Monday, September 21, 2015

Threefold surge in companies disclosing carbon price shows climate change concerns going mainstream

<> Threefold surge in companies disclosing carbon price shows climate change concerns going mainstream - Corporations behind everyday brands of toothpaste, soup, light-bulbs, gasoline, cars and computers are assigning a price to their carbon emissions to offset the costs and risks of their greenhouse gas production, according to new disclosures provided to CDP, the global non-profit which gathers environmental data on behalf of investors -- major multinationals including Allergan, Campbell's Soup, Colgate-Palmolive, Stanley Black & Decker, Exxon Mobil, General Electric, Nestle, Microsoft, and Nissan are among the 437 companies included in CDP's new report.