With global greenhouse gas emissions at record highs in 2010, according to the International Energy Agency1, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has released a report written by KPMG on South Africa’s carbon chasm, setting the tone for meaningful conversations between business and government. This latest report in the CDP Carbon Chasm series2 measures the gap between South Africa’s voluntary commitment to reduce national emissions to 34 percent below business as usual levels by 2020, and the emission reduction targets of the largest 100 companies listed on the JSE, as reported to CDP in 2010.
KPMG is the lead South African sponsor for CDP, a global initiative that acts on behalf of 551 institutional investors, holding $71 trillion in assets and challenges the world’s largest companies to measure and disclose their carbon emissions.
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