Praxair Appointed to Advisory Committee of Climate Disclosure Standards Board
Working with preparers and users of climate-change information, their advisors, regulators and public interest groups, the board will build on existing reporting initiatives to create a framework that will be designed to: elicit comprehensive, consistent and comparable information for investors; offer greater certainty on disclosure requirements for corporations; and provide useful guidance for standards-setting by national regulators.
CDSB operates through a board whose members are the California Climate Action Registry, Carbon Disclosure Project, CERES, The Climate Group, The Climate Registry, International Emissions Trading Association, World Economic Forum and World Resources Institute. Decisions on CDSB's work are made by the board in full consultation with the Advisory Committee.
The Advisory Committee is made up of leading industrial, financial services and accounting firms as well as a number of distinguished governmental and non-governmental representatives. Other corporate members of the Advisory Committee are Alcan, American International Group, BP, Capital Group, Duke Energy, Royal Dutch Shell, JP Morgan Chase, Swiss Re, Tokyo Electric Power Company, SUN Group and Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change.
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