Television               DP     ASX100, NZX50
                                                            Washington H Soul Pattinson
Slater & Gordon                      DP           ASX200                                            NR             CA, FF
                                                            Corp
Southern Cross Media Group           NR           ASX200
                                                            White Energy Company                    DP             CA, FF
STW Communications Group             NR           ASX200
                                                            Whitehaven Coal                         NR     ASX200, CA, FF
Tabcorp Holdings                     DP           ASX100
                                                            Yancoal Australia                       NR             CA, FF
Ten Network Holdings                 NR           ASX200
                                                            Financials
Trade Me                             DP     ASX200, NZX50
                                                            Abacus Property Group                   DP            ASX200
Consumer Staples
                                                            Aveo Group                              DP            ASX200
Asaleo Care                          DP           ASX200
                                                            Bank of Queensland                      NR            ASX100
Bega Cheese                          DP           ASX200
                                                            Cover-More Group                        NR            ASX200
Coca-Cola Amatil                     NR           ASX100
                                                            Cromwell Property Group                 DP            ASX200
Goodman Fielder                      DP           ASX200
                                                            Federation Centres                      DP            ASX100
GrainCorp                            NR           ASX200
                                                            Flexigroup                              NR            ASX200
Tassal Group                         NR           ASX200
                                                            Genworth Mortgage Insurance             DP            ASX100
Treasury Wine Estates                NR           ASX100
                                                            Lend Lease Group                        NR            ASX100
Energy
                                                            Magellan Financial Group                NR            ASX100
AED Oil                              NR            CA, FF
                                                            Medibank Private                        NR            ASX100
Aquila Resources                     NR            CA, FF
                                                            Ozforex Group                           DP            ASX200
Bandanna Energy                      NR            CA, FF
                                                            Shopping Centres Australasia            NR            ASX200
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Member of                                                                        Member of
                                Response                                                             Response
  Organisation                              climate change    Organisation                                                   climate change
                                   status                                                               status
                                                  sample/s                                                                         sample/s

  Westfield Group                     NR            ASX100    Evolution Mining                                 NR                    ASX200
  Health Care                                                 James Hardie Industries                          DP                    ASX100
  Ansell                              DP            ASX100    Mount Gibson Iron                                NR                    ASX200
  Cochlear                            NR            ASX100    Northern Star Resources                          NR                    ASX200
  Greencross                          DP            ASX200    Nufarm                                           DP                    ASX200
  Healthscope Limited                 NR            ASX100    OZ Minerals                                      NR                    ASX200
  Japara Healthcare                   NR            ASX200    Regis Resources                                  NR            ASX200, CA, M&M
  Mesoblast                           NR            ASX200    Sirius Resources                                 DP                    ASX200
  Primary Health Care                 NR            ASX100    Straits Resources Limited                        NR                     CA, FF
  Ramsay Health Care                  NR            ASX100    Telecommunication Services
  Sigma Pharmaceuticals               NR            ASX200    IINET                                            NR                    ASX200
  Sirtex Medical                      NR            ASX200    M2 Telecommunications Group                      DP                    ASX200
  Sonic Healthcare                    NR            ASX100    TPG Telecom                                      NR                    ASX100
  Virtus Health                       DP            ASX200    Vocus Communications                             NR                    ASX200
  ResMed                              DP            ASX100    Utilities
  Industrials                                                 AusNet Services                                  NR             ASX100, CA, EU
  ALS                                 DP            ASX100    Duet Group                                       NR                    ASX100
  Bradken                             DP            ASX200    Energy Developments                              NR                     CA, EU
  Cabcharge Australia                 NR            ASX200    Energy World Corporation                         NR                     CA, EU
  Cardno                              NR            ASX200    Geodynamics                                      NR                     CA, EU
  GWA Group                            IN           ASX200    Redbank Energy                                   NR                     CA, EU
  Macquarie Atlas Roads Group         NR            ASX200
  McMillan Shakespeare                NR            ASX200
  Mermaid Marine Australia            DP            ASX200            Legend
  Qube Holdings                       DP            ASX100            ASX100     Member of ASX100 index
                                                                      ASX200     Member of ASX200 index
  SAI Global                          DP            ASX200
                                                                      CA         Recipient of CDP’s Carbon Action request
  SEEK                                NR            ASX100            EU         Member of CDP’s Electric Utilities sample

  Seven Group Holdings                DP            ASX200            FF         Member of CDP’s Fossil Fuels sample
                                                                      NZX50      Member of NZX50 index
  Skilled Group                       DP            ASX200            M&M        Member of CDP’s Mining & Metals sample
  Spotless Group Holdings             DP            ASX200            T          Member of CDP’s Transportation sample
                                                                      NR         No Response
  Sydney Airport                      NR            ASX100
                                                                      DP         Declined to Participate
  Transfield Services                 NR            ASX200            IN         Information Provided
  Transurban Group                    DP            ASX100
  Virgin Australia Holdings           NR              CA, T
  Information Technology
  Carsales.com                        NR            ASX100
  Technology One                      NR            ASX200
  Materials
  Adelaide Brighton                   NR            ASX100
  BC Iron                             DP    ASX200, CA, M&M
  BlueScope Steel                     DP            ASX100

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   DuluxGroup                         NR            ASX100
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