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January 2007


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THE TOP 50 LOW-CARBON PIONEERS

The technologists, the visionaries, the backers – who's who in low emissions

16 AIG GLOBAL INVESTMENT GROUP
LOCATION NEW YORK, US
OWNERSHIP PUBLIC
INDUSTRY SECTOR ASSET MANAGEMENT
PRESENT CEO WIN NEUGER
VALUE 1 Nov, 2005 $168.92 BILLION
VALUE 1 Nov, 2006 $173.52 BILLION
COMPANY INFORMATION Has only just climbed on board by establishing an internal climate change office headed by Alice le Blanc and designed to 'promote market mechanisms as tools for environmental protection'. This has vast implications given that AIGGIG has $638bn in assets under management.
17 AXA GROUP
LOCATION PARIS, FRANCE
OWNERSHIP PUBLIC
INDUSTRY SECTOR INSURANCE
PRESENT CEO HENRI DE CASTRIES
VALUE 1 Nov, 2005 $55.66 BILLION
VALUE 1 Nov, 2006 $80.11 BILLION
COMPANY INFORMATION The French insurer is not as far ahead as its German and British peers, but it has committed to recycling waste and has signed a significant renewable energy contract with EDF. It has established a specialist environmental insurance division across Europe, but especially in Germany.
18 UNILEVER GROUP PLC
LOCATION LONDON, UK
OWNERSHIP PUBLIC
INDUSTRY SECTOR CONSUMER GOODS
PRESENT CEO PATRICK CESCAU
VALUE 1 Nov, 2005 $70.99 BILLION
VALUE 1 Nov, 2006 $74.51 BILLION
COMPANY INFORMATION The consumer goods giant has made big impacts in sustainable agriculture, fisheries and water. Until it decided to sell its frozen foods business in 2006, it was one of the largest white fish buyers in the world. Expert at deploying life-cycle analysis to its products; actively in the process of reducing CO2.
19 ALLIANZ SE
LOCATION MUNICH, GERMANY
OWNERSHIP PUBLIC
INDUSTRY SECTOR INSURANCE
PRESENT CEO MICHAEL DIEKMANN
VALUE 1 Nov, 2005 $56.31 BILLION
VALUE 1 Nov, 2006 $80.57 BILLION
COMPANY INFORMATION Since 2005, Allianz and WWF have teamed up to publish two major reports outlining the risks and opportunities that climate change presents to financial institutions around the world. Came joint top in the 2006 Carbon Disclosure Project with Swiss Re, slightly above Munich Re.
20 CARBON CAPITAL LTD
LOCATION LONDON, UK
OWNERSHIP PRIVATE
INDUSTRY SECTOR FORESTRY AND CARBON TRADING
PRESENT CEO STUART CLENAGHAN
VALUE 1 Nov, 2005 N/A
VALUE 1 Nov, 2006 N/A
COMPANY INFORMATION Develops carbon trading businesses based upon the reforestation model under the UN Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Carbon Capital has raised €450m to produce carbon credits, timber and biofuels in Africa, Asia and South America. It employs 5,000 people in projects totalling 800,000 ha.




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Alternative energy, Carbon Emissions

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