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0. Further Information

0.1. Introduction - Please give a general description and introduction to your organization.

0.3. Are you participating in the Walmart Sustainability Assessment?

0.4. Modules - As part of the Investor CDP information request, electric utilities, companies with electric utility activities or assets, companies in the automobile or auto component manufacture sectors and companies in the oil and gas industry should co

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1.1. Where is the highest level of responsibility for climate change within your company?

1.1a . Please specify who is responsible.

1.1b. Select the lower level department responsible.

1.2. What is the mechanism by which the board committee or other executive body reviews the company’s progress and status regarding climate change?

1.3a. Please explain how overall responsibility for climate change is managed within your company.

1.3b. Please explain how overall responsibility for climate change is managed within your company.

1.4. Do you provide incentives for the management of climate change issues, including the attainment of greenhouse gas (GHG) targets?

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14.1. Do you consider that the grid average factors used to report Scope 2 emissions in question 13 reflect the contractual arrangements you have with electricity suppliers?

14.2. You may report a total contractual Scope 2 figure in response to this question. Please provide your total global contractual Scope 2 GHG emissions figure in metric tonnes CO2-e.

14.3. Explain the origin of the alternative figure including information about the emission factors used and the tariffs.

14.4. Has your organization retired any certificates, e.g. Renewable Energy Certificates, associated with zero or low carbon electricity within the reporting year or has this been done on your behalf?

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16.1. Does the use of your goods and/or services enable GHG emissions to be avoided by a third party?

16.2. Please provide details including the anticipated timescale over which the emissions are avoided, in which sector of the economy they might help to avoid emissions and their potential to avoid emissions.

17.1. Please provide your total carbon dioxide emissions in metric tonnes CO2 from the combustion of biologically sequestered carbon i.e. carbon dioxide emissions from burning biomass/biofuels.

17.2. Please explain why not.

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19.1. Do the absolute emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2 combined) for the reporting year vary significantly compared to the previous year?

19.2. Please explain why they have varied and why the variation is significant.

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2.1. Describe your company’s process for identifying significant risks and/or opportunities from climate change and assessing the degree to which they could affect your business, including the financial implications.

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20.1A. Please complete the following table indicating the percentage of reported emissions that have been verified/assured and attach the relevant statement. 20.1C1. Scope 1 (Q12.1)

20.1B. I have attached an external verification statement that covers the following scopes:

20.1C2. Scope 2 (Q13.1)

20.1C3. Scope 3 (Q15.1)

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21. Further Information

21.1. Do you participate in any emission trading schemes?

21.3. What is your strategy for complying with the schemes in which you participate or anticipate participating?

21.4. Has your company originated any project-based carbon credits or purchased any within the reporting period?

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22. Further Information

22.1. Have you published information about your company’s response to climate change/GHG emissions in other places than in your CDP response?

22.2. In your Annual Reports or other mainstream filing? (If so, please attach your latest publication(s).)

22.3. Through voluntary communications such as CSR reports? (If so, please attach your latest publication(s).)

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3.1. Do current and/or anticipated regulatory requirements related to climate change present significant risks to your company?

3.2B. What are the current and/or anticipated significant regulatory risks related to climate change and their associated countries/regions and timescales?

3.3. Describe the ways in which the identified risks affect or could affect your business and your value chain.

3.4. Are there financial implications associated with the identified risks?

3.5. Please describe them.

3.6. Describe any actions the company has taken or plans to take to manage or adapt to the risks that have been identified, including the cost of those actions.

3.7. Please explain why you do not consider your company to be exposed to significant regulatory risks - current and/or anticipated.

3.8. Please explain why not.

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4. Further Information

4.1. Do current and/or anticipated physical impacts of climate change present significant risks to your company?

4.2B. What are the current and/or anticipated significant physical risks, and their associated countries/regions and timescales?

4.3. Describe the ways in which the identified risks affect or could affect your business and your value chain.

4.4. Are there financial implications associated with the identified risks?

4.5. Please describe them.

4.6. Describe any actions the company has taken or plans to take to manage or adapt to the risks that have been identified, including the cost of those actions.

4.7. Please explain why you do not consider your company to be exposed to significant physical risks - current and/or anticipated.

4.8. Please explain why not.

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5. Further Information

5.1. Does climate change present other significant risks - current and/or anticipated - for your company?

5.2B. What are the current and/or anticipated other significant risks, and their associated countries/regions and timescales?

5.3. Describe the ways in which the identified risks affect or could affect your business and your value chain.

5.4. Are there financial implications associated with the identified risks?

5.5. Please describe them.

5.6. Describe any actions the company has taken or plans to take to manage or adapt to the other risks that have been identified, including the costs of those actions.

5.7. Explain why you do not consider your company to be exposed to other significant risks - current and/or anticipated.

5.8. Please explain why not.

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6. Further Information

6.1. Do current and/or anticipated regulatory requirements related to climate change present significant opportunities for your company?

6.2B. What are the current and/or anticipated significant regulatory opportunities and their associated countries/regions and timescales?

6.3. Describe the ways in which the identified opportunities affect or could affect your business and your value chain.

6.4. Are there financial implications associated with the identified opportunities?

6.5. Please describe them.

6.6. Describe any actions the company has taken or plans to take to exploit the opportunities that have been identified, including the investment needed to take those actions.

6.7. Explain why you do not consider your company to be presented with significant opportunities - current and/or anticipated.

6.8. Please explain why not.

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7. Further Information

7.1. Do current and/or anticipated physical impacts of climate change present significant opportunities for your company?

7.2B. What are the current and/or anticipated significant physical opportunities and their associated countries/regions and timescales?

7.3. Describe the ways in which the identified opportunities affect or could affect your business and your value chain.

7.4. Are there financial implications associated with the identified opportunities?

7.5. Please describe them.

7.6. Describe any actions the company has taken or plans to take to exploit the opportunities that have been identified, including the investment needed to take those actions.

7.7. Explain why you do not consider your company to be presented with significant opportunities - current and/or anticipated.

7.8. Please explain why not.

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8. Further Information

8.1. Does climate change present other significant opportunities - current and/or anticipated - for your company?

8.2B. What are the current and/or anticipated other significant opportunities and their associated countries/regions and timescales?

8.3. Describe the ways in which the identified opportunities affect or could affect your business and your value chain.

8.4. Are there financial implications associated with the identified opportunities?

8.5. Please describe them.

8.6. Describe any actions the company has taken or plans to take to exploit the opportunities that have been identified, including the investment needed to take those actions.

8.7. Explain why you do not consider your company to be presented with significant opportunities - current and/or anticipated.

8.8. Please explain why not.

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9.1. Please describe how your overall group business strategy links with actions taken on risks and opportunities (identified in questions 3 to 8), including any emissions reduction targets or achievements, public policy engagement and external communicat

9.10. Do you engage with policy makers on possible responses to climate change including taxation, regulation and carbon trading?

9.11. Please describe.

9.2. Do you have a current emissions reduction target?

9.3. Please explain why not and forecast how your Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions will change over the next 5 years. (If you do not have a target)

9.4. Please give details of the target(s) you are developing and when you expect to announce it/them. (If you are in the process of developing a target)

9.5. Please explain if you intend to set a new target. (If you have had a target and the date for completing it fell within your reporting year, please answer questions 9.5 and 9.6)

9.9. Please provide any other information you consider necessary to describe your emission reduction activities.

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