carbon disclosure project
The Carbon Disclosure
Project (www.cdproject.net) is a
not-for-profit organisation backed by upwards of US$55 trillion in assets,
and on behalf of its signatory members, seeks transparent information about
the affects of climate change on global business. In its seventh year
of accumulating information on the impact of climate change, over 3,000
businesses from varying industry sectors contributed information about their
greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, risks and opportunities posed by climate
change, performance and reduction targets and governance models. The
CDP is the world’s largest repository of GHG emissions data in the world.
In 2008, Dimension
Data submitted to the CDP for the first time. As a predominantly
services-based business, Dimension Data has a relatively small GHG inventory;
however we are conscious that the IT industry, in which we operate, is a
significant contributor to the world’s CO2 emissions and that conversely the
ICT industry has the potential to cut GHG emissions by up to five times the
size of the industry’s own GHG inventory, reducing emissions in general
business by 15% by 2020. Responding to the CDP in 2008 marked the
beginning of a broader environmental journey for Dimension Data and our
commitment to develop a strategy to reduce our GHG emissions.
Dimension Data’s
response to CDP2009, launched in October 2009, detailed progress made by our
company since our 2008 submission, and disclosed quantitative information
about the energy reduction initiatives implemented across our regions.
Also
disclosed in our response are the opportunities that climate change presents
to Dimension Data. As a member of the ICT industry, Dimension Data has the
opportunity to help decrease GHG emissions five times the size of our
industry’s own GHG inventory, reducing GHG emissions in general business by
15% by 2020. Dimension Data has developed a suite of consulting services – Office Sustainability Services – that are designed to
help an office-based organisation build and execute its response to climate
change. This suite of services, together with a range of other
environmentally-sustainable services and solutions are grouped under What
We Offer Clients.
For
the second consecutive year, Dimension Data has ranked amongst the Carbon
Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), indicating our good internal data
management and understanding of climate change related issues affecting the
company.
Complying
with the CDP’s questionnaire supports Dimension Data’s own drive to baseline
our GHG emissions and set reduction goals for the future. In line with our
environmental strategy, Dimension Data has also commenced the development of
our Environmental Management System (EMS) in 2009.
To
read more about Dimension Data’s CDP submissions, click
here.
Dimension
Data’s response is also available to view on the CDP website at http://www.cdproject.net.
